[Chic]

Change YOUR oil?!

 

[QCS]

As suggested by the manual. Using best quality oil and filter, so should be just fine. Mostly commuting or early morning sport-riding.

 

[J D]

For me, I've always used the manual as a guide in the sense that I may change it more frequently. Being there are additives in motorcycle oil, (the oil is being used by both the engine and the transmission), as I feel the additives wear off, and make shifting notch'y or less smooth, that's when I usually change the oil.

 

[Pgm]

I’ll do one in between service schedule I just like to keep it fairly fresh in there.

 

[AMatu]

Change YOUR oil?!

Every ca. 4000km or 3/4 track-day.

 

[DaveNZ]

7500kms, or if doing track days, 3000kms. My other 2 bikes KTM 1290GT 7500KMs (manual 15,000 kms) and Multistrada 6000Kms (manual12,000 kms)

 

[QCS]

I probably needed to say more often when I do track days, but I haven't been doing too may of these, lately.

 

[markjanemhan]

5,000 km intervals. Best thing you can do for the health of your engine.

 

[Theron]

Every 3000 miles including filter change.

 

[dj790duke]

Manual says 9300 miles or every year. I won't put that many miles on it in a year so it's every Spring for me.

 

[Chic]

Manual says 9300 miles or every year. I won't put that many miles on it in a year so it's every Spring for me.

Agreed!!

I used to change mine about every 3k mi or so, though like JD said, when I start to feel a lack of smoothness too it's time. I completely didn't agree with the manual as I feel like it is toooooooo long in between changes, though I guess if you are just tooling around town that may be fine. It's interesting to hear everyone's duration. Seems like we all agree, but yet all have different time frames. Of course like you guys stated, it depends on how hard you ride.