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It's inevitable that you'll get responses ranging the gamut from "Every 3000 miles or you'll die!" to once a year or 10,000 miles, whichever comes first. Truth is most of us are old guys who grew up and learned to drive and do vehicle maintenance in an era when dino oils were 1) the ONLY choice, and 2) not nearly near as good as they are today. I'll chime in with my OPINION--which is at least as good as all the other crusty bastards on this forum (#becauseimafuckingrocketscietist)--and say that I'd do changes with dino (since that's according to the manual) at 6 month intervals or 6000-7500 miles, whichever comes first. I'm a bit surprised that Ichiro's peeps spec dino oil--guessing because of the clutch?--and I'd prolly either use a syth blend or full synth and change at 10,000 miles or yearly. I always use full synth in my bikes and have never had a clutch issue. And I'd change the filter at each interval since I hate the idea of contaminating all my hard earned dollars of clean lube with dark and crusty shit lurking in the old filter. But hey, it's a Honda so no matter what you decide, it'll eventually die LONG AFTER you sell it and move on to something new.

Mr and Mrs Tonik invited me over for tea and Crumpets

So also not good at killing squirrels.

Were you asking for advice?

That is how I have always done it.

Doesn't matter what I own, car or bike. I change the oil/filter every 5,000 miles. Keeps the math easy. Haven't lost an engine yet.

First: Engineers are most certainly asshats. Welcome to my reality. Second: The likelihood of any sort of catastrophic failure by following the maintenance schedule is virtually non-existent. Case in point: Danimal's SV650 with 200k+ miles and not one single valve inspection, let alone adjustment. If you sleep better changing it more often, then I suggest you do that....sleep is always good . Third: See "First".

What kind of oil should I use to kill a squirrel?

I dont have time to teach you the basics man, fucking google it.

Goldwings rock!

I can ask my cat to shit out a new exhaust system for either of you.

That's a long way from shovelin' cowshit 😆

+1 for saying fuck the service intervals and changing it when you feel the need. New oil and filter more often can't hurt anything.

Nothing but respect for those guys. That's usually a entry level crew in the Construction world too. Those guys aren't even making the big bucks yet.

I'll agree there MANY MANY worse jobs than that. Growing up a in farming community and doing various industrial job through the years. Pushing carts in a parking lot really isn't that big of a deal. I could make a list but yea there are many.

Brace yourselves, NCBike pics incoming... Chasing @blue03636 with an r6 in muh way. Trying to get low. FAIL.

I resemble that remark.... Imagine having to work with a bunch of asshat geniuses...

360 lbs wet with a comfortable riding position. It will hug a tight corner with just a tiny bit of steering input. It tops out around 115 with enough pull to to be entertaining as long as you wring it's neck. I have fun every time I throw a leg over it.