Oil & Filter Change Habits

[GoldOxide_imp]

Filters? We don't need no stinkin' filters! Need to tear the engine down every 40K miles or so to clean the slingers, but think of all the money saved on filters!

That ride is like desert Tommy. (yummy!)

Also, like a small bore scooter or lawnmower: No oil filters!

[1973cb750]

i wish someone made a filter housing for a cartridge filter like the cb750s had with the finned cover

[1973cb750]

I just did the look better that the tin spin on filters and it's easier to too metal with out cutting filter open

[GoldOxide_imp]

i wish someone made a filter housing for a cartridge filter like the cb750s had with the finned cover

Yeah, I miss those too. Popular on the old Yamahas.

[The Gecko_imp]

I was doing some research on service schedules for various bikes and I see Suzuki have followed Honda's practice of NOT recommending an oil filter change at every oil service. Our CB is recommended every other oil change as is the Africa Twin and I'm sure a lot of other Honda bikes too.

But Suzuki, on their latest 2023 V-Strom 800DE only want you to change the oil filter every third oil change, albeit they are every 6,000km.

I applaud this realism in what an oil filter is being asked to do and how much less work they need to do on todays modern engines. It saves the consumer another cost and is reducing the amount of resources used. The argument being that as the filter ages it is increasingly adept of filtering ever finer particles without detrimental loss of flow.

And on that subject here is me doing a 3000km oil change today on my flat four powered air-cooled machine (VW style) which doesn't even have an oil filter, just a single weight SAE30 oil with a high zinc content.

Gotta see some more pictures of that machine

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

Happy to oblige mvk24, just finished up...I hasten to add, it is a replica.

Happy to oblige mvk24, just finished up...I hasten to add, it is a replica.
Tev, really cool. Haven’t seen such a replica in ages.
Could you please tell us more about your 356 ?
who made it ? just bought or home-assembly?
GFR chassis or metal, etc
Or can one find it all on the manuf’s website ?

i wish someone made a filter housing for a cartridge filter like the cb750s had with the finned cover

Yeah, I miss those too. Popular on the old Yamahas.

Yeah, I miss those too. Popular on the old Yamahas.
I must say I hate the idea that one stone could go right through the filter housing, cut a gash, and leaking oil ends up on my rear tyre. It’s not extremely likely, but a more protective filter housing would be my choice too.