Changing Engine Oil

[Samurai]

Hello everyone, i have a big dilemma.

I changed the engine oil with the original Honda one like the below link where Honda says to change it every 12k km but the guy from the shop told me is better to change it every 6k km because it is a little bit thin.

What do you suggest?

Here is the oil

[Samurai]

 

[Captain Crunner]

It's not " thin" it's to Honda specification.
However if you're going to take a long time to do 12000km then perhaps you might wish to change it earlier.

Cc

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by Captain Crunner

It's not " thin" it's to Honda specification.
However if you're going to take a long time to do 12000km then perhaps you might wish to change it earlier.

Cc

Captain i am on my bike eeeevery day.It's been almost 9 months and i done 7k since last change

[Captain Crunner]

I'd run it till you've done the distance then, as you're using it regularly, modern semi synthetic oil doesn't break down as easily as older mineral oils. However If you want to be extra generous  perhaps change it every 12 months?
Others will say differently because they love their bikes to bits but the oil will do the distance. It's your money, but as long as it's the correct spec and grade oil (  doesn't have to be Honda )  then you can follow the manufacturers recommendation.
(Now if you only did 1500 kilometres a year I would suggest changing it more regularly than every 12 years )

Cc

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by Captain Crunner

I'd run it till you've done the distance then, as you're using it regularly, modern semi synthetic oil doesn't break down as easily as older mineral oils. However If you want to be extra generous  perhaps change it every 12 months?
Others will say differently because they love their bikes to bits but the oil will do the distance. It's your money, but as long as it's the correct spec and grade oil (  doesn't have to be Honda )  then you can follow the manufacturers recommendation.
(Now if you only did 1500 kilometres a year I would suggest changing it more regularly than every 12 years )

Cc

You are the man! Aye Aye Captain!

[Si Click]

As long as it is a 10W/40 semi-synthetic bike oil from a reputable company and says API SG and/or JASO MA on the bottle you will be fine.

You can use fully synthetic oil if you want (I do), but there is no real need if you are changing the oil at the specified interval.

[maiko]

I would do it every 12 month regardles of milage.