How often do you advise to change primary and tranny oil
Road Warrior
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From: Australia
If you don't do enough miles in a year, i would do all 3 annually
Road Warrior
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From: Hartford, AL
If you bar hop you probably don't put enough miles on to worry about published intervals, just change annually. If you actually ride and put miles on, follow the service manuals recommendations.
Nice thing though is that everyone is free to change as often as they like and use whatever fluids they choose.
Nice thing though is that everyone is free to change as often as they like and use whatever fluids they choose.
Last edited by Chunker; Jun 19, 2019 at 10:03 PM.
Road Captain
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From: Brisbane
I bought my bike with an unknown service history, **** itself a couple of months later. Top end rebuild and change all 3 holes religiously every 5000 KMs (about 3000 miles I think) and she runs like a dream nearly 10 years later! Better to do it too often than not often enough!!
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From: Texas
I do the same but every 3,000 miles...It's cheap and only takes a few minutes longer to do all 3 holes....
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From: In a van down by the river
Everything every 3k miles. If I don't manage the 3k miles (Might not this year due to being laid up with a bad foot sprain) then I'll change it out at the end of winter into spring before I start riding it again.
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From: Beyond Fucital
Because I'm self employed and drive a service van straight from my home I don't get to ride to work.
Same reason that I don't get to ride that often.
But I change the oil every year, the primary and trans every 2.
Mileage doesn't come into play for me.
I'm more concerned with condensation.
Same reason that I don't get to ride that often.
But I change the oil every year, the primary and trans every 2.
Mileage doesn't come into play for me.
I'm more concerned with condensation.
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I change the engine oil at 5000, per what the manual says and both transmission and primary oil every other oil change. When I installed the big bore kit at 87K, the cross hatches in the jugs were still visible. If you want to change the oil more often, by all means do it, because it definitely won’t hurt anything.
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This. 😎
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