11-16-2017, 10:54 AM
At 10 days old, my CB1100E turned 519 miles today.
With blowing dust forecast for Las Vegas Valley, tomorrow, I decided to forgo a ~100 mile ride tomorrow (to reach 600 miles) and change the oil today.
Gave her a coat of wax while the engine was cooling…saves dropping the drain bolt/crush washer in hot oil…not that I have EVER done that!
1. Drain bolt broke lose easy (too easy?) I have a new crush washer, but reused factory.
2. Factory oil filter over torqued. It required a factory cap wrench, 17 mm 6 point socket and a breaker bar to break lose. Cap wrench came off old filter with the tap of a mallet.
3. Cleanest break-in oil I have ever seen. Color only a tad darker than new Honda GN4 10W-30.
4. Four quarts took it very close to max level on site glass.
5. Oil pressure light went out about one second after start-up.
Lubed the chain for the first time. Had some PJ1 left over from my XT250
A couple sheets of cardboard made cleanup easy
Maybe Saturday I can find out if the snorkel mod makes any difference climbing from 3,000 to 8,500 feet. Probably not discernible, especially since I have not previously run it steady over 5,000 RPM, but I do like the intake sound.
Post 7: http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11787
With blowing dust forecast for Las Vegas Valley, tomorrow, I decided to forgo a ~100 mile ride tomorrow (to reach 600 miles) and change the oil today.
Gave her a coat of wax while the engine was cooling…saves dropping the drain bolt/crush washer in hot oil…not that I have EVER done that!
1. Drain bolt broke lose easy (too easy?) I have a new crush washer, but reused factory.
2. Factory oil filter over torqued. It required a factory cap wrench, 17 mm 6 point socket and a breaker bar to break lose. Cap wrench came off old filter with the tap of a mallet.
3. Cleanest break-in oil I have ever seen. Color only a tad darker than new Honda GN4 10W-30.
4. Four quarts took it very close to max level on site glass.
5. Oil pressure light went out about one second after start-up.
Lubed the chain for the first time. Had some PJ1 left over from my XT250
A couple sheets of cardboard made cleanup easy
Maybe Saturday I can find out if the snorkel mod makes any difference climbing from 3,000 to 8,500 feet. Probably not discernible, especially since I have not previously run it steady over 5,000 RPM, but I do like the intake sound.
Post 7: http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11787