GZ125, oil change at 600 miles?

[felicity]

I just did an oil change at 5k miles (from new) on my GZ125. Looking at the manual though, it says to change the oil and filter every 600 miles. That can't be right, can it?

[Noxious89123]

The very first oil change should be @ 600 or so, and then you should follow the "normal" service interval which will probably be every 5k or so (or every 12 months).
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[felicity]

I see -- so when it talks about the 600 mile interval, that probably means the first 600 miles, rather than every 600? That makes more sense...

(I bought it at 3k miles, so hopefully that's already been done.)

[Noxious89123]

That is correct

Have you got a service book with the bike, and if so has it been stamped?
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[felicity]

Yes, but I don't have it with me right now -- IIRC it was stamped for 500 miles (which I imagine was probably the first service), and again at 1000 miles.

[FerretFing]

[Livefast123]

TBH a 125 only carries around a litre of oil and can give it a really hard time being pegged out to the max most of the time.

If your serious about keeping the bike then I'd do the oil change yourself and change it every 1000 miles or year, whichever comes sooner.

A litre of supermarket SL spec 10w40 will cost you a couple of quid and 20 minutes of your time. It's the best way to keep an engine healthy.
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