Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

Seriously the oil is not going to degrade over one winter sitting in a heated garage.

Mine will be getting it's first oil change when it goes in for a service. It's a 2012 plate bike!

Who has a heated garage?!

Blade

Well not exactly heated but the central heating boiler is in there.

Lol.. Bet it's carpeted too!

You should see the scatter cushions

No its proper industrial spec tiling Cav

Bloody hell...

going back to the point - if it was me I would keep changing it yearly for the reason of you have no idea if the oil has degraded or not. The oil/vehicle manufactures state 1 year or XX,XXX miles between changes for a reason

A little googling says the oil itself won't degrade. Normal oil needs an additive that will degrade relatively quickly. Fully synthetic oils additives wear out slowly as it doesn't need the type 6 improver!
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You're clearly not doing it any harm changing the oil but I personally wouldn't bother.

Blade, how often do you change the brake fluid and the coolant?

Brake fluid annual and coolant bi annual

Blade wrote:No its proper industrial spec tiling Cav

Umm dude, might want to adjust that post, clicking on that pic gives me full access to all your photobucket...

Isn't that the old tankslap photobucket account?

Kwacky wrote:Isn't that the old tankslap photobucket account?

Maybe, I just stopped browsing when I saw Blade in his wife's lingerie

Was that the jackpot for you? No further pictures needed to er, finish?

Itchy wrote:Was that the jackpot for you? No further pictures needed to er, finish?

I'll pm you some Itchy

I would keep changing it. For 50quid it's not going to break your bank account and at least you are certain it's fresh whenever you use it.

Read this this will tell you everything you need to know

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