I still had a good 300-400 km to go before it was time but since Xaos636 also wanted to get a routine service done on his Fireblade we decided to make a ride out of it and rode to Cochin
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It’s almost a month since the last post. I barely got any time to ride the bike the last month.
It was also about time to do the oil change on the R1, the last one being done at about 36k km. I still had a good 300-400 km to go before it was time but since Xaos636 also wanted to get a routine service done on his blade we decided to make a ride out of it and rode to Cochin to meet our close friends to hang out and also work on the bikes together. I keep saying this, nothing beats the feeling and the good times had hanging out with friends while working on bikes/cars.
We started our trip early morning met up at around 4 am and headed out to Cochin.
No trip is complete to Cochin without our customary tea break at Paliyekkara toll plaza.
Also, a stop at Salkara near the airport is also a staple now. Had a heavy breakfast as we were pretty early compared to our usual schedule and both of us were pretty hungry too.
After the heavy breakfast, we slowly made it to our friend’s house.
After an hour or so of chitchat, we started on our work. The list of work we had set for the R1 was pretty standard and has been covered multiple times in detail on this thread so will be just posting some photos and won’t get into too much details.
Cleaned out the air filter. Have a look at the amount of dust that came out of the filter, this is just after maybe 2500-3000kms of riding.
Shows how dusty conditions we live in.
Replaced the Radiator cap which was giving the coolant drain issue from the previous posts, the R1 was running on a temporary fix but ordered the OE radiator cap and sorted out the problem for good.
Oil change is being done. Always remember to pre-fill oil in your new oil filter while doing an oil change.
Also replaced the oil filler cap, I noticed that the old oil filler cap had a small oil weep which was caused by a pinched o ring, so ordered a new oil cover cap and o ring and sorted the issue for good.
Back then as a temporary resolution, we had applied a small layer of rtv around the filler cap and the mating surface to stop any seepage. We did make sure to clean the old RTV off the mating surface(a new cap was installed) before we did the permanent fix.
Taking routine care of the clutch/throttle cables is also a good idea. Here are a few pics of oiling and lubing the clutch cable components.
Lastly, the chain slack was adjusted, thanks to the Lightech chain adjuster it’s literally a 1-minute job and the rear axle nut tightened back to spec.
That’s 150nm so the big boy torque wrench was taken out.
That’s about it for the routine maintenance. The R1 is ready for another 5k km stint.
Fueled up the bikes later that night and was all ready for the ride back home the next day.
Here are a few pics from the return ride the next day.
Customary ODO meter shot to end the post.
Cheers
Krishna
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