I just hit 3700 miles..
Just curious how often everyone changes thier oil, i do mine about every thousand miles....
how about an updated pic of everyones bike it you can too... here is the most recent one of my bike...

 

Iam around 850 miles, I changed it 500 and was planning on changing it every 1000 like you.

 

Im at 3500,Ive changed the oil 2 time

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wheres ur front rad shrouds? i think i have changed my oil like 4 or 5 times...

 

my 5 year old son knocked it over on to a rodotilor braking the handguard and shroud on one side [:@]

 

lol.. damn kids.... that sucks... any idea how much a new shroud is? i looked up the white side covers.... they are 75$ a piece...

 

damn $75 for the side cover,so that probably means the shrouds are $100 a piece []

 

I have 2980 miles and I have changed the oil 5 times. The first time after 40 miles and the Mototune break-in. The wife's bike has almost 100 miles on it and she is out of town until Tuesday, so I think I will change oil in her bike. I noticed that the XT225 has metal brass screen filters, and over on the XT225 forum there is a thread that shows that you can clean these and re-use them. Maybe that's why they were $10.00 a piece. My filters are only $6.00 each, but I wonder if the paper filters actually do a better job, any thoughts guys?



Here is the thread to the Yamaha XT225 oil change, good Pict's and information. Let me know what you guys think

http://www.neatknacks.com/cgi-bin/ul...c;f=6;t=000236

 

that was confusing... is there a brass screen and a paper filter or just one or the other... i wouldnt like the brass screen... id go for paper oil filter all the way... my oil filters for the klx are 2.99.... dont get them at the dealer...

 

I've heard the paper filters filter out a smaller particle size than the stainless steel reusable filters. I don't know about the brass XT225 filter. Whether that filtered size makes any practical difference to engine longevity is a whole other question, though.

BTW, my bike is at around 3300. Due to my wife's work schedule, I haven't been able to ride as much as I normally would recently. I've done probably 5 oil changes.