10-06-2013, 04:00 AM
(10-05-2013, 12:03 PM)HikerToo_imp Wrote: At 500 miles I put Honda Full Synthetic 10/30 in my CB, was hoping to get 4K between changes( with filter of course), do you think this is OK?
With normal oil I would probably do every 3K.
I would use regular oils for my bike - since 4 qt is a lot of oil - enough for many 2000+ cc car - I wait until my bike breaks free of 5K miles where I consider it fully break-in, I then use synthetic oil for 10K miles at least or once a year oil change.
Many yrs ago, Consumer Report bought some brand new American cars of same type, and gave it to NY taxi driver. One changed oil every 3K miles, the other used same oil for the next 40K miles. They opened the engines of both car, there wears are the same (minimal) on both, the compression were the same.
I haven't heard of oxidation of oil after 1 yrs unused in a motorcycle. And there is no report to tell me that oil will loose it viscosity and other characteristics if exposed to air. Oil is good, when people dump oil into recycle, there are plenty of life left, thus API: environment conserved oil