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1304 L Plate Warrior
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Posted: 19:53 - 15 Nov 2015 Post subject: Returning Newbie |
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Hello everybody, let me first give you a little brief history, last bike I had was in 2001 a brand new DRZ, gave it up because I had no spare time, now at the ripe old age of sixty I have just purchased a very nice and immaculate XR250R. Bought it from a bloke in Wakefield it's done an incredible 230K (not miles), just 230 Kilometres. So at present I'm getting it ready for a bit of light green laneing. But I'm a little bit unsure of what preparation I should be making. It's got twelve months MOT tax and insurance, now I'm looking at changing the oil and filter what is the word on the street when it comes to synthetic or semi-synthetic, I have always favoured fully synthetic but is this correct?. Also the air filter is worth spending a lot on one bearing in mind it will only be doing very soft off roading (just getting the tyres dirty).
While I'm on I'm in the process of fitting wraparound hand guards and need to drill out the bar end on the throttle tube, is there an easy way to do this, I've thought about loosening of the tube and cutting off the end with an axe saw or maybe drilling out the small hole the the correct size, what is the usual way?
I look forward to your ideas, thoughts.
Regards
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Posted: 20:22 - 15 Nov 2015 Post subject: |
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I cut the end off the throttle tube when I fit bars. I do find though that sometimes it can crack up and then you get a sticky throttle when the plastic breaks away inside the grip. Only happened once though, must have done a better cut on others.
If you have a stepper drill bit, you could use that to bore it out to 14mm or whatever the internal diameter of a bar is.
For an XR, semi synthetic would do, especially if standard, but any clean oil would be fine in one of those. I run fully synthetic in my Yamaha TTR 250, which is a very similar engine design, I bought the oil in bulk and lots of filters at a time, I used to drop the oil out every 10-15 hours of use, which worked out at about 1200KM's of use. Probably overkill, but I used to be able to get Castrol cheap from a mate of a mate.
Air filter, anything foam will do for the bike, just get some proper air filter oil. To keep the finer dust from getting through too easily. Although I used to use two stroke oil on the filter, again, cos it worked out cheaper from a mate and I had to buy it for the moped anyway. But proper filter oil would work best. Chances are though it won't need one already with such low use unless it's torn for some reason, they are washable filters, I believe, at least almost all off-roaders are.
I assume it has rim locks as standard? Does it still have the standard bars? They'll probably bend first off, possibly second.
You may want to get a file to the cleats on the footpegs as well to sharpen them up, to stop your feet slipping off, but again, with 230KM's on the clock, probably not worth doing. Other than that I would just check all the levers are where I want them both standing and sitting.
Sorry if that sounds a bit like I'm patronising you, I'm well aware at sixty, you have probably been riding longer than I've been on the planet, that's just what I do when I'm setting up a new bike. ____________________ Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
Past:2003 Aprilia RS125, 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550(FREE BIKE!)
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That's fine, trust the dip stick. My TTR, similar design, is meant to take 1.1 litres with an oil change, 1.2 with a filter, I think (?) Around there anyway
When I did mine, I used to do it every 1000-1500 KM's on the clock, the book said ten hours, I assumed that was about ten hours of use, it would always take more than the book said it should, but I try to get the oil right onto the max marks, this way, you can easily identify how much oil it is using, if any. ____________________ Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
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