June 20th, 2020, 11:29 AM | #1 |
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Name: Arthur
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What would you replace at 8K miles?
I just acquired a new to me 12 year old Ninja 250R with 8K miles.
Just did these in the last couple of days: - flushed coolant - replaced oil & filter Planning to do the following low-hanging fruits:
Do I really need to do these more time-consuming ones if they look and feel good?
What else do you recommend? Am I missing anything important? |
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June 20th, 2020, 11:41 AM | #2 |
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Name: Jim
Location: North Carolina
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The only one of those in the second list I'd do on my own 250 would be to check the valve clearances. My experience is that the engine runs so much better when cold when the valve clearances are OK that it's worth the effort.
Other than carb cleaning, visual inspection of the other items would tell me if they needed attention. As for carb cleaning, that should be obvious if they need it. I live in a very low ozone area and keep my motorcycle tires out of the sun, so my tires don't get bad in 5 years. But if you live in a big city and park outdoors in the sun, 5 years could cause degradation of your tire rubber, causing them to have less traction than when new. |
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June 21st, 2020, 01:08 PM | #3 |
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Follow maintenance schedule in owner’s manual. At 8k miles, it’s mostly inspecting those items on your list.
- air-filter is foam clean and re-oil type. Couple layers of spray oil will be fine, don’t overdo it or it’ll drip out bottom of airbox and make a mess. Also drip into carbs and cause all sorts of smoking. - spark plugs can go 25k-miles easily. Inspect gap and scrub clean with wire-brush - definitely measure valve-clearances. Only adjust if outside of tolerance specs. - brakes, inspect and R&R as necessary. O-rings in master and caliper should be fine. Firm squeeze and no leaking shows everything’s fine. If you squeeze lever all way to grips and/or fluid leaking out of calipers would mean rebuild. - chain needs regular maintenance. Oil every other tank of gas. Check and adjust tension 1000-miles or so. Typically good idea to replace chain and sprockets together at same time to maximize mileage out of them. X-ring chains are latest trend. Lower friction gives you slightly more power to wheels and slightly improved gas-mileage. - fork seals, like other rubber parts, inspect and R&R. Depending upon environment & usage, they can go a long time or need regular replacement. I do my street-bikes around 40-60k-miles. My race-bikes about every 10-miles or every other year. Need fluid replacement around then anyway. |
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June 21st, 2020, 01:14 PM | #4 |
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Name: Arthur
Location: Sammamish , WA
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Thanks, Triple Jim and DannoXYZ.
Appreciate the recommendations. |
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