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Re: [ST] Oh the conflicting info! WAS-> Need Oil Filter



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Thanks for the info guys.

I just got off the phone with a service mgmr @ a local
Triumph Dealership.

He said the exact opposite.  Stating that unlike BMW
(which he services also) that recommends Dino oil for
awhile b4 switching to synthetic.  Triumph uses a very
agressive break-in oil in their bikes, allowing them
to switch to full syn. right off the bat at the first
oil change.

I'm so freaking confused.  Rob do u have the # for
your service manager?  I'd love to speak to him.

This wknd I plan on rding to a Family reunion 215
miles away from me.  Perhaps I'll bring the filter and
gallon of oil with me and let the engine break-in a
bit more and do the oil change there and have fresh
syn. for the way home?  That'll be 715 miles on the
ODO.  Comments?

Thanks,

Bryce

- - --- Rod Brown <rodneybrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The factory
> > specifies 1000km - 620mi as the drain interval and
> many riders
> > have doubled that with no adverse effects.
> >
> > *IMO* you run a greater risk of the rings not
> fully seating if
> > you switch over to full synthetic too soon.
> 
> Rick,
> I'm in total agreement with what you said. When I
> was trying to rush that
> 600 mile service to go on a long run, my dealer's
> head mechanic told me to
> really run it hard that last couple hundred miles. 
> He said to see if I
> could keep it at about 8k rpm for 15 minutes to half
> an hour before bringing
> it in.  He said the cylinder walls are extremely
> hard and once the synthetic
> is in there they will never wear in.  I had to
> modify that 8k in places so
> that I could retain my driving priviledges but I'll
> swear the harder I
> pushed it, the easier it revved.
> Rod

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