04-07-2018, 10:43 AM
Hey guys, I’m a long time rider who unfortunately doesn’t ride a lot. I have 4 bikes, spread between 2 homes in Florida and Georgia. Last year I rode my Harley 3 times for a total of 1100 miles. It’s a 2004 SuperGlide with about 22,000 miles on her. My 2009 KLR is ridden the least, about 200 miles on 3 different rides and she has only about 3000 miles on the clock. My 2014 CB1100 DLX has about 5000 miles on it and I rode it 9 times for about 1500 miles last year. My recent addition, a 1970 H1 has been ridden a whopping 65 miles this year so far in 4 rides. I just bought it in February and since it’s almost 50 years old, I’m not going too far while I learn a bit more about her. She has an indicated 16000 miles on the odometer. So here’s my questions. In years past, I would just change the oil once a year, generally in the spring. But here we are in the spring again and it’s time to change the oil... again. But I’ve not really ridden any of the bikes that much. I run synthetic in all of them, except the H1 due to its age. So what’s the pros and cons of continuing this habit? I think it might be a waste of money and time to change it every year. With this kind of riding, couldn’t I stretch it out to 2 years with no issues? If I was doing alot of riding, I’d do it more frequently on a time frame or mileage limit just like my cars. What do you think? I know the pros to doing this... what’s the cons?