sffz07 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Hi folks! Glad to join the forum! I just bought a 2015 FZ-07 with 11,500 miles on it. It has had 3 oil changes so far with the last one at 8k miles which included an oil filter change as well. I guess it's due for another change. Reading around the web it appears folks are using the 4k mile interval to change oil but as per Yamaha its either every 6 months or 4k miles which ever is sooner. I'll definitely be hitting the 6 month mark before the 4k mile mark, so should I be changing the oil every 6 months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scat2me Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 My Bike has 1540 miles. I changed the oil and filter at 100 miles with Castrol 10w40 regular oil. At 600 miles with Castrol 10 w 40 multi blend and at 1100 with Castrol Multi blend. I'll be changing at 1600 miles with Bel-Ray EXP Synthetic Ester Blend 4T Engine Oil 10W40. Once I use the full synthetic i'll go longer between changes. The cost is minimal and it makes complete sense to change every 6 months or 4K. You can get a 4 pack of OEM ( Genuine Yamaha Oil Filter 5GH-13440-60-00 Filters) on ebay for about $55.00 that's about $14.00 per filter + the cost of oil. The Bel ray Synthetic Ester is about $35.00 for the 4qts. So for less than $50.00 you make sure the bike is well maintained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruizin Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 Welcome to the forum. We have a search bar, and in that you can type in questions and see years of discussions on this and most any tech topic. Happy hunting! Yamaha MT-10 ForumYamaha Tracer 900 Forum Yamaha Ténéré 700 Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikitaUCLA Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 I'm just going to change the oil once a year regardless of mileage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member DewMan Posted June 18, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted June 18, 2019 17 minutes ago, NikitaUCLA said: I'm just going to change the oil once a year regardless of mileage. How many mile a year do you put on your bike? DewMan Just shut up and ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikitaUCLA Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 I average 10k miles a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewnguyen23 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I change every 4k miles and seems to work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eiffel6565 Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 On 6/27/2019 at 10:42 PM, andrewnguyen23 said: I change every 4k miles and seems to work well. very reasonable, i do the same, no need to waste your money on unnecessary changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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