New oil filter everytime?

[Cryoblade85]

Ok I changed my oil yesterday and am now getting grilled for not changing my oil filter. For been riding for 5 years and have always changed my filter every other change, each change is about every 2k. Can someone explain y this is bad?? I'm sure it's "ideal" to change it every time but that very very expensive at $60 per change(oil and filter).

[diavolo]

You will get both sides of why it's good/bad here - it generally boils down to personal preference. I also change out my filter every 2nd oil change - and that is every 3K or so. I also have a high powered magnet attached to the filter, which I swap to it's replacement when changed. With over 85K on the clock, I have not had any issues with this maintenance frequency. To each his own - even the factory recommends changing out the filter every other oil change, so the filtering media must be sufficient to allow this.

[edromero]

Ok I changed my oil yesterday and am now getting grilled for not changing my oil filter. For been riding for 5 years and have always changed my filter every other change, each change is about every 2k. Can someone explain y this is bad?? I'm sure it's "ideal" to change it every time but that very very expensive at $60 per change(oil and filter).

the service manual might even say to replace it every other change. My last bike was a bandit, and it said to change the filter every other oil change. I think the issue is quality. If it's a good oil filter, it's probably good for more than 2k miles. If it's a cheap filter (like FRAM), may be better to replace it more often.

[scottynoface]

OEM filter every other change, i do filter and oil in the spring then fresh oil before storage.

[steves]

http://katriders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=101570

[soulpatch]

$60 per change.... I assume you are having the shop do it?

Even my full synthetic oil change is less then that. Invest in the $10 worth of tools and start changing your own oil. The savings would allow you to get new filter everytime if you wanted and still save a crap ton of money

[KatanaGSX92]

$60 per change.... I assume you are having the shop do it?

Even my full synthetic oil change is less then that. Invest in the $10 worth of tools and start changing your own oil. The savings would allow you to get new filter everytime if you wanted and still save a crap ton of money

100% ester based synthetic (true synthetic) is about $55 a gallon around here. With filter it cost me $65 to do my oil change. What you save is the additional $35 labor the shop would charge you.

[Cryoblade85]

I have only let a shop change my oil once and that was after they replaced my petcock and rebuilt my carbs. Other then that I do my own. It's about $12/quart here for full synthetic and the another $15 for k&n filter, so about $65 w taxes.

[scottynoface]

$60 per change.... I assume you are having the shop do it?

Not really, I pay a little over $50 for 4qt of Amsoil 10w40. Add the filter and you're right around $60.

[soulpatch]

Not really, I pay a little over $50 for 4qt of Amsoil 10w40. Add the filter and you're right around $60.

$4 or so for filter
Mobil 1 synthetic runs me another $30-40 for the 675

savings of 15-20 a pop to do it myself and still put on new filter.

and I never ran synthetic in the Kat. Never saw the point so oil was all of like $12-15 or so with a 4 dollar filter.

[professa_riddler]

motorcycles are tedious and expensive but so much damn fun.