oil change interval

[nrg2brn]

so the book says every 1000 miles or 6 months? this is bizarre to me. 

I have dirtbikes, street bikes, cars, and quads. nothing says "or 6 months" normally I go with hours of use, or of course, mileage...but the ruckus is different.....

we use our ruckus on VERY short trips to the store, down the street, at campsites to go to the general store... etc...never really getting the oil hot, so maybe the moisture is an issue? Im using mobile 1 racing 4t synthetic oil. Id like to change it every 500 miles, but in reality? we may not do 500 miles in 2 years! so should I just change it every 6 months? 1 year? 500 miles? no doubt we ride it hard. but every 6 months would probably be 100 miles. any thoughts? 

[Baizy]

Oct 20, 2020 23:38:27 GMT -5 nrg2brn said:

so the book says every 1000 miles or 6 months? this is bizarre to me. 

I have dirtbikes, street bikes, cars, and quads. nothing says "or 6 months" normally I go with hours of use, or of course, mileage...but the ruckus is different.....

we use our ruckus on VERY short trips to the store, down the street, at campsites to go to the general store... etc...never really getting the oil hot, so maybe the moisture is an issue? Im using mobile 1 racing 4t synthetic oil. Id like to change it every 500 miles, but in reality? we may not do 500 miles in 2 years! so should I just change it every 6 months? 1 year? 500 miles? no doubt we ride it hard. but every 6 months would probably be 100 miles. any thoughts? 

Given how little oil goes into the Ruckus I'd suggest giving the oil a change every 6 months. Once it's left the bottle it will start to soak up moisture so you're better off to spend the extra 5 bucks on oil than the 500 or so for a replacement engine.

[nrg2brn]

go short. oil is cheap insurance. use the mobile one you are using, its great stuff. 500 miles or 6 months. whichever comes first. fresh oil makes me feel better, and thats worth the price. also, if you go to advance auto, you get points to get the oil at half price if you buy wiper blades and other stuff there. so its about 6 bucks a quart. I also clean the screen every time. yes. short trips are horrible for the crankcase, you ARE developing moisture in there if you dont go to operating speed most of the time. so 6 months, that "edit profanity" needs to get out of there. sometimes I take the pretty good oil out of my ruckus and put it in my lawnmower for a half a season. 

[Baizy]

Seems you did some research after initially asking the question. Hope you've been having fun out there!