Mike112358
New Member
Picked up the items required to do the first service on my Super Tenere and was shocked at the prices the dealer charged for the supplies. The Yamaha semi-synthetic 10W50 oil was $84CAD for four liters ($21CAD ea) and the oil filter was $21.97CAD. That's $14.79USD and $15.47USD respectively for a total of $105.97CAD/$74.63USD. Does this seem out of line? The one oil I expected to be expensive was for the hypoid gearbox and it was only $14.08CAD. On my Vstrom the Suzuki filters were $12CAD and 5 liters of Rotella T6 is $40CAD.
Out of curiosity I cut apart the filter to see how well a $22 filter was made. It was a little disappointing. The filter doesn't even have end caps, just what appears to be hot-glue. Even FRAM filters have cardboard circles. The Baldwin filters I use on Kubota and JD equipment have metal media caps - maybe I'll switch to those.
Out of curiosity I cut apart the filter to see how well a $22 filter was made. It was a little disappointing. The filter doesn't even have end caps, just what appears to be hot-glue. Even FRAM filters have cardboard circles. The Baldwin filters I use on Kubota and JD equipment have metal media caps - maybe I'll switch to those.