http://www.ex-500.com/index.php/topic,161.0.html

 

Hmm that is useful thanks, but I thought that there might have been something like every 6000 miles oil change and filter sort of thing. its just because being a second hand bike you don't know how Its been looked after so I thought I'd treat it to a service but now I'm out of kilter with the schedule.[/color]

 

so, start now, and start counting miles.

it's not rocket science ya know...

 

Yeppers. It's always a good idea to do a complete once-over to make sure everything is done. And by 'making sure' I mean doing them. Flush the coolant (then to valve adjustment), change oil, inspect plugs, gas, lubes, chain, etc. Only then do you know that it has been done. The maintenance isn't done AT those odometer readings, but at every interval of those.

 

Yeah sorry I'm being a bit thick, only had a quick glance at the table was busy at the time. I've been keeping the mileage running on one of the odometers, up to about 1700 miles since I did it all so a while till anything needs doing.[/color]

 

Good call; I do the same. One for gas, and the other for chain maintenance.

 

Good call; I do the same. One for gas, and the other for chain maintenance.

One what for gas, and chain maintenance? Does the 500 have dual trip meters? I'm probably around three weeks from my EX. I'm STOKED! :

 

Yeah two tripmeters one on the rev counter and one on the speedo, very handy I do the same, one for fuel and the other for service, the push reset for fuel cos the twist on is harder to do by mistake![/color]

 

same here... left for fuel, right for oil changes.

 

Geesh, doesn't anyone look at the Wikis? http://www.ex-500.com/wiki/index.php/Maintenance_Schedule

 

Every time I buy a used vehicle I do all maintenance and then go from that point. You can always keep a log of when you did what so you can use one trip meter for gas. I write it down in the owner's manuals, but you could just keep a separate tablet for this if you don't have owner's manuals. I record the date, mileage (or hours on tractors) and what I did.

 

www.fuelly.com works to track maintenance history as well as fuel consumption.

 

If you have an iPhone or iPod touch, Gas Cubby is a highly recommended app. It lets you track fuel use (as well as the mpg on your most recent tank of gas and mpg ever since you started using the app). But it also lets you enter your service intervals, and then it tells you when it's time to do some maintenance.

For example, lets say you change oil every 3,000 miles. You just changed it with the odometer at 8,000 miles. You enter that info into Gas Cubby -- an oil change at 8,000 on the odo. Then, every time you fuel the bike, you enter your fuel use and odometer info into Gas Cubby. Between 15 and 20 refuelings later, when you're coming up on 11,000 miles on the odometer, Gas Cubby will alert you that an oil change is due soon.

You can set service reminders for anything, either by mileage or by passage of time: chain cleaning and lubricating, chain slack check, spark plug check, insurance and registration renewal, valve clearance check, even things like replacing brake hoses, which I believe Kawi wants you to do every two or four years, I forget which. Well, let me check Gas Cubby ... ah, replace brake hoses every 48 months.

You can use Gas Cubby with multiple vehicles. Mine keeps reminding me (and I keep shushing it) to replace the windshield wipers on the Jetta.

 

That's some cool gadgetry. I'm not religious about servicing stuff like brake pads and chain wear / lube you just feel it while riding. I don't see the point in changing stuff like fuel hoses and brake hoses on a periodic basis, just wait till they wear out and you feel a difference. I'm tempted by braided hoses to improve breaking though. The only thing I really do on mileage is oil and filter change and while I'm in that area check the plugs and clean the air filter.[/color]

 

thanks for the heads up on gas cubby