Regular maintenance?
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Regular maintenance?
What stuff do I need to know, such as fluids, tires, etc. That need to be serviced or changed at XXX miles? How long do tires usually last? I noticed they are very soft. So I would hope I don't have to change them like every couple thousand miles. 
Im too broke to be spending 400 dollars every time I need a new tire.
Also, what kind of oil/filter do you guys use? I know the bike has Synthetic in it now. What shops around are reputible, and reasonably priced?
Im too broke to be spending 400 dollars every time I need a new tire. Also, what kind of oil/filter do you guys use? I know the bike has Synthetic in it now. What shops around are reputible, and reasonably priced?
Capt."Howling Mad"Murdock
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oh i know. just mean what oil people use always seems to end up about 5 pages long. there's whole sites about testing car oil in bikes and shit like that. depends on the bike how often you change it. mine seems to beat the shit out of oil and can tell a difference riding it after only 500 miles. so i just use cheap shit and change it alot. the good 7$ a quart stuff does shift smoother thou. just costs to much for me and still goes to shit about the same time. but i also have a older high miles bike.
to me..change it often is better than what brand you end up using. then chain. i over oil mine I'm sure but i doing like it making noise. tires will wear pretty quick if you ride alot in a straight line. not much worse than having chicken strips. lol but the front lasts a few times compared to the back.
to me..change it often is better than what brand you end up using. then chain. i over oil mine I'm sure but i doing like it making noise. tires will wear pretty quick if you ride alot in a straight line. not much worse than having chicken strips. lol but the front lasts a few times compared to the back.
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Dragging Plastics
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Originally Posted by Cronic
What stuff do I need to know, such as fluids, tires, etc. That need to be serviced or changed at XXX miles? How long do tires usually last? I noticed they are very soft. So I would hope I don't have to change them like every couple thousand miles. Im too broke to be spending 400 dollars every time I need a new tire.
Also, what kind of oil/filter do you guys use? I know the bike has Synthetic in it now. What shops around are reputible, and reasonably priced?
Im too broke to be spending 400 dollars every time I need a new tire. Also, what kind of oil/filter do you guys use? I know the bike has Synthetic in it now. What shops around are reputible, and reasonably priced?
Tires usually last about 3000 miles on an average.
A rear tire should cost you between $150-$175 installed.
K&N oil filter with Motul 300V full synthetic oil.
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Do you really have to start a thread every time you go on a ride and see a guy with no helmet on?
Does it affect you that much that some random guy 1500 miles away went and paid his own money for a 1000?
Do we really have to fight over who uses the back brake or not?
Do you have to argue over stupid pointless shit on the Internet?
Do you really have to start a thread every time you go on a ride and see a guy with no helmet on?
Does it affect you that much that some random guy 1500 miles away went and paid his own money for a 1000?
Do we really have to fight over who uses the back brake or not?
Do you have to argue over stupid pointless shit on the Internet?
I'm Bored
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Originally Posted by Cronic
Is there any special lube for the chain? Can I just use WD40? 
i use chain wax. didnt fling as much.
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Dragging Plastics
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Maxima Chain Wax is the way to go with chain lube.
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Do you really have to start a thread every time you go on a ride and see a guy with no helmet on?
Does it affect you that much that some random guy 1500 miles away went and paid his own money for a 1000?
Do we really have to fight over who uses the back brake or not?
Do you have to argue over stupid pointless shit on the Internet?
Do you really have to start a thread every time you go on a ride and see a guy with no helmet on?
Does it affect you that much that some random guy 1500 miles away went and paid his own money for a 1000?
Do we really have to fight over who uses the back brake or not?
Do you have to argue over stupid pointless shit on the Internet?
