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Originally Posted by Walkabout
Never owned a XR, but out of curiosity are the filters,
a. All in one cartridge type, single use and dispose
b. Paper type "internals" inside a purpose made/designed part of the bike
c. Can you get a stainless steel re-cleanable insert in place of the type b?
(I have type c in my XT225 and it is easy enough to take it out and clean it when the oil is changed).
A few, random, thoughts:
It is not necessary to change/clean a filter every time the oil is changed.
It is not even necessary to change to oil as frequently as the book says, if it happens to be burning some in any case (as a single cyl can be prone to do) - gradually recycling the oil by topping up as required.
My XT225 contains a total of just 0.9 litre of oil so I keep a very close eye on the level - that is the key IMO.
Yep, lots of views about Enduro bike maintenance periods viz a viz use as a touring/travelling machine.
Is the XR400 considered to be an enduro, in it's day?
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The bike takes type a, small disposable plastic cylinder with a fixed paper element.
I’ve always changed the filter with the oil every time, and my feeling is that if I’m doubling the recommended interval maybe I shouldn’t push my luck with further halving the filter change frequency, then again if I did what you say 3 or 4 paper filters is about 15,000km worth which would be awesome.
I did research the stainless filter idea for the DRZ, it seems to be a subject that divides opinion, I concluded that it would probably be alright but buying $5 paper filters was no real inconvenience for 100% certainty that my oil was being filtered properly. Looks like you can get them for the XR, might be worth investigating further.
Yeah in its day the XR400R was an enduro machine, when it started to struggle against the lighter DOHC liquid cooled competitors Honda brought out the CRF range to replace it. Obviously by today’s 105kg 50hp standards it looks more like a farm bike but still more performance than I dare fully use off road!
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