Active Time: 1 hour if brakes are OK, 3 hours if brakes need to be replaced
- Check brake fluid level (5 minutes)
- Inspect brake light adjustment (30 minutes)
- Inspect lights and switch operation (2 minutes)
- Inspect/adjust clutch (2-10 minutes)
- Inspect/replace brake pads (5 minutes to inspect, 45 minutes to replace)
- Check throttle grip play (5 minutes)
Active Time: 4¼ hours Inactive Time: 8 hours for air filter to dry
- Change oil & filter (1½ hours)
- Clean air filter (1 hour of active time, 8 hours of waiting)
- Inspect/replace spark plug (1 hour)
- Inspect drive chain & sprockets (10 minutes)
- Drain carb float chamber (20 minutes)
- Adjust balancer chain tensioner (15 minutes)
Active Time: 3¾ hours
- Inspect/adjust steering bearings (0 minutes)
- Check engine idle speed (45 minutes)
- Inspect/replace coolant hoses (30 minutes)
- Inspect/tighten spokes (0 minutes)
- Clean muffler (0 minutes)
- Inspect air filter housing drain (45 minutes)
- Perform general lubrication (45 minutes)
- Tighten fasteners (1 hour)
This work will take 8 hour to finish if working at a focused but relaxed pace. Because it will take some time, you should set your expectations appropriately before you begin to plan your day more accurately. In other words, if you don't know how much work this all is, you'll probably underestimate the amount of time it'll take. Personally, I have a habit of saying, "Oh this will just take five or ten minutes" and then half an hour later I'll still be telling myself I'm almost done. Besides holding up the rest of your plans for the day, you may end up rushing and bungling something important, unnecessarily and unwittingly making riding your motorcycle a riskier proposition than it already is. Set aside eight hours, take your time, and enjoy the experience.
If you're going to try to do this all in one day, make sure you start before noontime. If you cannot or will not start before then, I recommend choosing a few tasks and completing them on one day, then start early the next day to perform the rest.
- Turn handlebar all the way left and right, confirm there's no binding or obstruction
- Activate left turn signal
- Confirm front and rear left turn signals are flashing, then cancel signal
- Activate right turn signal
- Confirm front and rear right turn signals are flashing, then cancel signal
- Confirm headlight is on
- Switch headlight to high beam and confirm the headlight changes
- Squeeze front brake lever and confirm rear brake light illuminates
- Press rear brake pedal and confirm rear brake light illuminate
- Confirm license plate light is illuminated
- Confirm rear running light is illuminated
- Honk horn!
- Start motor with starter button
- Stop motor with engine cutoff switch