CBF600 service and fork seals.

[Saul]

Sad CBF600

 

[Catteeclan]

3 hours ago, Saul said:

Just been out and serviced the CBF.  Oil and filter, air filter and plugs.  What was in there wasn’t too bad so it has been serviced in the last couple of years.    I did an oil and filter change last year. Twas nice to be able the get the filter off with resorting to brutality
Plugs were a fiddly pain the arse to do, can’t ever remember doing them on an inline 4.   I had a blade years ago but I paid to have that serviced.    Just the brakes to strip, clean and change fluid now.   Gonna do that after the fork seals. I may do that later or in the morning.   Just out of interest how many miles between plug changes do people do, don’t want to do it again in a hurry if I don’t have to  

Mandis last 1000 was 4500 intervals with the plugs changed every other time if I remember right. I've changed them on the newer one she now has only to find once the job was done I took out Iridium tipped. I'll put them back in next time, always read the service book first.

 

Scrap that, 4000mile intervals and plugs changed at 16000 miles.

[Saul]

18 minutes ago, Catteeclan said:

Mandis last 1000 was 4500 intervals with the plugs changed every other time if I remember right. I've changed them on the newer one she now has only to find once the job was done I took out Iridium tipped. I'll put them back in next time, always read the service book first.

 

Scrap that, 4000mile intervals and plugs changed at 16000 miles.

I like the sound of that.  I was thinking about doing them every other year but I did 5k last year so that would make it roughly every three years for plugs. I'm gonna change all the fluids this year so as to set a datem as a starting point.     When I bought the bike the previous owner said he had a full service done the year before for the MoT and that would match with what I found today after 5000 miles in my ownership and him only doing 100 miles between MoT's.      The only thing that troubles me a little is that I have no record of valve clearances being done and the bike is at 36000 miles.   Doesn't necessarily mean they haven't been done just I have no record of it. They are supposed to be done every 16000 I believe.  I chatted to the mechanic I use about it and he said not to sweat it.  As long as the bike starts fine you shouldn't worry.  It starts perfectly and the motor is pretty quiet compared to other Honda 600's I have heard this year.   But I do worry as that is my way 

[Buckster]

I just keep cleaning and gapping plugs until they show signs of physical breakdown.

[Saul]

40 minutes ago, Buckster said:

I just keep cleaning and gapping plugs until they show signs of physical breakdown.

The plugs that came out did not show any sign of wear.  I will clean them up set the gaps and keep them.