2020 RTL W/ 600 MILES - Should I bother changing the oil and coolant?

[Escorial]

The bike had been sitting in a heated garage when I bought it last October and from then it went through the winter here in my unheated garage.

Of course the oli looks new and from my thoughts its good to go till the first real service same goes for the coolant.

Personally I do not see any reason except blowing the money ;-).

[troop]

Nope .. Leave in till the end of this season

[Knizar]

The bike had been sitting in a heated garage when I bought it last October and from then it went through the winter here in my unheated garage.

Of course the oli looks new and from my thoughts its good to go till the first real service same goes for the coolant.

Personally I do not see any reason except blowing the money ;-).

I would Not , but I'm sure others may disagree, coolant is OK for a couple years with lotsa miles. Your good to go in my book! .........Bill

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Personally I do not see any reason except blowing the money ;-).

In my opinion, and experience with oil analysis tests, you are 110% correct!

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Nope .. Leave in till the end of this season

Although oil once it becomes contaminated ( from use ) is not the best .... at 600 mi.worth of use I'd leave it .....and I'm cheap ...... Mike

[JayBros]

Your coolant is good for 28K miles or five years, whichever comes first. You should have the brake fluid flushed every two years because it's hygroscopic.

[Escorial]

Well just checked today and I'm at a whopping 1,600 miles.

Oil looks clean, I'm going to wait till 3k for the first service.
Bike is always garage kept and with the oil made these days, I'm just going to wait.

Sucks to get old hehe

[Baron14y]

Your coolant is good for 28K miles or five years, whichever comes first. You should have the brake fluid flushed every two years because it's hygroscopic.

Why do we have to flush out the brake fluid every two years, but not required in a car?

[FrogmanDave]

Why do we have to flush out the brake fluid every two years, but not required in a car?

Oh boy.... here we go.

[ARtraveler]

With only 600 miles, I would not get another oil change at this time.

[Escorial]

its now 1,600 miles ;-)

[Escorial]

Condensation gets in the fluid over time, with heavy braking the fluid could actually boil and cause a loss. Cars system compared to a bike is much larger and bigger reservoir so it would take longer to cool also is has more brakes ;-). Actually cars should have it done per manufacture but again I really dod not see it being done. Unless the brake system is worked on

Its probably more involved but above myself. If your bikes fluid is still clear and up to the top I would not worry but would not exceed what is suggested by the manufacture by too much.

[Peter Aawen]

Why do we have to flush out the brake fluid every two years, but not required in a car?

I think if you look closely enough, you'll find that regular brake system inspections & testing, which includes checking that the fluid is up to the task/doesn't have too much moisture in it, really IS required on a car, altho maybe you & many other 'car users' aren't quite so aware of that requirement!

But basically, because all brake fluid is hygroscopic and there's significantly less total fluid volume in a bike's braking system than there is in a car, a bike is far more likely to get its brake fluid hot enough for dodgy fluid to cause braking issues &/or failure, so any moisture in the fluid has a far greater adverse impact a whole lot sooner, so it's given a higher profile in the service schedule. And as mentioned, if you look at the service schedule on your car closely, you'll very likely find that at least testing & flushing the brake fluid if warranted is included at some stage, even if 'flushing regularly' is not actually specified but rather just implied; besides which, fewer people tend to do all their own maintenance on their cars than there are who do all that on their bikes, so the 'more critical' need for regular flushing on a bike tends to be given a higher profile in the bike's maintenance schedule, possibly simply as a CYA exercise on behalf of the manufacturer, but even so....