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600 mile service inspection - SportsterDoc - 11-19-2017
Checking the fasteners had similar results to my Triumph and Moto Guzzi.
Only a couple bolts/nuts moved a few degrees (upper shock bolts).
Good build quality and little vibration.
The Bonneville had outstanding build quality. The factory X-ring chain required one very minor adjustment at the first service (don't remember when I did it, maybe 800 miles). The Honda chain presently needs no adjustment and I did lube it, last week.
On the Triumph, I did not lube the X-ring chain until about 6,000 miles.
Then it was after its first coin-op car wash (before I get flack for that, it is NOT necessary to hold the nozzle very close to any part of the bike)
I avoided washing it (usually a hot towel wipe-down), but after taking it to my ranch (220 miles, last 8 miles a rocky dirt road and the last 3/4 mile a Jeep trail), it was filthy. Used the coin-op in Kingman, so it had a good dry for the remaining 120 miles home.
The CB is NOT going to the ranch. Love this bike!
RE: 600 mile service inspection - the Ferret - 11-19-2017
Dont over tighten those upper shock bolts Doc. THey only call for something like 6 ft lbs of torque and a few members have snapped them off.
RE: 600 mile service inspection - SportsterDoc - 11-19-2017
(11-19-2017, 02:09 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Dont over tighten those upper shock bolts Doc. THey only call for something like 6 ft lbs of torque and a few members have snapped them off.
Thanks, but I just snugged them gently, with only ~3" of leverage on a 10 mm combo wrench.
They felt like they were in rubber isolators...so, that was also a clue in addition to only a 10 mm head.