February 13, 20179 yr Opinion varies, depends who you ask. In my opinion every 6-10 trials, you can usually tell when it needs done by the harsher sound. Its cheap to do, and does smooth the power, although can be a right pain with the newer style plastic endcaps Edited February 13, 20179 yr by faussy
February 13, 20179 yr If I go insane and ride 200 hours in a season, I might do it at the end of the year. Otherwise, I'd bother maybe once every 2 or 3. Pulling a bike apart when it doesn't need to be is about as useful as never doing any maintenance at all.
February 13, 20179 yr In that case your bike must sound like an old motocrosser and not run very well. Its hardly pulling a bike apart, its 5 screws, costs a fiver, and can be done in less than an hour. Your last sentence defies logic Edited February 13, 20179 yr by faussy
February 14, 20179 yr Some things warrant regular attention, others you can wait and fix it when there's a problem ... apart from being a bit noisy I'm skeptical as to whether there's any noticeable difference between an exhaust that's been freshened up once a year and one that gets pulled apart every month. This topic has, at least, reminded me that I should do my exhaust sometime soon, though
February 14, 20179 yr Luckily the manual actually tells you that every 5-6 trials (unless you happen to ride 20 hours at each one) is a bit ridiculous. Edited February 14, 20179 yr by heffergm
February 14, 20179 yr 2 hours ago, cabby said: Every 100 hours must be about 30+ trials at least. Or 20 sessions of 5 hours riding ... which can happen easily enough Or, if you mess your premix up really badly, 1 session of 30 minutes
February 17, 20179 yr On 14/02/2017 at 1:23 PM, heffergm said: Luckily the manual actually tells you that every 5-6 trials (unless you happen to ride 20 hours at each one) is a bit ridiculous. The maintenance manual also says to replace the cylinder and cylinder head every year. Do you follow their guidelines on that too?
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