Oil filter change interval?

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Oil filter change interval?

Postby greeny » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:22 pm

Just after some opinions of change intervals that poeple use for oil filters.

The manual says to change it every 12000 kilometere but i think thats a bit long. The manual also says to change to oil every 6000KM - are they crazy?.

I currently run Motul 5100 10-40 and change it every 3000 KM. I have been doing the il filter at the same time.
Am i changing the filter to often or can i change it every 6000km

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Postby Barrabob » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:31 pm

i go 6000kms on the oil filter and 3 to 6 thousnad on the oil depending on what i have been using the bike for.

If you go 3000kms on the oil then most of the crook stuff went with the oilchange and the filter is filtering clean oil.
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Postby Neka79 » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:10 pm

hehe i go 6000km for both...
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Postby Steve_TLS » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:38 pm

Oil and filter every 3K here too.
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Postby RG » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:10 pm

beryl wrote:i go 6000kms on the oil filter and 3 to 6 thousnad on the oil depending on what i have been using the bike for.

If you go 3000kms on the oil then most of the crook stuff went with the oilchange and the filter is filtering clean oil.

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Postby Smitty » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:48 pm

oil and filter...every 2500km

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Postby ty » Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:32 am

I change filter, oil, and plugs every 5000kms
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Postby SideShow » Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:45 am

I change the oil and filter and clean my BMC air filter every 1000 miles. I don't know what that would be in the metric system. The reason I only go 1000 miles is the fact that it's a wet clutch, (contamination) transmission and motor oil in the same pan. Plus I beat the trash out of the engine. :mattyv74
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Postby mrmina » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:19 pm

mate i'd do it every 6000 for both.
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Postby MadKaw » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:24 pm

3000 for oil, 6000 for filter....
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Postby Neka79 » Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:52 pm

UncleSam wrote:I change the oil and filter and clean my BMC air filter every 1000 miles. I don't know what that would be in the metric system. The reason I only go 1000 miles is the fact that it's a wet clutch, (contamination) transmission and motor oil in the same pan. Plus I beat the trash out of the engine. :mattyv74

mate thats every 1600km....thats very often..does ur oil even get dirty?? u must have too much money??

i get 3-6000km out of mine (2000-3800 miles)
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Postby Stereo » Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:53 pm

I have owned 6 motorcycles..... which means I have changed oil filters 6 times...
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Postby SideShow » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:05 am

neka79 wrote:mate thats every 1600km....thats very often..does ur oil even get dirty?? u must have too much money??

i get 3-6000km out of mine (2000-3800 miles)


Its just to easy too do.
I don't change oil that often on my BMW, but it doesn't share oil with the engine. (Gearbox is seperate)

Your making me wonder how much a quart of oil costs over there?

In the ZX-10R I changed it to Mobil motorcycle 10w-40 syntentic, which is expensive 8.00 dollars a quart combined with the 10.00 dollar oil filter.
Almost 40.00 for a oil change. I like to spoil the 10, but I ride her like I stole her. If she could talk she would yell rape. :lol:
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Postby aardvark » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:40 am

I do the oil every 6,000.... or 7,000.... or so. :lol:

The filter gets changed every 12,000. Sometimes it gets done when I do the oil. Sometimes not.

Sometimes I wash it when I change the oil. Most of the time it stays dirty. :lol:
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Postby SideShow » Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:44 am

aardvark wrote:I do the oil every 6,000.... or 7,000.... or so. :lol:

The filter gets changed every 12,000. Sometimes it gets done when I do the oil. Sometimes not.

Sometimes I wash it when I change the oil. Most of the time it stays dirty. :lol:


Yeah you treat yours like the dirty little whore she is, huh. :lol: :lol:
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