Re: oilheads-digest V1 #276

[Robert Silas <robert.silas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,
I was on a coast to coast ride in May, was in Texas too, I did 10,000 miles = 16,000 km and my '94 RS, which has 160,000 km = 100,000 miles, used less than 0.5 liter of oil, I did not change oil on this trip.  My reasoning for that was that I am changing oil with new filter after each 5,000 km = 3,125 miles regularly.  BMW suggest changing oil in every 10,000 km, hence I change oil twice as many times, so if I go 60% more than BMW's recommendation once a year, that will not damage my bike.  Further more, if I change oil and the guy strips the thread of the drain screw I am cooked 5,000 miles from home.  On another trip of 7,000 km, Montreal - Los Angeles I did not add any oil, changed oil in L.A., but did not change the filter, again, I was working on cars long enough to develop a serious mistrust "mechanics".

Oil consumption of my RS is very similar to yours.

Regarding pulling to the right, I have the same with my bike too.  I counter act that by loading the left hand side saddle bag much heavier than the one on the R.H.S.
Bob Silas
Montreal. Que.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joe Kiefer 
  To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:43 PM
  Subject: RE: oilheads-digest V1 #276


  I bought a R1100RT new in 2000.  I change the oil and filter (Mobil 1 15w50)
  every 3000 miles.  I now have 29,000 miles on the bike and have never needed
  to add any oil between changes.  I would estimate it only uses about 8 - 10
  ounces between changes.  I could probably go 9000K without adding oil and
  the synthetic would still be good but I feel better with 3000 mile changes.
  The bike runs great and according to my GPS (speedo error reads 3-4 mph
  high) has been up to 130 mph.  My only grip is that it pulls to the right.
  I lost the war trying to get that fixed.  I still love the bike.

  Joe
  Houston, TX

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