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  • February 20, 2009 at 2:49 am #123173

    Dean
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    ECKS-Man wrote:

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    But wait, there’s more! If I pay full price of $60 for 4 litres, or $15 for one litre, the 205 litres of Motul 5100 would cost me $3075 – and then there’s filters! At $7.50 each, if bought in bulk through Ballards, there would be, for the sake of round figures, 170 filters, so that’s $1275 for oil filters. If you buy the filters from Sam Laws in Orange at near enough to $20 each (:ohmy: ) that works out at $3400 just in filters!

    Of course, at the rates of km I ride that works out to nearly 20 years of riding… That seems reasonable to me! Love my tight single track riding… 500km between oil changes takes a long time at 80-100km per ride!

    But… Damn, it ain’t cheap riding bikes!

    anybody know how much a drum (205ltr) retails for?

    ollie

    February 20, 2009 at 2:50 am #123174

    Eric Smith
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    Must admit I usually drop my oil at about 300. It stretched on the Hill End ride, but that was not as hard as single track work. The oil came out a nice caramel brown, no bits/metal in it. Lovely!smiley-happy088.gif

    February 20, 2009 at 2:52 am #123177

    Chris
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    I’d imagine it would only be 10-15% cheaper. Working of general wholesale margins.

    Chris.

    February 20, 2009 at 2:54 am #123178

    Mick D
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    2 litres of Gas10,$12 plus clean the S/S oil filter and I am back on track.Love my XR.

    February 20, 2009 at 2:57 am #123179

    Dean
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    micknmeld wrote:

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    2 litres of Gas10,$12 plus clean the S/S oil filter and I am back on track.Love my XR.

    gyday Mick,happy with the staino filter?;)

    ollie

    February 20, 2009 at 3:01 am #123180

    Eric Smith
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    You have to service an XR???????????????

    I thought they ran on determination and skidmark residue! No need for servicing!

    Hmm, learn something new every day I guess!

    February 20, 2009 at 5:20 am #123181

    Greg
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    Hey oil has a shelf life guys, you cant buy a 20 litre and sit it around for 6 years and use it bit by bit.

    If its to expensive, sell your bike and buy a chess set!

    500kms is fine between changes, I used to change my 600 by the colour of the oil.

    TB

    February 22, 2009 at 10:52 pm #123201

    Anonymous

    I’m looking around for a big drum of the Motul 5100 to at the minute. It’s hard enough to buy in 4 litre cartons. I changed to a different oil for the first time yesterday and noticed my gearbox felt alot smoother.

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