Africa Twin 1100 Oil and filter change

[@KS-qf1pn]

I agree with filter change every time you change the oil.. been doing that on my car for many years.

[@AlbesADV]

Seams reasonable, besides a filter is between 10 to 15 dollars, cheap insurance

[@josemarb]

Grande Albe. Fantastic tutorialnof our Africona

[@AlbesADV]

Grazie 😀 👍

[@pnblondon1087]

This is all great, but it would be useful to mention which size of spanners/sockets/allen keys are required! And to show the wrench/spanner on the drain plugs too...

[@smcsumo]

Great tutorial Albe! 👌👍

[@AlbesADV]

Thanks 😀👍

[@kayagon]

Good video, thanks.

[@FranciscoGalicia]

Thanks for the video. What do you think about the Honda synthetic oil that is also 10w30? Thanks

[@AlbesADV]

I think that should be fine

[@bewildered5444]

Thanks for this. Decided to start doing my own work now the bike is out of warranty. The 8000 mile service is only an oil change and 'check and adjust' after all. Do you plan to do the dreaded valve check yourself? I've seen the procedure and it looks like a real PITA! My dealer recommended skipping the 16,000 mile check and doing it at 32,000 instead (As long as the bike starts and runs well). Mine is at 24,000 and runs fine so far.

[@AlbesADV]

Yes, I'm planning on doing it myself, I'm pretty sure the valve will be fine at 16000, meaning they will probably not need to be adjusted, but I'm still going to check. If you do skip the valve check keep your ears open when you ride, way before any damage will occur the bike will not run right so if you pay attention you might be able to tell. I'm glad you are doing your own maintenance 👍with the manual on hand nothing is really hard, it's just time consuming 😆

[@bewildered5444]

@@AlbesADV Thanks Albe. That's the thing - none of these procedures are beyond the scope of a decent DIYer, you just need time and LOTS of patience. Ride safe.

[@Jorge_Poco]

Hi, nice video, oil consumption dectected on CRF1100? I have one and some users repports oil consumtion since 0km on those engines. Tanks!

[@AlbesADV]

No oil consumption other than the one that gets trapped on the crank case breather hose

[@johnscott9829]

Thanks for the video. Do you change the DCT filter on every oil change. I know yours is not a DCT but thought you might know. Thanks

[@AlbesADV]

Not every oil change, but every oil filter change. The manual says to replace those filters every other oil change 😀👍

[@muhdshahril-c6y]

Great video Albe!

[@muhdshahril-c6y]

Hi Albe. I’m very interesting with your Ducati Scrambler project. Do you still have it? Waiting for your next video or update of your Ducati Scrambler project 👍

[@AlbesADV]

Thanks man👍

[@AlbesADV]

Hi, the scrambler is gone, it was a great project and I got to the point where adding anything else would be too much

[@flyboyfs]

Nce vid, what torque you use on drein bolt and plate bolt?

[@AlbesADV]

Honda manual says 30NM

[@fabimesizae]

Thank you. How do you go about changing the gearbox oil?

[@AlbesADV]

Hi, thank you. In most motorcycles the motor oil is also the gearbox oil, it's obe assembly and the oil is free to move around 😀👍

[@fabimesizae]

@@AlbesADV Perfect. I have an Africa Twin 1100 DCT, so the engine and gearbox oil is the same. Thanks for the prompt reply.

[@AlbesADV]

@fabimesizae si, l'unica cosa in più che devi fare è cambiare anche il filtro olio frizione che si trova dalla parte del DCT davanti alla pedana e assicurati che la parte del filtro che dice "out side" sta verso fuori.

[@myz06rocks]

Grazie Albe.

[@AlbesADV]

Prego 😀👍

[@terrystratford1235]

Would you use a fuel additive like redex? Also, as this bike has a cat, would you use cataclean?

[@AlbesADV]

No, I don't add anything to the fuel, just use good quality fuels, modern fuels already have additives in it

[@terrystratford1235]

@@AlbesADV true! I was wondering if it would harm or benefit the system? Fuel doesn't clean the catalyst, so would a cat cleaner help? I personally only use shell e5 99ron,it's the best!

[@AlbesADV]

I'm not sure if cat cleaner would help, I know it has to go thru the whole system before it makes it to the cat. I agree on the shell fuel being one of the best if not the best

[@terrystratford1235]

@@AlbesADV just done some research. Yes, the cat and o2 sensor need to be periodically cleaned to maintain performance! Recommended at every oil change, so every 5-6000 miles or so! 👍

[@ignaciodiaz7339]

Can I use synthetic 5w30?

[@AlbesADV]

Hi, the 5w-30 provides better cold weather start because it flows better, on the other hand, the thicker 10w-30 it's a little more protective in warm weather, but once the engine is running they will perform in about the same way 👍

[@TheMrB]

Twi Plugs at 2:12

[@warpillow8775]

Not sure how i feel about putting torque specs behind a paywall. Kinda makes every how-to video on your channel useless, when i can go watch the next guys video with all the information i need for free. Gonna be honest, it's disappointing behavior. If people are going to support you as a creator, they are gonna do it because they like your content, not because they can get freely available info directly from you.

[@AlbesADV]

When I started, I was giving all the torque specs in all the videos to everybody, as a thank you, I was being blamed and receiving a ton of "not so nice" messages by people that broke something while fixing their bikes, claiming it was becauseof my torquespecs ( taken from the OEM maintenance manual BTW). So I decided to give them to fewer people, that are more invested in the channel. All the torque specs are freely available on the internet just by doing a little search, it's more a matter of convenience rather than money making and offers a little buffer for me. So, I'm sorry to disappoint I really am but I learned that, "no good deed goes unpublished on the Internet"