Suzuki V-Strom (VStrom) Owners Club DL250, DL650, DL1000 & DL1050

Oily Rag - Dedicated to Pat, Greywolf. 26/06/45 - 04/06/18 => Oil/Lubrication => Topic started by: kafue on September 21, 2020, 14:15:30

Title: DL650 Service Interval
Post by: kafue on September 21, 2020, 14:15:30

The owners manual states the service intervals are 600/4000/7500 etc.

Someone ( a dealer) told me that Suzuki have skipped the 4000 mile service. Is this correct ?

Title: Re: DL650 Service Interval
Post by: Ianmc on September 21, 2020, 15:18:52

I simply do mine including filter every 5000 miles.It’s easy to remember,e.g.5,10,15,20K etc.

Title: Re: DL650 Service Interval
Post by: user650 on September 21, 2020, 15:53:39

@Kafue What age is your 650 ?

Title: Re: DL650 Service Interval
Post by: Steady Freddy on September 21, 2020, 17:04:37

My dealer said "see you at 7500" after first service.......

Title: Re: DL650 Service Interval
Post by: Sea-Strom on September 22, 2020, 00:02:27

7500 or 12 months for warranty.

Title: Re: DL650 Service Interval
Post by: goldstromboy on September 22, 2020, 19:23:29

Yup I agree......dealer told me 7500........

Title: Re: DL650 Service Interval
Post by: Joe Rocket on September 24, 2020, 10:37:30

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but there used to be closer stated service intervals which I believe was changed 2014/2015 so if your bike is newer than that it will fall into the less frequent category. As there were substantial engine changes from gen 1 to gen 2 (2012 on-) that seemed logical but it came during gen 2 models so there was no sense to it as the engines were the same.  :shrug:

Title: Re: DL650 Service Interval
Post by: Ianmc on September 24, 2020, 17:52:53

Correct Joe, it used to be every 3,500 miles.Its virtually the same engine, just a touch lower compression ratio and obviously a few electronic bits to make it more emmision compliant. I still do my K9 every 5,000 mls. It’s easier to remember at my age 🤔😂.

Title: Re: DL650 Service Interval
Post by: kafue on September 26, 2020, 12:12:29

My 650 is on a "68" plate.

Thanks everyone for the feed back.