I am pushing to it. I would love to ride more, but work is interferring. I commute 30 miles one way to work 5 days a week, then ride on the weekends... If I am not working.You're riding 3-5000 miles a month?
I am getting ready to switch to the synthetic. And if all goes right start getting more mileswhy would you change out a synthetic so often? may as well run dino oil and change at 3-5k..
I run 8k on my synthetic and it comes out pretty clean.. ( just put my first batch of 15-50 Mobil1 "car" oil at $5 a quart from the syn. bike oil at $9.25 a quart).. will update if clutch goes south..
I am a dealer for Amsoil, I have been charging 9.50 per qt for over a year and have been told i have the lowest pricve in town on it.. Heck 7 something a qt is just a few pennies more then i buy it for.
You're riding 3-5000 miles a month?
I have no idea why a synthetic oil would not last 10K or more in a bike provided it is not overheated..
Oil does not go bad (nor do synthetics).. the 2 things that do happen are the additive packages wear out and the oil becomes contaminated..
Contamination is mot commonly the realm of moisture and/or carbon build up from leaky cylinder walls..
The latter is pretty easy to see, the oil turns black or milky..
Additive breakdown is going to be much harder to determine but when the oil makers will stand behind the oil in the 15-30k range on a car, I do not see where bikes are that much harder on the oil now days..
I am at 25K and on my 4thoil change (600-3000-10000-24000)
I put a new filter on at the first and 3rd changes... (cut them both open, nothing out of the ordinary)
Do you change the filter more often? If yes how often?
nope but the drain plug has one in it... is always cleanDo any of you use the magnets on your filter? Supposed to catch all the crap against the side and prolong filter life.