Invicta Moto
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What's the mileage now then?
54k, what to expect?
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raginmund
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55k; I've put only 2k on it since September, but then again it's hasn't stopped snowing/sleeting since December 10th either
Snow and sleet is a good time to go through EVERYTHING and do it yourself...then you know for sure what has and hasn't been done! Buy yourself a Haynes manual, or get the service list/maintenance thing on the web. It has everything but is a complete PITA because it is on the confuser....I can't take my confuser out to the bike with me...so I make notes, and take them with me instead! Sheafs of paper. It makes the world go round.
If I buy a new bike privately (not happened for some time) I will give it a complete service of everything that needs servicing, even if the owner said he did it yesterday. If he changed the oil, then it has had a nice flush hasn't it...and for a tenner, what price piece of mind.
Change the engine oil
Gearbox oil (use a good one - I like 75-90)
Back wheel oil (I think people call it the crown wheel and pinion....but "back wheel" doesn't take so many teeth spits!)
Change the clutch and brake fluid (or if you are not confident to do it yourself, get it done).
Wheel bearings - give them the shakey test.
Why did it have a new front wheel? Big impact with a pot hole?
Brake calipers. Get them pads out and check the pistons trundle to and fro. Clean the pad pins and treat to a smear of copper slip.
Air filter...is the big box under the seat. Undo 3 screws and lift out the big, round paper concertina. Change it - don't even think about cleaning it. Just chuck it and put a fresh one in. Agan, they are only a tenner, posted. I buy 4 at a time (2 bikes you see...one in use, one on the shelf).
Spark plugs. get some new ones in there (unless you can see they are brand new).
Tyres....got some air in them? That's good.
Really, if you go through the entire major service yourself, doing a bit at a time...it whiles away a whole day, won't cost any more than having the bits done by someone else and you learn a lot about what lives where on your new bike. Very satisfying....until you come to the electronic bits. Then it is like trying to use a confuser or a mobile phone, some can and some can't.
If I buy a new bike privately (not happened for some time) I will give it a complete service of everything that needs servicing, even if the owner said he did it yesterday. If he changed the oil, then it has had a nice flush hasn't it...and for a tenner, what price piece of mind.
Change the engine oil
Gearbox oil (use a good one - I like 75-90)
Back wheel oil (I think people call it the crown wheel and pinion....but "back wheel" doesn't take so many teeth spits!)
Change the clutch and brake fluid (or if you are not confident to do it yourself, get it done).
Wheel bearings - give them the shakey test.
Why did it have a new front wheel? Big impact with a pot hole?
Brake calipers. Get them pads out and check the pistons trundle to and fro. Clean the pad pins and treat to a smear of copper slip.
Air filter...is the big box under the seat. Undo 3 screws and lift out the big, round paper concertina. Change it - don't even think about cleaning it. Just chuck it and put a fresh one in. Agan, they are only a tenner, posted. I buy 4 at a time (2 bikes you see...one in use, one on the shelf).
Spark plugs. get some new ones in there (unless you can see they are brand new).
Tyres....got some air in them? That's good.
Really, if you go through the entire major service yourself, doing a bit at a time...it whiles away a whole day, won't cost any more than having the bits done by someone else and you learn a lot about what lives where on your new bike. Very satisfying....until you come to the electronic bits. Then it is like trying to use a confuser or a mobile phone, some can and some can't.
raginmund
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Really, if you go through the entire major service yourself, doing a bit at a time...it whiles away a whole day, won't cost any more than having the bits done by someone else and you learn a lot about what lives where on your new bike. Very satisfying....until you come to the electronic bits. Then it is like trying to use a confuser or a mobile phone, some can and some can't.
Electrics? They run off magic smoke don't they?
Thanks for all that advice KR; I feel better now that RGM has taken a look at it, and nothing urgent needs to be done.
I'm going to take it there for work, but I'll certainly be edumacating myself about the bike as it looks like I'll be keeping it a good while
No idea why the front wheel was replaced; pot-hole was my first thought too. I have a recent HPI cert, so it's not been declared on any insurance anyway.
You sound a bit like me. I have found another bike that will do me for the next 25 years. I tend to keep my machines a LONG time (Morini 350 for 18 years...never let me down fully, 187,000 miles for one gearbox bearing and front exhaust valve guide as th eonly repairs. Even the electrics were totally reliable.
next was an RS100 - overlapped as I got rid of the Ducati SS900 Darmah (also overlapped with the Morini - had that 15 years and did over 50,000 on her) the RS100 lasted 15 years too and was sold with over 300,000 miles on it.......now the 1150s, they will be with me till I die, or I get too old and frail to lift/shove them about, and so will need something lighter. otherwise, for me, the perfect motorcycle.
next was an RS100 - overlapped as I got rid of the Ducati SS900 Darmah (also overlapped with the Morini - had that 15 years and did over 50,000 on her) the RS100 lasted 15 years too and was sold with over 300,000 miles on it.......now the 1150s, they will be with me till I die, or I get too old and frail to lift/shove them about, and so will need something lighter. otherwise, for me, the perfect motorcycle.
raginmund
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Wow, you're the only person I've come across who's owned a Morini, let alone done 187,000 miles on one!!
I'm hoping for 10 years and 100k out of the GS.
raginmund
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60,000 Miles
Now at 60k, and I'm glad to report that nothing has gone wrong. In the last 6000 miles all it's needed is a '6k' service and a new battery
Now at 60k, and I'm glad to report that nothing has gone wrong. In the last 6000 miles all it's needed is a '6k' service and a new battery
bristoltriathlonking
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Mines done over 70,000 miles and whilst the engine finish is to be honest, pretty appalling, I'm very happy that she's going to carry on for another 70,000.
I get her serviced every 6,000 miles according to the schedule and get her checked out on your classic failure points, change the oil and filter at 3,000 and she has been as good as gold.
Phenomenal machines.
I get her serviced every 6,000 miles according to the schedule and get her checked out on your classic failure points, change the oil and filter at 3,000 and she has been as good as gold.
Phenomenal machines.
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