> > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/06/09 Thu PM 12:31:02 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PESO: This morning's shoot > > mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Are you sure about that? > > Oh yes. > > >I know it started to happen with most of the Japanese manufacturers but was > >under the impression that they stopped due to excessive wear. Or excessive > >servicing costs. > > All the Japanese bikes that I know of still use common > engine/transmission oil. Definitely true of the performance bikes, > perhaps some of the big cruisers have separate gearbox oil, but that's > likely to a marketing-driven decision based on imitating Harley-Davidson > (to sell to U.S. bikers) rather than engineering necessity. > > >Oil changes every 2000 miles, with complete set of filters can add up > >sharpish. > >But, then, many (most) machines do very low mileage these days. > > Oils have improved, too. With synthetics, even the most paranoid types > can go 3000 miles without an oil change. My Honda VFR has the additional > oil wear burden of gear-driven cams, but I still change the oil every > 3000 miles or so. I have 65,000 miles on the bike so far...
But synthetics cost about twice as much. So it is cheaper to change nonsynth every 2000. I am impressed. But I am 30,000miles up on you with my present machine 8-) Also managed about 90,000 on an MZ with fresh engine oil every second stroke 8-))) > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > > ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/
