[enshiu]

Is it really necessary to change oil every 3000miles?

I am using the MT03 as a commuter could I just go with 5000mls?

I use Castrol Power 1 10w40 Fully synthetic

 

[Dee Loke]

I use mine as a daily commuter as well & i follow the recommended schedule. My bike's going on 6 years now (stock) & still runs like new. Hope this helps.

 

[enshiu]

3000mls change? thats what I do in 2 month.

 

[Maverick84]

I change my oil every 5000 kms, which is around 3100mls along with the oil filter, have always stuck to the recommended grade of 10w40 and always fully synthetic oil only, and always the better of the brands, like motul, amsoil, putoline etc, basically whatever’s available, but fully synthetic and same grade, have done 35k kms and all’s well upto now, even mine’s a daily runner/commuter.
Infact what I have come to know, a daily runner/commuter suffers a lot more in stress and wear-tear due to slower speeds and constant usage of clutch/brake, compared to the weekend ridden/open highway bikes.


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[TP1]

Sure. And stay with synthetic. The bike will shift better, too.

 

[enshiu]

I change my oil every 5000 kms, which is around 3100mls along with the oil filter, have always stuck to the recommended grade of 10w40 and always fully synthetic oil only, and always the better of the brands, like motul, amsoil, putoline etc, basically whatever’s available, but fully synthetic and same grade, have done 35k kms and all’s well upto now, even mine’s a daily runner/commuter.
Infact what I have come to know, a daily runner/commuter suffers a lot more in stress and wear-tear due to slower speeds and constant usage of clutch/brake, compared to the weekend ridden/open highway bikes.


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here is not as busy as in India so a lot highway mileage

 

[Maxpressure520]

What year?

 

[enshiu]

2017

 

[Maxpressure520]

IMO. You should follow the manual when possible. Says the guy with ancient fluids in his bike.

 

[enshiu]

I have the B08 model not the 5YK

 

[Maxpressure520]

Sorry. My bad.

 

[enshiu]

its pretty conflicting. If I read the Thai manual it says 5000km
If I read the European manual it says till oil flashes.

Thai manual

EU manual

 

[Maxpressure520]

That is conflicting. Oil light flashes every 3,000 miles on my R3, but ive gone as much as 5,000 miles without an oil change.

 

[enshiu]

I will keep it at 5000km (3k) and maybe try a 7500km (5k mls) change once.

I am using fully syn instead of semi will the oil last longer on commuter trips?

 

[Maxpressure520]

Good call. I have no idea which oil last the longest.

 

[enshiu]

Will send some 3k mls and 5k mls oil to blackstone and have a check.

 

[Maverick84]

its pretty conflicting. If I read the Thai manual it says 5000km
If I read the European manual it says till oil flashes.

Thai manual

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EU manual

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The oil change flash happens at 5000kms in my R3, so yes the Yamaha manual has universally 3000ml/5000kms oil change interval for R3, for fully synthetic, but then there are some very specialised oils, like the top of the line Putoline N-tech Pro R+ which a lot of my buddies use in their Kawasaki’s, which claim to run 12k kms/ 7k mls between changes..


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[enshiu]

7500km is a good interval for highway I guess

 

[Sassewere]

Do it when the light flashes (every 5'000km), doesn't matter if it's a commuter bike. In fact, I'd argue that it should be done more frequently if the oil doesn't get up to temp (short commute) & you do a lot of stop and go driving.

 

[enshiu]

long commute here 50mls a day