Changed Oil level at 2500 miles but super dry wtf?

[stevo as b4]

Again what bike?

Air cooled engines are designed to and supposed to use some oil in reality. Its their cooling medium.

As for a 125, lots of servicing is the key, oil and filter every 1000miles, especially as your thrashing it which is perfectly acceptable with proper warming up and fastidious maintenance.

I put about 6000miles on an old CG 125 that had 10k ish on it already. I changed the oil every 1000miles, checked the level every 250miles, and checked valve clearances every 4000miles.

I also thrashed the shit out of it well and it ran like a sewing machine. My mate didn't service his so frequently, 6months oil change etc, and his broke up a main bearing.

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[Minty]

[Valerian95]

Ok thanks to all- I'll look into the valve clearances if I have the time later today- what about the oil filter- I read a webpage with anecdotal evidence that the cbf and cbr (125) seem to suffer horrifically from oil contamination and issues with the oil filter after only small milage- is this the general opinion and how often should I get this bike serviced- because that seems like quite a big job to do.

[pompousporcup...]

oh gutted. the cbr125 uses a strainer, rather than a traditional external filter. changing it requires a coolant drain and right hand side cover removal

wemoto prices

oil strainer £2.59
clutch cover gasket £5.36
oil £5 per litre.
coolant (reuse it, Or) £5 per litre

Others have already mentioned, replace the oil every 1000-1500miles. If it were me, i'd do the strainer every second change, so 3k miles or so max... be thankful its not a sump strainer like my gpz900 has. doing the whole service would take an hour or so...not a big job and after you've done it once you could prolly do it with your eyes closed

[Valerian95]

Is that basically all a service is?
They'd check the oil strainer, check oil, check chain is ok, all the rest of the standard maintenance stuff in the workshop manual and bob's your uncle... I'd assume 2 hours work so a hundred quid please mate?
What's the clutch cover gasket for?

[........]

The terms 'check' and 'change' are not interchangeable.

Also, I can't tell what you are getting at in your OP where you say the oil is 'super dry'. The oil will be wet. If your dipstick is dry, either the oil level is too low to even be touching the dipstick (likely) or you are measuring the level of something other than oil (unlikely).

[Dave70]

[Polarbear]

[pompousporcup...]

[P.]

Mmm dat troll of mine.

[Rogerborg]