Hi There Guys.

I purchased this morning a Sherco 2003 250cc trails bike.

I have ridden Yamaha Ty's for years and have finally saved up my £1000 to buy a proper modern one.

Ok so you might not think an 11 year old bike is all that modern but it's relative.

I have a couple of questions though.

Semi synthetic oil or fully synthetic 2 stroke oil?

What is the best brand of 2 stroke oil?

Is the headlight worth while wiring up somehow?

Is there a workshop manual available?

What is the maintenance schedule for this bike?

Does anyone else have one and what do they think?

OK 6 questions then.

Would be good to hear your opinions though.

Thanks in advance.

Click on the Sherco forum and try the pinned link.

Full synthetic at 70-80:1 is a good starting point, running more oil than that just saturates the packing in the non-repackable muffler

The standard headlight runs a tiny bulb more like what you'd find as an indicator bulb in a speedometer so it's not really any use

Most important maintenance tasks are air filter check & clean if needed every ride, grease the linkage bearings every couple of months if not riding much water, more often if you do, gearbox oil every 4-6 events

Generally they're pretty easy to live with

Hi There Guys.

I purchased this morning a Sherco 2003 250cc trails bike.

I have ridden Yamaha Ty's for years and have finally saved up my £1000 to buy a proper modern one.

Ok so you might not think an 11 year old bike is all that modern but it's relative.

I have a couple of questions though.

Semi synthetic oil or fully synthetic 2 stroke oil?

Yes

What is the best brand of 2 stroke oil?

What you like

Is the headlight worth while wiring up somehow?

No

Is there a workshop manual available?

What is the maintenance schedule for this bike?

RYPUSA.com/sherco/service info

Does anyone else have one and what do they think?

Had an '05, a fave!

OK 6 questions then.

Would be good to hear your opinions though.

Thanks in advance.