A dumb question about changing oil in the spring

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03-21-2018, 08:19 PM

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03-21-2018, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by saltlick

A lot of people here love to waste money. Oil change every 5,000 Miles. Primary and transmission every 10K according to manual. I use to change it every season but now I follow the manual. Cars are like every 3,500? Would you change the oil before that? I don’t see why motorcycles are any different. Some people put more than 5k a year on their bikes, for them changing out all fluids once a year is needed.

I was talking to a guy at the Harley dealer and while he mostly agrees with the schedule in the book, he changes the primary oil every 2500. Says because the clutch can drop material in there and there are other critical items in there he likes to play it safe. Sounds good to me. What do you think?

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03-22-2018, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by cajun1957a

This really is a dumb question but if a bike sits all winter, should you change out the oil in the spring? I did an oil change last in September and put about 600 miles on it since then. With a couple of exceptions the bike has sat since then in my garage. Its no more than 50 degrees in there all winter as its attached to my house and is semi heated. Was just wondering.

randy

Dont change your oil.

Doesnt matter the temperature of your garage.
Its always better to change oil before winter layup rather then wait until spring.

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03-22-2018, 01:49 PM

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Using fresh oil is a MUST. The original stuff is already about 150 million years old

You win the internet!!!! That is some funny **** right there

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03-22-2018, 06:43 PM

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I do all the fluid changes as recommended by Harley. For the engine oil that is about 4 times a year. The tranny and primary 2 times a year. The most my bike has every sat in the winter is 3 weeks.

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