edgeman55 wrote:
I run the K&N.My buddy has a 05 with over 180K.All he has run is Mobil one 20/50 syn and the K&N filters.Good enough for me.
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WOW!!!,180k miles on your friends 05 R*,was the motor ever rblt/worked on & if not does it use-burn-or leak much oil with close to 200k miles on it?

Scott

Do timely oil & filter changes using motorcycle oil with proper zddp lvl for the R*'s ft cam-lifters along with no fric mods for the R*'s wet clutch along with using just about any oil filter on the list shown in this post (accept for Frams low lvl/low cost oil filters!)and you will be just fine!

With that said i use either Mobil-1-M110,Bosch 3323 filter,K&N filter,Amsoil filter,Wix filter etc are all just fine!

The most important thing is to do timely oil & filter changes on a regular basis using good quality motorcycle specific oil & decent oil filter and you should have no oil related problems like for example prematurly worn out flat tappet cams & or lifters or in a few cases clutch slippage due to friction mods in non motorcycle specific oil.

Getting old used contaminated oil out of the crankcase/oil tanks on a reg basis is one of the best things you can do for you R*'s motor because clean oil with little to no contamination in it = less wear .

Some newer design full syn oils actually surround dirt-contamination-metal particles from wear to keep that dirt & or contamination from scratching/prematurly wearing out engine parts like FT cam & lifters or lower end crank & or rod bearings along with the oil also having proper zddp lvl for safe FT cam/lifter operation too.

Also, ensure the airfilter is clean to keep dust-dirt out of carb and or from being sucked into motor and that the fuel filter is changed on timely bassis keeping dirt-contam out of the carb will help ensure you have a trouble free reliable bike.

Scott

Safety wire hole is for racing. Most racing organizations require the filter and any drain plugs to be safety wired, as insurance against loosening, as you can't mess a race track up much wors that spraying high quality synthetic racing oil all over it!
For filters without safety wire provisions, most organizations accept a hose clamp around the filter, with the clamp saftied, and then the clamp screw body is used for the anchor point on the filter, and the other end is secured to a drilled bolt head, or wrapped around an adjacent member.
Haven't looked around that hard for a spot on the Roadie! Although I have broken the filter housing right off the case on a parking lot stop block!

Another story, related here a couple of times.

Also, why is the guy with 180K on an '05 not on the Clinic???

scottw wrote:
edgeman55 wrote:
I run the K&N.My buddy has a 05 with over 180K.All he has run is Mobil one 20/50 syn and the K&N filters.Good enough for me.
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WOW!!!,180k miles on your friends 05 R*,was the motor ever rblt/worked on & if not does it use-burn-or leak much oil with close to 200k miles on it?

Scott

Motor is all original.Only thing he has had done to the bike is a cltch at 120K.He chages the oil and filter every 8K and it burns no oil runs as strong as ever.He rides about 40K a year and does a lot of ironbutt rides.The only other problem he had with the bike was a vibration thing but after retourqing the engine bolts it went away.These bikes are strong.

One of the members on the Delphi forum retired his after over 200K. All he ever used was regular old dino oil, Yamalube I think, and filters and it was still running strong.