maintenance? :) The lowest service integral I use is 3000 miles, I change my oil
filter. At 6000 miles I change the oil and
filter. I am not a high mileage rider like some on the list, but I try to put some
miles on my bikes.
Louis
Walt Garcen wrote:
> This one is for all you with high mileage GTS1000 and any Yamaha mechanics:
>
> What's with the ultra short maintenance intervals in the GTS? Every 3800 miles the
>maintenance schedule calls for an
> incredible amount of stuff to check. My CBR929RR has maintenance intervals for the
>same things at 8000 miles (and in some
> cases 16000 miles). I'm generally one two follow this stuff religiously, but this is
>a lot of work if you do it to a tee. The
> maintenance intervals are also short considering that this bike is a sports-tourer.
>On top of that, certain maintenance items
> are called for at odd intervals. For instance you do all the level 1 maintenance at
>23400 miles, a valve adjustment at 26600
> miles than a level 2 maintenance at 27200 miles. Of course any reasonable human
>being will combine the last two, but it is
> bizarre that Yamaha has such odd intervals. If you then turn a few pages in the
>repair manual (page 3-5), the CDN, AUS, and
> NZ maintenance schedule is a sensible one with intervals at 4000 and 8000 miles.
>
> My question to you high mileage guys and Yamaha mechanics out there is this: What
>are you guys actually doing for
> maintenance? Are you following the schedule or letting a few things go and keying
>the most important areas (ABS, front
> swing arm bearings)? What items have failed due to lack of maintenance?
>
> - Walt
