Re: Oilhead service interval question

[Bob Hadden <kbhadden@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis,  Everyone has their own take on this subject.  Here's mine, and 
worth every dollar you are spending on it.

There is no such thing as a 12k service.  You should service the bike 
at exactly 5k mile increments.  So do a full service at 10k before your 
trip. Use synthetic oil (I use Mobil 1 15-50) with new filter.  At each 
even 10k I also adjust valves, change trans and rear fluids plus sync 
the throttle bodies.  You can see the work needed in the manual.

Your bike is just getting broken in.  You should find that valve 
adjustments are not needed every time from here on in.  But you still 
have to check 'em!

Have a great ride to Spokane.

Bob Hadden '98RS

On May 6, 2004, at 5:55 PM, Dennis Kelly wrote:

> I'm hoping to ride to Spokane in July, but here's the deal: I've 
> clocked
> about 8k on the 1100s, but estimate I'll only have 10k by the "10 days
> before a trip" mark. Then a round trip to Spokane will push it to 14K, 
> more
> or less. Better to do the 12K service -2k or +2k? Will doing it late 
> affect
> the warranty?
>
> TIA
>
> Dennis Kelly
> 83 st
> 03 1100s
> MOA 109991
> BMWBMW tbd

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