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The dealer replaced the oil and filter at 1000k's. They put in good mineral oil, which is fine, but I want to run fully synthetic in this bike. So it's on with the old Norton T shirt and disgracefully dirty black jeans as it's oil change time. 4000k's on the clock ,about 3000 of them at the local race track here in Perth.The cowl was 4 bolts and off, the filter looked too hard to remove with coolant reservoir in position, 1 bolt, and move aside . Was really pleased to see that there was next to nothing sticking to the sump plug magnet, and the oil , though discoloured, wasn't BLACK, in gee that looks buggared. 3.2litres of oil and a new filter later, all done , that was easy. Off to servo, fill tank ready for 300 + k's at the track this friday. Not having used fully synthetic before am curious to see if I can feel any difference. One friend said , ''she will run smoother and revs will spin up faster. Compared to my old V twin it spins up so fast am not sure I will notice an improvement.So you long time 4 cylinder riders, any thoughts on fully syn compared to mineral.Will it last longer than mineral ? I like to change oil every 3000k's as most of my riding is ride days at track and hardly have any time to get out on the street, so takes 4 months to clock up a measly 3000k's