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From: Lozzo on 1 May 2010 14:59 steve auvache wrote: > You lack mechanical sympathy you do, all you have to do is talk to > them proper and give it half a litre of oil just in case[1] before > you set out. > > > [1] The sight glass is somewhere that only a fiendishly cunning > nipponese with a total hatred of customers could have considered > putting it and no help at all if you are trying to decide if it needs > any oil. It is easier to just change the oil completely every 1500 miles and save yourself the bother of trying to check it. It doesn't use much, but making any attempt to top it up always results in a massive failure. If you drain it all out and change the filter, which costs pennies, you can then put exactly the correct amount back in again and know it's right for the next 1500 miles. It takes so little oil that it's very worthwhile and cheap enough to do this every 1500 miles if you plan to keep it. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: steve auvache on 1 May 2010 15:02 In article <843c0fFjshU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Lozzo <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> writes >steve auvache wrote: > >> You lack mechanical sympathy you do, all you have to do is talk to >> them proper and give it half a litre of oil just in case[1] before >> you set out. >> >> >> [1] The sight glass is somewhere that only a fiendishly cunning >> nipponese with a total hatred of customers could have considered >> putting it and no help at all if you are trying to decide if it needs >> any oil. > >It is easier to just change the oil completely every 1500 miles and >save yourself the bother of trying to check it. It doesn't use much, >but making any attempt to top it up always results in a massive >failure. If you drain it all out and change the filter, which costs >pennies, you can then put exactly the correct amount back in again and >know it's right for the next 1500 miles. > >It takes so little oil that it's very worthwhile and cheap enough to do >this every 1500 miles if you plan to keep it. I am certainly toying with that idea, it seems a lot less effort to take it all out, that way you can be exactly confident how much needs to go in. -- steve auvache VN750 Third gear has scope. SR250 The SpazzTrakka (Improved).
From: Lozzo on 1 May 2010 15:09
steve auvache wrote: > In article <843c0fFjshU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Lozzo > <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> writes > > It is easier to just change the oil completely every 1500 miles and > > save yourself the bother of trying to check it. It doesn't use much, > > but making any attempt to top it up always results in a massive > > failure. If you drain it all out and change the filter, which costs > > pennies, you can then put exactly the correct amount back in again > > and know it's right for the next 1500 miles. > > > > It takes so little oil that it's very worthwhile and cheap enough > > to do this every 1500 miles if you plan to keep it. > > I am certainly toying with that idea, it seems a lot less effort to > take it all out, that way you can be exactly confident how much needs > to go in. It's what I did with it. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) |