09-03-2016, 11:59 PM
My Ural, the poster child for low tech, requires 2,500 km intervals for oil changes - paper filter, air cooled Russian airhead, very poor machining specs, lousy metallurgy straight from the factory. Oil always dirty and "swarf" on the magnetic drain plugs.
My original Hondas were also 4 cylinder air called bikes and I changed oil every 5,000 km or 3,000 miles.
The current generation of bikes from Honda are marvels of modern machining and engineering, impressive bikes. I will do 5,000 mile service intervals. I can only speculate that strict pollution standards in Japan require more frequent service intervals.
My original Hondas were also 4 cylinder air called bikes and I changed oil every 5,000 km or 3,000 miles.
The current generation of bikes from Honda are marvels of modern machining and engineering, impressive bikes. I will do 5,000 mile service intervals. I can only speculate that strict pollution standards in Japan require more frequent service intervals.