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Old 04-20-2009, 01:41 PM   #43
adrianinflorida
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Indialantic, Florida
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Re: what's your gas milage, 80 mpg here quite happy

the easiest thing to do, is simply give the bike a thorough once over, nut and bolt the critical fasteners (Check the service manual for the list and their torque values) and perform whatever major service is due when it next comes up.

Go ahead and change the oil, checke the air filter, tire pressures, lube and adjust (if necessary) the cables, check brake fluid, check condition of the tires (Sidewalls for cracking/dry rot), condition of the fork seals (Look for abnormal amounts of oil on the fork from seal leakage), look for leaks/seepage around engine gaskets. First time you have the wheels of, bearing grease should be taken care of.

That's the stuff I did when I got my used GZ250, then replaced most of the chrome, lol.

Doing the things listed will get you more familiar with the bike, and allow you to spend an afternoon cheking it and cleaning all those hard to reach areas you never look at casually.



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