Hi all,
Been reading this forum for a while now and got some good tips and tricks, thanks everyone. I bought my Breva 1100 new just over 2 years ago in Auckland and up to 22,000Kms on it now, excellent, reliable bike and very pleased with it.
Had a few teething troubles, locktight on centre and side stand now, thanks to whoever posted that one, small fuel leak from the bolts that hold the fuel pump in, reinserted the bolts with a small amount of sealer on them and its fine now, oil leak from engine speed sensor due to damaged O ring at instalation, speedo replaced under warrenty as the original developed a crack in the perspex, problem on the new speedo though, in hot weather 30 degrees + when i turn on the ignition the speedo will settle at say 90Km/hr, if you turn the ign on/off it drops back 10Km/hr for every operation, new speedo on order under warrenty. Needless to say its been perfect in the cold winter months here, replaced the cat with a 2 into 1, washable air filter and a RB-O2 from Agostini, running great, had the header pipes and cat ceramic coated silver. Purchased a Givi screen and upon fitting it realised the Breva headlight is oval, Doh!, out with the saw and it all fits now, also took the top couple of inches off the perspex to reduce buffeting. Hugger from Skidmarx, 1st one cracked and Chris replaced it free of charge- great service. I had to replace one of the front fork seals @ 10,000 K's due to a small leak and was very surprised upon removal to see it was rusty, the rubber on the outside of the seal was cracked and the rust had slightly distorted the steel outer allowing oil out. I put grease under the dust seals now to keep the moisture out. Tricky getting the inner fork out. I gather you all like pictures so will add photos when I learn how to downsize from 5Meg-1.5Meg. I do all my own servicing now its out of warrenty, hopefully nothing major for years to come. CARC is fine (touch wood)
Been reading this forum for a while now and got some good tips and tricks, thanks everyone. I bought my Breva 1100 new just over 2 years ago in Auckland and up to 22,000Kms on it now, excellent, reliable bike and very pleased with it.
Had a few teething troubles, locktight on centre and side stand now, thanks to whoever posted that one, small fuel leak from the bolts that hold the fuel pump in, reinserted the bolts with a small amount of sealer on them and its fine now, oil leak from engine speed sensor due to damaged O ring at instalation, speedo replaced under warrenty as the original developed a crack in the perspex, problem on the new speedo though, in hot weather 30 degrees + when i turn on the ignition the speedo will settle at say 90Km/hr, if you turn the ign on/off it drops back 10Km/hr for every operation, new speedo on order under warrenty. Needless to say its been perfect in the cold winter months here, replaced the cat with a 2 into 1, washable air filter and a RB-O2 from Agostini, running great, had the header pipes and cat ceramic coated silver. Purchased a Givi screen and upon fitting it realised the Breva headlight is oval, Doh!, out with the saw and it all fits now, also took the top couple of inches off the perspex to reduce buffeting. Hugger from Skidmarx, 1st one cracked and Chris replaced it free of charge- great service. I had to replace one of the front fork seals @ 10,000 K's due to a small leak and was very surprised upon removal to see it was rusty, the rubber on the outside of the seal was cracked and the rust had slightly distorted the steel outer allowing oil out. I put grease under the dust seals now to keep the moisture out. Tricky getting the inner fork out. I gather you all like pictures so will add photos when I learn how to downsize from 5Meg-1.5Meg. I do all my own servicing now its out of warrenty, hopefully nothing major for years to come. CARC is fine (touch wood)
