20,000 miles

Closing on the 22,500 miles service mark... a large one; liquids, filters, fork bushings & seals, valve clearances, f/drive oil & hub dampers, etc...
 
Every 24,000 miles I would do a major service on my 2010 ABS model which included:

Standard Service Items (oil, filters etc.)
Spark Plugs
Tappets
Change final drive oil
Change coolant
Change fork oil
Change brake fluid
Usually change tyres and check, grease and/or change wheel bearings and "moly" final drive splines
Grease or (more usually) replace steering head bearing

The bike had done 199,500 km (123,990) when I sold her
 
JQL said:
Every 24,000 miles I would do a major service on my 2010 ABS model which included:

Standard Service Items (oil, filters etc.)
Spark Plugs
Tappets
Change final drive oil
Change coolant
Change fork oil
Change brake fluid
Usually change tyres and check, grease and/or change wheel bearings and "moly" final drive splines
Grease or (more usually) replace steering head bearing

The bike had done 199,500 km (123,990) when I sold her
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My GF's '07 had pretty exactly 22,500 miles on when I got it for her in 2019... the very next thing I got was the OEM Honda workshop manual...
Seemed that neither fork oil nor hub dampers + inserts had been changed by the PO... ever...
Those aftermarket/pattern rotors and pads didn't make me happy either...
Brake fluid? pfffff... quite some "banana milk" hidden in that ABS modulator... drew 3 bottles through the system just to be sure...
So we spent 2 days at my shop, overhauling that NT700VA from top to bottom...
Head bearings, new fork bushings, seals and oil, wheel bearings (unearthed dry bearing seals and rusty spacer tubes), loose coolant hose clamps, a wrong too long clutch cable, dry drive splines, stiff brake caliper pistons, etc...
Carefully cleaned and lubed the pannier lock cables, replaced some foggy bulbs...

Like in aviation will reliability and safety of a vehicle stand and fall with thoroughness and precision of maintenance...

Payed off, various local rides, two times Norway, one time Scotland... my GF's mount never missed a beat... currently she's closing on 90,000km/56,200miles... :cool:
 
Manfred said:
I keep hearing about this wind protectors for the hand grips - did see anything on the bike in the report that looked the description even though it was said to have them. Anyone got a picture that shows what they look like?
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They've been mentioned on the forum. I'd like to try modelling and printing reproductions, if I can find some good photos, but haven't pursued it.
 
Absolutely a wonderful bike ! Rolled over 100,000 on mine in September 2024. Nearly 102K on it now. The picture at the Utah sign was in August last year a month before I hit the 100K mark on our way back from a 25 day trip. I'll be 70 in a few days and still believe this is the best all-round motorcycle I've ever owned and I started riding in 1976. Hope you get to enjoy yours for many years.

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WVRider said:
Absolutely a wonderful bike ! Rolled over 100,000 on mine in September 2024. Nearly 102K on it now. The picture at the Utah sign was in August last year a month before I hit the 100K mark on our way back from a 25 day trip. I'll be 70 in a few days and still believe this is the best all-round motorcycle I've ever owned and I started riding in 1976. Hope you get to enjoy yours for many years.

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It's my 11th bike since I started riding in 1970. So far, I like it the best of all of them.
 
welcome to the 100K club, now you can set your sights on 200K!!! Took just a bit to report this amazing feat, was there any speedo tampering???:rofl1::rofl1:
 
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