I would get it up to a hundred miles or so and change it, the metal havings should be polished up by then and you don't want them sludging up in the bottom of the pan over the year(s). change it now and then again at 600 miles.
I flew to Florida bought it and the next day I flew back to VA and I only go once every 2 months back to Florida to ride it. The owners manual says every 4,000 miles but I may change it every 3,000.I read the original wrong, I thought it said you were leaving for 2 years.
You could easily get 100 on the ODO in an hour or so. If you want to change it now, I would go with what he said.
100, 600, 3000. (I personally stop at 3000, that way its easier for me to remember that I need another change once I hit 6000, etc)
No sense wasting money, if you don't have it.
And how are you not out riding it?? I bought my bike on a friday, and by monday, I had already put on 600 miles! That's why you bought it! Go out and ride.
I didn't want to bring it cause I have no place to store it here. I don't want to leave a brand new 09 bike on the street so some sorry poor smuck can steal it. And I don't need another bill to put it in storage and add to my payouts at the end of the month.
I know all of this, but with the short time that I am there I do not have the time to store it properly according to the owners manual. My wife will be back home on the 17th of July and she will start it every week for me. Some people say that does more damage to the engine but what am I to do. She goes to the BRC on 14-15 July so I might have her take it around the block a few times a week.
I'm not on post, I'm in an apartment complex. My friend had his bike outside with a cover over it and someone stole his cover. Not such a great area here as 2 people got shot to death last week only minutes from my apartment. I'm gonna ride the crap out of it when I get home on 17 July. Thanks for all the great info though.
I would just let it sit then. Do not start it and then just shut it off. If you never get the oil up to temp, you are just putting a ton of moisture into the crankcase. At the minimum I would at least spray some fogging oil down the throttle bodies, this should help any corrosion, and should not take very long to do.
I'm in the Quantico, Prince Williiam county area. When she starts it, she lets it run till it gets up to normal operating temp before she cuts it off. I was talking to my wife last night about how to get the bike from Florida to VA. I'm driving there but flying back so I don't know how to go about it. I think a 14 hour drive on a bike is to long for me to endure, plus it is not even broken in yet. I'll see what happens.
I was going to have the Military ship it but I didn't want to remove all the fluids and have them get some sorry company to ship it. My friend had them ship his bike and the company just loaded it in a truck with his other stuff. Later when he got it he noticed it came in a different truck. Which ment they moved it from one truck to another and they left the bike power on and now his battery was dead. I would rather do it myself or pay a company just to ship the bike alone. Just sucks that I bought my ticket to fly back. I could of rented a truck and trailer and tow it back myself.
There is always the next time you go home. There are some great roads not far from the base.
There is always the next time you go home. There are some great roads not far from the base.
I have a friend that lives in King George, and works at FMU at Quantico. The few times I have visited him, I always wish I brought my motorcycle along.