Marcel Posted Tuesday at 09:41 Share Posted Tuesday at 09:41 The cost of regular maintenance to keep the factory warranty alive when you purchase a new motorcycle , or is that though isn't part of your decision ? I still remember when I bought that 950 so many years ago , having the nearest dealer 1 thousand km away ...it wasn't...I was in love with that motorcycle....I knew that I would be doing the service... Was reading up on this Ducati street bike...man !!...somone has to be rich to owne one of those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted Tuesday at 09:54 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 09:54 The nightmare started when I decided to remove the SAS system and stock muflers...must have lost and entire summer and part of another one ,trying to make it run right...it's basically how I found myself on OC... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted Tuesday at 16:29 Share Posted Tuesday at 16:29 I let the dealers do the first service then I took over. Blue TDM had a recall on the TPS and the XT1200 had a front brake recall of some sort, all free. There was a deal with the first service that I only paid parts, that offer disappeared with the tracer which will prob be the last bike I'll have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted Tuesday at 17:59 Share Posted Tuesday at 17:59 I don’t check any of that in detail. I do care if anything that needs to be done regularly takes a lot of time, as with time it’ll eventually be easier to skip it and I hate that. Also I don’t think it’s that good if you have to disassemble a lot of plastics every other oil change, the GS is great for checking valves, 10 minutes of labour to get to them. Also the clutch, but everything else is a faff. Here there are a lot of Africa Twins and other parallel twins that never had valves checked as it’s such a long process to just get to them. I hate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted Tuesday at 21:00 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 21:00 Yes those boxers are nice for that....the 950 were supposably checked at the first service...tell you the thruth ,I don't believe they even done it now, by the amount of time the bike was in the shop...lol.... It's something now I diffetnly check into...looked at a few videos and that valve service on the triumph don't look to complicate at all...not much stuff to remove or required any special tools...it has rocker arms...unlike the ktm engine we're the cam is sitting directly on the bucket shim..needing to remove cams for any shims swop out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted 14 hours ago Author Share Posted 14 hours ago Now Im partial to hydraulic lifters , seems like a drain in the wallet department if you ask me having to adjust valves every year...lifters have there limits but for a low reving engine ...I think it's the way to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago On 14/07/2026 at 10:54, Marcel said: The nightmare started when I decided to remove the SAS system and stock muflers...must have lost and entire summer and part of another one ,trying to make it run right...it's basically how I found myself on OC... How did you manage to f*ck that up . It’s a pretty straightforward job junking the SAS and the only thing about the silencers is the bolts can be a bitch to remove. I did mine myself and it ran better and without all the excessive heat from the oem stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 20 minutes ago, boboneleg said: How did you manage to f*ck that up . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted 30 minutes ago Author Share Posted 30 minutes ago 50 minutes ago, boboneleg said: How did you manage to f*ck that up . It’s a pretty straightforward job junking the SAS and the only thing about the silencers is the bolts can be a bitch to remove. I did mine myself and it ran better and without all the excessive heat from the oem stuff. Hold on a minute...lol....you forget where I lived....2004....the job wasn't difficult...or did I have access to the internet...it's not like I could call someone and asked them what setting they were using on the carbs...needle position and jet sizes.....when I did get the internet hooked up , it wasn't high speed...lol...took 5 min sometimes just to download a pic ffs...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted 11 minutes ago Share Posted 11 minutes ago Valve adjustments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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