Oil filter

Owning a rare bike has its challenges.

Even a simple oil filter replacement sucked.

Ebay and amazon isnt too ybr250 friendly.

Shows that it uses the same filter as a wr250.

I had to use the part number and bring it to the store and voila!

It was the same filter as the all common small 135cc yamaha spark lc135!

The dealership wanted $16sgd for the filter! I walked away.

Bought a thai made filter locally at $4(Which has a red paper filter element)

Bought a indonesian made filter in malaysia at $3.30 (Has a yellow filter element)

Both are similar with no difference in quality. But a yellow filter element has a kick to it as you can see the dirt more clearly.

I was considering a stainless steel oil filter.

But decided paper was the way to go. Toss the old one and pop a new one in. Manual says its good to go for 20 000km.

Reason for not using SS?

1. Downtime and mess from cleaning. Air compressor, kerosene, gloves, toothbrush.

2. Deterioration of gasket?

3. Drink from a paper filtered and a stainless steel mesh filtered coffee. You will have sediments with the metal filter.

4. Reputable SS oil filter are more expensive.

Upon removing of the right side clutch plate cover, there is actually a stainless steel oil filter mesh at the bottom of the sump. It had trapped nasty things in it which i removed with my bare hands and a cloth at the workshop while the mechanic was working on the clutch.