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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:15 pm
by skidmarks
what type/weight oil do u use and how often change it?
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:23 pm
by papasmurf
What bike?
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 5:26 pm
by skidmarks
2015 c500 efi
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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 7:35 pm
by Alan R
Hi matey !!---------- I don't posses such a fine machine because I'm still in the "Classic Iron" age but as it must still be in the Warranty period then let your usual dealer decide... I'd thought as per the Riders Handbook until the Warranty expires and then carry on as before ( Was that a film based on Enfield ownership ??)...
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:16 am
by Rattlebattle
Not necessarily still under warranty.....Anyway, according to the w/shop manual the fork oil needs to be changed at 7,500 mile intervals. I won't change mine until it has done 7,500 miles, as specified. The same source quotes SAE10W/30 fork oil. If yours is anything like my 2015 C5 I would suggest erring on the higher viscosity end. Be aware also that changing the fork oil on the C5 is a right royal PITA. Don't let owners of other bikes, including the B5 Bullet tell you different. That's why I'm not doing mine until I have to as it involves fork leg removal. Casquttes amy look nice but they don't half make maintenance hard on the C5. By contrast my Triumph Tiger 100 has a filler plug in each fork leg that is accessible by removing the headlight rim and glass. A syringe is then used to fill the leg with the specified amount. Oh, and like most old Brit bikes it has drain screws too. Why don't modern bikes???? (my Thruxton doesn't, so again, it's fork removal time, though it's easy enough on that. Good luck.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:18 pm
by Mark M
Nooooooo!!!!! Not oil again!!!!
REgards, Mark
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:24 pm
by Rattlebattle
Why did I think the OP is on about fork oil?? My mistake. Sorry, I don't do oil threads any more. Search the forum, or use lard.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:46 pm
by Beezabryan
what type/weight oil do u use and how often change it?
the answers lie within the owners manual for you particular model, go take a look
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:06 am
by ed.lazda
As a confirmed eco-warrior, I run my chainsaw on rapeseed oil (most unspecified cooking oil that isn't corn oil is rapeseed). Wife put it on her shopping list, came back with Sainsburys best organic rapeseed oil, because that was the only one that said rapeseed in big enough letters. So I am now a confirmed organic eco-warrior.
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:15 am
by papasmurf
Last Sunday afternoon whilst proceeding in a Southerly direction down the M5 at a steady 60mph, two scooters "persisted" past me leaving behind them the heady perfume of Castrol R.