Why two different service intervals, 4K and 6K?

[tanner68]

Does anyone know why our FZ has a 4,000 mile service interval, and the UK and Canada have a 6,000 mile interval. I am thinking of splitting the difference, and using a 5,000 mile interval.
 

[ratherbebiking]

Canada and UK are 6000km, not miles. My Canadian FZ interval is 1000km (600 miles) then every 5000km after that.

[tanner68]

Canada and UK are 6000km, not miles. My Canadian FZ interval is 1000km (600 miles) then every 5000km after that.

I am talking about the general service interval, excluding the first service. See this thread.... http://fz07.org/thread/1279/4000-mile-service
Service interval in Canada and the UK is 10,0000 km, roughly 6,000 miles.
 

[bmwpowere36m3]

MT-07 service manual has a 6K interval and the FZ-07 owners manual has a 4k interval. Why? Who knows…
 
Mechanically speaking their basically the same bike. Remember the maintenance is also time-specific, months/years,regardless of mileage. I can only assume that its not that critical in the long run… being a couple thousand miles off on service intervals. The only service point they share is the initial 600 mile check. I usually end up doing maintenance more frequently anyway than most manuals call for.

[avanti]

No one "in house" at Yami actually reads what the tech writers produce???

[ravenlord]

Canada and UK are 6000km, not miles. My Canadian FZ interval is 1000km (600 miles) then every 5000km after that.

I am talking about the general service interval, excluding the first service. See this thread.... http://fz07.org/thread/1279/4000-mile-service
Service interval in Canada is 10,0000 km, roughly 6,000 miles.
 
 

5000kms. It's 5000km service interval. I would suspect the reason being that most people in Canada can only ride for less than half the year, so at 5000kms the service gets done yearly. 

[jake]

Oil is cheep do it often. I ride like an Ahole so I change mine every 3000 miles. But if I barely brought the rpms past 5000 I would let it go much further.
 
As far as the difference it probably just some standards that are different from country to country. Michigan is considered a extreme environment extreme cold and hot all in the same mothereffin day lol.

[ratherbebiking]

Just looked at my Cdn manual and it clearly shows intervals of 5000km. The first service is 1000km and then every 5000km after that. And yes, that means one oil change per year as weather isnt great come November.

[Guest Ralph]

It's just market forces, in the UK we think short service intervals are a rip off in
the USA you love them, no tech reason at all.

[gcsrt]

Face-palm. You guys do you know the difference between a mile and a kilometer correct? 4000 miles is roughly 6000 kilometers. (160km/hr is 100mph)

[tanner68]

Just looked at my Cdn manual and it clearly shows intervals of 5000km. The first service is 1000km and then every 5000km after that. And yes, that means one oil change per year as weather isnt great come November.

Understood. Thank you. So roughly every 3,000 miles. 

[tanner68]

Face-palm. You guys do you know the difference between a mile and a kilometer correct? 4000 miles is roughly 6000 kilometers. (160km/hr is 100mph)

Nobody has confused kilometers and miles in this thread.  
 
You can go here and see that the interval in the UK or maybe all of Europe is 10,000km or 6,000 miles.
http://cdn.yamaha-motor.eu/owner-manuals/Motorcycles/P1WS28199E2E.PDF
 
And a Canadian member has pointed out that the service interval is 5,000km. 

[Guest Ralph]

Face-palm. You guys do you know the difference between a mile and a kilometer correct? 4000 miles is roughly 6000 kilometers. (160km/hr is 100mph)

I hope so mine is going for it's 6000 mile service tomorrow and that's what it says in both the owner and service book.

[cassecou]

It's just market forces, in the UK we think short service intervals are a rip off in the USA you love them, no tech reason at all.

I can't still figure out why we (Americans) are so gung ho on doing any kind of oil change every 3000 miles. Its like we are stock in 1970. Even so the car and oil manufacturers are light years away from that stone age's technology.
 

[bmwpowere36m3]

It's just market forces, in the UK we think short service intervals are a rip off in the USA you love them, no tech reason at all.

I can't still figure out why we (Americans) are so gung ho on doing any kind of oil change every 3000 miles. Its like we are stock in 1970. Even so the car and oil manufacturers are light years away from that stone age's technology.

 
 
Old habits and "oil is cheap" mentality... However a lot of bikes have shared sumps (engine/transmission) which break down oil (viscosity) quicker. I usually change oil when shifting gets notchy and that is rarely over 2-3 k with Rotella 15W-40.
 
Could it be run 4-6k miles.... probably, but I wouldn't run conventional oil more than 5k in my car, let alone my bike.

[Guest Ralph]

It's just had it's 6000 mile service and in all honesty I cant tell the slightest difference, mind you
if your using Rotella in the UK that's a heavy duty Diesel engine oil and as such as a lot more detergent
content this may tend and is intended to keep practicals in suspension the filter wont remove the smaller
stuff so maybe you can feel a difference at such low miles, or maybe Rotella is not the same in the US,
I have never heard of anyone using it in the UK even in Diesel cars it's more a specialised truck thing.
 

[bmwpowere36m3]

I'd say Rotella has a cult-like following in the US amongst bikers... It's the right weight for most conditions, non-EC, JASO/MA rating, high detergent levels and is cheap ($13/5 qts). Many riders have run it for tens of thousands of miles with success.