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hi dears,
depending on this post
and using for 15 minutes the search-function of this forum (found no real fitting theme)
i thought it could be a good idea to write down what MY experiences at oil are :
at 1st - the suzuki schedules from manuals say:
at gen1 - change oil every 6000 km & and replace filter every 18000 km
at gen2 - until 2014 - really the same
then at gen2 - up from 2015 - change oil every 12000 km & and replace filter every 24000 km
what´s that with the L5 + (and younger / later) ? double the milage than before ?
did they change things / materials inside motor or type of oil ?
neither nor !
this answer i got from Suzuki Germany in an official email near 2 years ago
including the new schedule (see proving pic below) - look at line 8 (oil) and line 9 (filter) - the "W" means change/replace
following this new schedule for "oil / filter" and regarding that absolutely nothing was changed inside motor,
I say! that these milages can be taken for all busas from ´99 on til today - I take the middle of it - i change oil at my ´00 after 9000 km +/- 500 km
with one restriction - how is the motorcycle used?
a. just drive to the bakery and back
b. mainly, over 80% of milage and a lot more than 30-40 km per direction / tour and the oil temp. is minimum at 80°C (or higher)
if a. , then the oil change intervals should be shorter - I recommend around 3000-5000 km max and once a year,
because on these short distances the oil never gets really warm and therefore no foreign substances such as condensed water or gasoline can evaporate, thus remaining in the oil and shortening its "life" considerably
if b. , then the change/replace intervals can even be extended by a factor of 1.25 - 1.50 that I estimate
because then the oil can not get as "dirty" as in the short distances under a.
generally can be said
that in this comparison it is no question if you use a mineral , half or full synthetic oil.
only how warm / hot the oil gets and how much "dirt" stays in the oil.
by the way :
a good friend of mine tested this on a special motor test bench .
he did a 40000 km test run without stops.
then they examined the oil chemically in their laboratory
and the oil was still fine.
this showed that if the oil temperature always reaches 95-100 ° C, the lubricity of the oil is almost fully preserved and the oil can best fulfill its task.
by the way 2nd :
the petrol fueled "yellow cabs" (taxi) here in berlin usually make arround 1 million km because they never stop the motor especially in cold winter times, the diesels make arround 1.5 million km
main , last and only question is what kind of "user" you are.
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big sorry for my "doctor´s" thesis again
but you can´t explain this theme in only a few words.
depending on this post
and using for 15 minutes the search-function of this forum (found no real fitting theme)
i thought it could be a good idea to write down what MY experiences at oil are :
at 1st - the suzuki schedules from manuals say:
at gen1 - change oil every 6000 km & and replace filter every 18000 km
at gen2 - until 2014 - really the same
then at gen2 - up from 2015 - change oil every 12000 km & and replace filter every 24000 km
what´s that with the L5 + (and younger / later) ? double the milage than before ?
did they change things / materials inside motor or type of oil ?
neither nor !
this answer i got from Suzuki Germany in an official email near 2 years ago
including the new schedule (see proving pic below) - look at line 8 (oil) and line 9 (filter) - the "W" means change/replace
following this new schedule for "oil / filter" and regarding that absolutely nothing was changed inside motor,
I say! that these milages can be taken for all busas from ´99 on til today - I take the middle of it - i change oil at my ´00 after 9000 km +/- 500 km
with one restriction - how is the motorcycle used?
a. just drive to the bakery and back
b. mainly, over 80% of milage and a lot more than 30-40 km per direction / tour and the oil temp. is minimum at 80°C (or higher)
if a. , then the oil change intervals should be shorter - I recommend around 3000-5000 km max and once a year,
because on these short distances the oil never gets really warm and therefore no foreign substances such as condensed water or gasoline can evaporate, thus remaining in the oil and shortening its "life" considerably
if b. , then the change/replace intervals can even be extended by a factor of 1.25 - 1.50 that I estimate
because then the oil can not get as "dirty" as in the short distances under a.
generally can be said
that in this comparison it is no question if you use a mineral , half or full synthetic oil.
only how warm / hot the oil gets and how much "dirt" stays in the oil.
by the way :
a good friend of mine tested this on a special motor test bench .
he did a 40000 km test run without stops.
then they examined the oil chemically in their laboratory
and the oil was still fine.
this showed that if the oil temperature always reaches 95-100 ° C, the lubricity of the oil is almost fully preserved and the oil can best fulfill its task.
by the way 2nd :
the petrol fueled "yellow cabs" (taxi) here in berlin usually make arround 1 million km because they never stop the motor especially in cold winter times, the diesels make arround 1.5 million km
main , last and only question is what kind of "user" you are.
________________________________________________________________
big sorry for my "doctor´s" thesis again
but you can´t explain this theme in only a few words.