coquinn

If I were to go by the maint. minder indicator on the dash, I would have had to change the oil at 4023mi (15%). I never reset the maint. minder from the intial oil change.

That being said, I would have never made it to 10,000mi. on the factory fill - that would be suicide in my opinion.

2007 Zx-10

thanks for posting, what oil were you running during the most recent drain?

2007 Zx-10

Agree. 5000 perhaps, but 10,000 is way too long for break-in, more frequent changes seem to improve performance during this critical period, at least in all the bikes I've ever owned

psychoazn

I've been running Motul 300V.

The ones I've posted were:

Factory fill
Valvoline 5w30
Valvoline 5w30
Valvoline 5w30
Motul 8100 Eco 5w30.

I do have a 300V sample; I'll post that when I get home from work today. I also have another sample lying around that I need to send in

psychoazn

Check out the viscosity after all that use!

The "current" sample is Motul 300V. The interval included many spirited drives and some HPDE.

JackS

I think I can safely say that the maintanance minder will begin alarming at about 5500mi and reach 0% at 6000 miles. This was my car that was driven from Fla to California and back. on the factory fill and I was fully expecting 7500 for some reason. Ninety % of this driving was high speed Interstate so maybe it's a little different with a more normal daily routine.

INTJ

The minder is not comparable between drivers. My last one gave me 15% after 7,200 and didn't lower after a hdpe.

Mike the shear stability on that Motul looks great!

psychoazn

They DO advertise zero shear....

The amount of anti-wear additive in 300V is amazing.

Keep in mind this is the stuff a lot of race teams throw in their cars... litterally the stuff you can buy off the shelf (albeit, usually a heavier weight; Subaru WRC team uses 20w50 Motul 300V)