Oil Change .Question for all you experts ( do or not do)

[Hail]

Here's some food for thought, the Army doesn't change oil. They send it out for analysis, change/clean the filter and add oil as required.

Well if that is good enough for the government! hehe

 

[ballmead]

Yeah, an oil thread.

Honestly if you have oil in the motor you're good. Most of us get a new bike every few years so it doesn't matter.

Here's some food for thought, the Army doesn't change oil. They send it out for analysis, change/clean the filter and add oil as required.

Also the airfilter has more to do with keeping oil clean than the oil filter.

Lastly my 02 Carrera has an oil change interval of 18, 000 miles.

My Ape is changed once a year. Good enough.

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Bingo!

I think people like to over think stuff too much.
These are road bikes not racing engines.



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[ballmead]

Oil is cheap and changing it regularly is one of the best things you cAn do to maintain your bike. I am not interested in getting every bit of life out of oil I can. I am interested in keeping my bike running smoothly. Why would you wait until you are already feeling the ill effects of old oil before you do the change?

I run full synthetic and it easily lasts 10000 klms between changes.

I don't feel any ill effects even when the oil has been in there that long.


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