G
Guest
·Hi All,
I'm a new M800 owner as of this week and although I've seen the topic of "break in" discussed in various places, I'm still a little confused by some of what appears to be conflicting advice. Obviously I'd like to do whatever will harm the bike the least and benefit performance the most. Ran it through the gears with throttle variation over the range (keeping it under 6K) and have about 35 miles on it so far.
Of course the Ducati web site and the dealer don't believe an oil change is necessary until 600 miles or so, but I've seen advice to the contrary where at 20, 100, or 200 an oil and filter change might be helpful to get rid of any significant initial metal. So question one is whether or not an oil change before the 600 mile service has some significant benefit?
Question two then would be what oil to use if a change before the dealer 600 mile service is a good idea. I've seen the holy war about oil as well, but am still a bit confused as I've read that Ducati puts synthetic in at the factory (will try to confirm with Ducati and/or dealer), the dealer tells me that once you use synthetic you can't go back to regular petro oil (didn't ask technically why, but will), and some postings I've read suggest breaking in with petro oil. Again, the dealer says no change is really necessary until 600 and then they use semi-synthetic Motul, so suggested if I wanted to do one myself before then to use the same.
Any advice from first hand experience regarding whether or not to do a oil and filter change before 600 and what brand/type/viscosity, etc. will be much appreciated! Pros and Cons identified would be wonderful.
Thanks in advance for reading and any help offered!
I'm a new M800 owner as of this week and although I've seen the topic of "break in" discussed in various places, I'm still a little confused by some of what appears to be conflicting advice. Obviously I'd like to do whatever will harm the bike the least and benefit performance the most. Ran it through the gears with throttle variation over the range (keeping it under 6K) and have about 35 miles on it so far.
Of course the Ducati web site and the dealer don't believe an oil change is necessary until 600 miles or so, but I've seen advice to the contrary where at 20, 100, or 200 an oil and filter change might be helpful to get rid of any significant initial metal. So question one is whether or not an oil change before the 600 mile service has some significant benefit?
Question two then would be what oil to use if a change before the dealer 600 mile service is a good idea. I've seen the holy war about oil as well, but am still a bit confused as I've read that Ducati puts synthetic in at the factory (will try to confirm with Ducati and/or dealer), the dealer tells me that once you use synthetic you can't go back to regular petro oil (didn't ask technically why, but will), and some postings I've read suggest breaking in with petro oil. Again, the dealer says no change is really necessary until 600 and then they use semi-synthetic Motul, so suggested if I wanted to do one myself before then to use the same.
Any advice from first hand experience regarding whether or not to do a oil and filter change before 600 and what brand/type/viscosity, etc. will be much appreciated! Pros and Cons identified would be wonderful.
Thanks in advance for reading and any help offered!