Overkill oil changes (street riding only)

[skid vicious]

Originally Posted by Cakes

is this a trick question? Your oil light is definitly not supposed to be used as an indicator on when you should change your oil.

ummmmm, yeah it is. it says so in the manual. RTFM.

[benellis]

speaking of Oil changes and stuff, how many miles can a typical 4 stroke motorcycle engine last, if taken care of? 30K, 50K, more?

[ronin_01r1]

Originally Posted by Cakes

is this a trick question? Your oil light is definitly not supposed to be used as an indicator on when you should change your oil.

yea man. i agree. i'm thinking every 5000 miles full synthetic for street riding.

[Rev]

Its like putting an elephant in the grass....eventually the water is gonna expand, know what I mean!

[ffejtable]

Originally Posted by benellis

speaking of Oil changes and stuff, how many miles can a typical 4 stroke motorcycle engine last, if taken care of? 30K, 50K, more?

unfortunately fwe bikes live to see how long their engines will actually last since most engines seem to outlive the bikes (frames) they are in. I would think a properly maintained engine (not just oil changes) would have no problem going 100k+ miles under normal use (no stunting, racing, etc)... At least for the Water cooled I4 4 stroke... Probably even much longer...

But not many of usaverage 10k miles a year, and that would take 10 years to get to 100k... Don't think too many of us here would keep a sportbike that long... I'm sure if you visited the goldwing forums, you'd find plenty of bikes over 100k miles...

[carl_g]

Originally Posted by benellis

speaking of Oil changes and stuff, how many miles can a typical 4 stroke motorcycle engine last, if taken care of? 30K, 50K, more?

I saw this guy at WCW with a 00-01-02 gixxer 1000 with something like 88,000 miles on the clock!