130000km still going
 

Hi Just reached 130000 km this month. 98 XTE Commuting everyday....hassle free.Can be repaired easely. Forever xt 600

Thats great! Original piston and top end?

Yes all original, nothing done but oil change.

:thumbup1: What kind of oil have you been using? Any compression test lately?

I gave my 2003 model a new piston at 128.000km. The ringshad almost 1,, ring gap, but it didnt use oil.

Everything else looked and worked fine, and the bike didnt seem to gain power with a rebuild. I just thought I'd be better safe than sorry, because I use it to commute to work.

I've been using dino oil (although not much) semi synthetic, and full synthetic, in just about avery viscocity range, 5w40, 10w/40, 10w50, 20w50.

I've been using a lot of different brands, but mostly Procycle from louis, fullsynthetic 10w50. I've been chaning oil at around 5000km, and oilfilter very 2 or 3 times (have never seen any "dirt" in them)

Im closing in on 160.000km..

Im using basic 10w40 oil, service every 5/6 k. No compression test. Yes I could check to see. I grinded the exhaust header to smooth it out to remove the "bump"(.Excuse my english im French). It seems to have improved the exhaust gaz flow a lot.This with a k & n filter and Arrow silencer. The engine is much more flexible than before.????I can go down to 2250/2500 rpm in all gear. It s a cool bike , bullet proof.