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choose your own oil level?

1. For some reason I thought they changed the 17 to 900 miles. will look it up someday. oil coming out looked cleaner thn when they put it in.
2. Maybe the 16 got better too. my 15 has the cold (I ain't ready to go yet" feature.
3. I would have but when the service manual says 4&6 you tend to believe it. the Ohio windy 9 should loosen them back up a bit..
4. I have one of those good wheel chocks from Alabama. lets it stay nice and upright. in Az I use a 2x4 and another probably 1/2" piece of wood to check that bike.
Dinsdale, read where the bottom arrow is. it says screw it in and then check it.
You are correct on the first service. 1,500 kilometers or 900 miles.
 
I like that the owners manual says that the brake fluid must be replaced every two years for every 12,427.42 miles. How are you Americans or UK riders gonna measure that precisely?
 

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You are correct on the first service. 1,500 kilometers or 900 miles.

I confess error but remind readers I did use the "I'm just kibitzing" disclaimer. :giggle:

I like that the owners manual says that the brake fluid must be replaced every two years for every 12,427.42 miles. How are you Americans or UK riders gonna measure that precisely?

THAT is funny. :rofl:

Bill
 
I like that the owners manual says that the brake fluid must be replaced every two years for every 12,427.42 miles. How are you Americans or UK riders gonna measure that precisely?

Laugh, but years ago, there was a guy here where I work who use to change his oil every 3000 miles. On the DOT. Not a mile before, or a mile after. Kept everything in his trunk so he could stop wherever he was to do it. :D

He shared a carpool, and the other members in the carpool learned to keep a close watch of his odometer, or suffer the consequences. :rofl:
 
Two auto oil change stories from my youth:
One guy had a 1960 Red Ford Station Wagon with a 6 cylinder motor & over 100,000 miles on it.
Never changed the oil, he changed the filter & added a quart when he thought about it. Didn't smoke or leak.

Another guy whenever he changed the oil he would put 3 or 4 gallons of kerosene in his engine & let it run until it started making noise.
Drain it, put in oil & a filter. It was an old Dodge from the late 50's & he bought it new.
 
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