OK, there is a long discussion on my RE club about oil change intervals vs riding conditions vs owner manuals vs dealer - technicians - pseudo experts and me. A lot of people stick to what he manual says for their Bullets and Himas. Others follow the dealer's recommendations and a few of us still consider riding conditions play some sort of role on these intervals too. What do you think about this:
- What are the conditions Royal Enfields are meant to be ridden that we can stick to what the manual recommends?
- What if I use my RE to conditions it was not meant to be ridden for (high revving, overloading, extreme heat, etc.), would that be enough to change oil a bit sooner (speaking of mineral to semi synth that is what manual suggest using)?
- What if my RE is modded and I want to take extra warranties by putting full synth oil (like our Himas) and this bike (mine) is used mostly for hard offroading and everyday use in between, would that be enough to change a bit sooner (at the 5000 km and not 10000 like Sam does)?
- How did we come up to the recommendation of using synth oil on our bigger bore engines? Which I do not mind paying for
- What if I want to put full synth on a RE that by manual runs on semi or mineral? Would that be advisable beyond the possibility of leaking? I even heard full synth can cause actual harm (which is weird to think)
- The environmental issue, longer change intervals mean less contamination
- Is there an actual relation between fuel quality and oil degradation?
- What are the conditions Royal Enfields are meant to be ridden that we can stick to what the manual recommends?
- What if I use my RE to conditions it was not meant to be ridden for (high revving, overloading, extreme heat, etc.), would that be enough to change oil a bit sooner (speaking of mineral to semi synth that is what manual suggest using)?
- What if my RE is modded and I want to take extra warranties by putting full synth oil (like our Himas) and this bike (mine) is used mostly for hard offroading and everyday use in between, would that be enough to change a bit sooner (at the 5000 km and not 10000 like Sam does)?
- How did we come up to the recommendation of using synth oil on our bigger bore engines? Which I do not mind paying for
- What if I want to put full synth on a RE that by manual runs on semi or mineral? Would that be advisable beyond the possibility of leaking? I even heard full synth can cause actual harm (which is weird to think)
- The environmental issue, longer change intervals mean less contamination
- Is there an actual relation between fuel quality and oil degradation?