oil change ?

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Hello everyone! Its that time of year for me to get my bike out of storage! I just picked up 3 bottles of mobil 1 15w50 and was wondering! Should I first start the bike up with the old oil in it from winter? Or should I just uncover it and drain the oil and change filter before I even start it? Thanks for any advice you may have for me!
 
How many miles/time is on the oil that it was stored with?
If it was changed just before storage I wouldn't change it at all.
If it was run all last summer I'd change it before starting.
I believe It's best to change the oil before storage and you are good to go in the spring.
 
What's the recommended OCI for your bike? 1000 miles is nothing. I'd leave it in there and change it when it's time to do so.
 
Big forums like BITOG with 30,000 whatever members are great, but sometimes your own common sense is better than the opinion of anyone here.

If the oil looks OK and isn't black, seems to make the bike run good, sound good, etc., then chances are it's doing it's job and still has many miles left to go.

Use your senses and play it by ear.
 
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