01-01-2015, 01:55 AM
I agree with your assumption, ferret. I bet those many of those 70s Hondas that have been sitting for 10 or more years don't get a fluid flush.
One word of caution that doesn't really apply here but could on other bikes or cars- the dark look of your brake or clutch or power steering fluid as seen through those clear reservoirs may be misleading. The resevoir's plastic material gets dark with age and the fluid inside could be much lighter. This was the case when I brought my car to one of those 10 minute oil change places. They are always looking to up-sell you to expensive flushes and the $40 replacement air filters, etc. They showed me my power steering resevoir and said the fluid needed to be flushed since it was so dark. I opened the fill cap and stuck in a corner of a piece of white paper and showed him how clean the actual fluid was and declined his offer of an added $60 fluid change. Made me wonder how many times that tactic works on customers.
One word of caution that doesn't really apply here but could on other bikes or cars- the dark look of your brake or clutch or power steering fluid as seen through those clear reservoirs may be misleading. The resevoir's plastic material gets dark with age and the fluid inside could be much lighter. This was the case when I brought my car to one of those 10 minute oil change places. They are always looking to up-sell you to expensive flushes and the $40 replacement air filters, etc. They showed me my power steering resevoir and said the fluid needed to be flushed since it was so dark. I opened the fill cap and stuck in a corner of a piece of white paper and showed him how clean the actual fluid was and declined his offer of an added $60 fluid change. Made me wonder how many times that tactic works on customers.