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Re: first oil change



> >Andy asks,
> >
> >>My ST is just about due for the first service and I was wondering if you
> >>folks in Texas had opted for the Triumph synthetic oil for your first
oil
> >>change.
> >
>
> Andy, I'm assuming that this is at 500 miles.  I have never been a
believer
> in putting full synthetic oil in an engine this early in its life.  Some
> will disagree, but I always use a semi-synthetic until around 2000 miles,
> and then switch to a full synthetic.  I feel that 500 miles does not give
> you good enough break-in period. BTW, the dealer in St. Louis agrees, and
> recommended the same procedure.
> David Gilmore  99ST - BLACK  98 Tigger - BLACK  99 Nomad - some sort of
> weird green kind of thing
>
I would probably agree with the 500 mile not broken in yet normally but my
dealer told me that Triumph recommends the synthetic at the 600 mile service
so I went with that, I got stuck for $44.95 plus tax by the way.

Paul Steinbacher


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