Good call on the Dawn. I'll switch to that as soon as I finish off the No-toil degreaser which works okay but is too expensive. You cut the Dawn considerably with water and let dry I assume?slimcolo wrote:1000 miles seems about right for the first oil change. I would then change it at 2000 more miles (3000 on odometer) After this I would go to the recommended intervals. Even though manual says to change filter every other time I still do every time.
For air filter cleaning (foam type) use Dawn regular scent non-ultra. (this is what UNI filters recommend) I prefer to then use K&N filter oil because it is red and you can really tell if you have whole filter covered. (one small can should do filter at least 10 times) A lot easier and less messy than old Harley foam filters that used motor oil!
Yeah, no threads to tighten with my oil filter. It sort of hangs on the outlet and is held in place with a spring on the oil cover so its really easy to change. The oil filter itself is on the outside of the engine case (with big words indicating OIL FILTER
) and its so easy to change the oil, I would feel stupid if I didn't have my friend teach me how to change it. The local dirt bike place wanted $60 bucks or something crazy to change it. That was way cheaper than the dealer, too.My local CycleGear stocks some 10W40 oil for $4.50 a bottle:
http://www.cyclegear.com/spgm.cfm?L1=50 ... AS_12365_G
Good stuff and cheaper than Autozone.