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Hi Everyone,
Due to weather I have been doing more mods on my new 2007 T100 than riding it. I've only got 132kms on it and changed the oil and filter. I am an oil change fanatic, and have always held that it is a good idea to change the oil on a new motor around the 100km mark.
Taking it a step further I wanted proof positive this wasn't just a waste of money, so I just carefully cut the base off the oil filter (remember this is at 132km's!) and was blown away by the amount of metal in the pleated filtering medium.
I knew that all those new freshly machined surfaces needed to mate together and there would be metal particles but I had no idea there would be so much. Just imagine how contaminated the hot engine oil with suspended metal particles is. A very good idea to get it out of the engine early in the game.
For the other wrench heads out there I wanted to share this with you.
I will post a pic shortly of my mods as soon as the weather warms and I can pull my bike outside.

Due to weather I have been doing more mods on my new 2007 T100 than riding it. I've only got 132kms on it and changed the oil and filter. I am an oil change fanatic, and have always held that it is a good idea to change the oil on a new motor around the 100km mark.
Taking it a step further I wanted proof positive this wasn't just a waste of money, so I just carefully cut the base off the oil filter (remember this is at 132km's!) and was blown away by the amount of metal in the pleated filtering medium.
I knew that all those new freshly machined surfaces needed to mate together and there would be metal particles but I had no idea there would be so much. Just imagine how contaminated the hot engine oil with suspended metal particles is. A very good idea to get it out of the engine early in the game.
For the other wrench heads out there I wanted to share this with you.
I will post a pic shortly of my mods as soon as the weather warms and I can pull my bike outside.

