Service

Dan_Davies · Scooby Slapper Joined: 24 Aug 2011 Karma :

So i've had my 2007 sv650s 4 months now, and its coming up to 7000 mls and i was going to do an oil change, and change the anti freeze etc. my father who's always had bikes tells me not too, as they'd have done it before i bought the bike. Is this true? the service book just has the dealers stamp, nothing about any oil changes?
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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

What mileage was on it when you bought it?

Oil changes are usually every 4k with filters being every 8k.

Chances are they wouldn't have done it unless they specified they'd serviced it, or you asked them to.
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Dan_Davies · Scooby Slapper Joined: 24 Aug 2011 Karma :

4,400 mls when i had it, so it would have been due one.
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Livefast123 · Nearly there... Joined: 14 Mar 2010 Karma :

Why don't you just give the dealers a ring and ask if they have any record of the work carried out on the bike, I wouldn't trust a dealer even if they said they had changed it, would probably put some Asda 20w50 in. TBH for the price that it's going to cost you to do the oil change then why not, it's the best way of keeping your engine sweet for years to come.

Coolant has a package of corrosion inhibitors which degrade with time and use. The best organic acid coolant these days has a life span of around 5 years, so if the bike is a 2007 then it is going to be due a change soon. Probably won't make a difference in your ownership of the bike but if every owner thought like that then nothing would ever get maintained Shocked

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The Shaggy D.A. · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Sep 2008 Karma :

Two ways to know 100% if servicing has been carried out.

1. Do it yourself.
2. Closely watch someone else do it.
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Dan_Davies · Scooby Slapper Joined: 24 Aug 2011 Karma :

aah i think i should change it to be on the safe side (: cant harm.
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