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600 mile service inspection
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SportsterDoc Offline
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600 mile service inspection
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!

23 Guzzi V7 SE 23 Yam XT250
18 Yam Bolt 22 Triumph St Twin 20 CanAm Ryker
14 Honda CB1100 18 Yam XT250 16 Guzzi V7II
17 Yam TW200 12 Triumph Bonnie 02 Sportster 1200S
03 Sportster 883 76 Honda CB750F 75 Honda CB360
70 Yam CT1 72 Yam CT2 72 Yam AT2
70 Honda SL350 70 Honda CL350 67 Honda CL160
67 Honda CB16062 Honda CA110
(This post was last modified: 11-19-2017 08:48 AM by SportsterDoc.)
11-19-2017 08:46 AM
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The ferret Offline
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RE: 600 mile service inspection
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.

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11-19-2017 09:09 AM
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SportsterDoc Offline
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RE: 600 mile service inspection
(11-19-2017 09:09 AM)The ferret 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.

23 Guzzi V7 SE 23 Yam XT250
18 Yam Bolt 22 Triumph St Twin 20 CanAm Ryker
14 Honda CB1100 18 Yam XT250 16 Guzzi V7II
17 Yam TW200 12 Triumph Bonnie 02 Sportster 1200S
03 Sportster 883 76 Honda CB750F 75 Honda CB360
70 Yam CT1 72 Yam CT2 72 Yam AT2
70 Honda SL350 70 Honda CL350 67 Honda CL160
67 Honda CB16062 Honda CA110
11-19-2017 09:53 AM
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