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Old 04-29-2008, 01:47 PM
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Wait, Tahoe-
So I now have 3800 miles on it...thats past the break in period- so am I good to go with Syn now?
I think you are saying its ok...just clarify please
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Old 04-29-2008, 05:21 PM
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muahahah...IDK...
i definitely wouldn't do it at 500...but for high revving bikes...i THINK 4k is good...but if you want to be safe, you can wait until 8K...but it's all up to you!!! it's not going to hurt the bike any to wait longer...and not to wait that long, you won't notice the difference either you know?

so...it's up to YOU...and your badass bike...07rr baby........
 
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Old 04-29-2008, 05:36 PM
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I switched at 6000. The guy at the Honda dealership didn't want to sell me sythetic until then.
 
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Mobil One 15w-50 will work as well, you don't need to run MX4T. I use M1 15w-50 from Wal-Mart with a Mobil One M1-110 filter...
 
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Old 04-29-2008, 08:31 PM
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So you guys are seriously blowing my mind...6000-8000 miles!!!
seriously!!!

WOW!

I love to change oil early on my car and just figured that would be the way to go on the bike. I ride her hard (who wouldnt!) and want to be a gooood daddy!!

The friend of mine who works at Honda said I could just change it out at 4K and it would be ok, but I did notice the manual said 8500. Freakin confusing!!!

So synthetic after this next oil change (my second essentially) and for the first change? A reputable non-syn oil?

I cant thank you all enough!
 
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juicy juice.
 
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Old 04-29-2008, 10:53 PM
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i switched to synthetic at 4k(first 3 oil changes were with regular honda oil-done at 50 miles,600 miles and 2000 miles then switched at 4k) ,and change it every 4k after that (bike has 12k on it now).I run repsoil 10w40 full synthetic.
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 09:19 AM
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you know...just change now if you'd like...you won't notice the difference!
and as far as going for synthetic vs. dino...synthetics do protect better...and may be smoother (dino oils these days are great too) as well, however, if you're not keeping the bike forever, then it doesn't really matter what you use (i.e. wear at 100K for dino vs. syn). the only other part is resale...not it doesn't add to the value but if you tell someone that you've used synthetic then their eyes open wide and money floats out of their pockets easier than if you say...i used brand xxx dino oil...

 
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shell rotella t 5w-40 in both my rr and f4i. works beautifully.
 



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