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    Jan 14, 2019 3 minutes

    Yamaha XJR1300SP

     One of my bikes is a XJR1300SP, which I’m very happy with. This bike has heavy gearbox internals due to the big torque the engine produces. It is with this bike that I have to change the oil every 1500km, otherwise the gear-shifting becomes very clunky. With fresh oil it’s super-smooth! The strange thing I noticed lately was that when I change the oil with oil that has stood for a year in a previously opened

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