(02-07-14, 09:42 AM)Freza link Wrote: What oil do you recommend for a 35k+ miles machine ?
Last time, they put in this oil:  CASTROL Power 1GPS 4T 15W-50
It's part synthetic. I thought these machines need fully synthetic oil ?
Did they screw me over ?

(27-03-15, 09:27 AM)kebab19 link Wrote: Personally, I've never understood why the filter change is every other oil change, as there's roughly 200ml of old oil left in the filter. As Hi-Flo filters are fairly cheap I usually change mine along with the oil.
Increased expense, yes, but surely it makes sense to get rid of as much oil as possible? Roughly 700ml of old oil left inside even with an oil & filter drain.
I suppose you could even take off the oil filter, drain most of the old oil out of it & reattach.... best of both worlds?

(27-03-15, 07:52 AM)darrsi link Wrote: Well done, it's a piece of piss once you've first done it yourself, and kind of satisfying in the process too.


I was always a fan of using the K&N oil filter with the handy nut on the end for "easy" removal, but last time i tried to remove one i found that the coating on the nut made it an unusual ill fitting socket size and also seemed to be a very soft material, so it was actually quite useless.
So i sat there swearing at it a lot then dug out my trusty chain wrench which sorted it straight away.


Make a note of your oil change date for future reference, and also you'll find it much cheaper to buy oil in 4 litre containers rather than 4 x 1 litre.
You only need to change the oil filter every 2 oil changes, and there's really no need to wrench it up too tightly, just smear oil on the rubber gasket and nip it up as much as you can by hand and that will be enough, if it ever does leak then simply nip it up some more but it shouldn't do.  :thumbup

(27-03-15, 01:32 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: I do mine every other year = 2-3k miles depending on the weather ! filter each time to.
I think my oil must be good enough to sell on
Castrol act evo for me --- nice red colour, like giving the bike a blood transfusion

(27-03-15, 02:48 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: The thing is I dont do football, golf ------ anything, my bike is all I have in that respect, I dont spend any money on the bike other than fuel, do all the work myself, so £15 a year isnt much, I would say that £130 on a fuel cap is money to burn. swapping an exhaust for a different sound is money to burn, swapping leavers for stubby ones is money to burn having more than one bike is money to burn, smoking is money to burn. So there you go, blah blah blah.
Who wants to buy my old oil - only done 3000 miles. From a smoke free pet free home will send well packed in a jiffy bag.

(27-03-15, 05:17 PM)Slaninar link Wrote: [quote author=fazersharp link=topic=13872.msg188757#msg188757 date=1427464124]
The thing is I dont do football, golf ------ anything, my bike is all I have in that respect, I dont spend any money on the bike other than fuel, do all the work myself, so £15 a year isnt much, I would say that £130 on a fuel cap is money to burn. swapping an exhaust for a different sound is money to burn, swapping leavers for stubby ones is money to burn having more than one bike is money to burn, smoking is money to burn. So there you go, blah blah blah.
Who wants to buy my old oil - only done 3000 miles. From a smoke free pet free home will send well packed in a jiffy bag.