service intervals

Souleh · 27 Feb 2013 at 11:17

Service it as the manual says and not the dealer.

Itll cost you 30quid for an oil and filter and by the sounds of it, its a cheap chinese or so bike. This means youll need to keep both your engine good and your warranty as itll likely need work done at some stage.

Its a cheap bike so perhaps it eats itself a bit more so needs more regular oil changes.

Joys of buying cheap im afraid.

Dogbreath · 27 Feb 2013 at 12:25

It does seem rather a low mileage interval for an oil change, but perhaps the sump capacity is very low? It may also be indicative of how quickly the engine eats itself...

Wepohn · 28 Feb 2013 at 18:31

Hmm nope, never taken it for any servicing at all, been on the bike a lot recently, it's a ybr 125, are things likely to go wrong? :S

metbandit1 · 28 Feb 2013 at 18:44

Wepohn said:
Hmm nope, never taken it for any servicing at all, been on the bike a lot recently, it's a ybr 125, are things likely to go wrong? :S

Are you for real? :confused:

Wepohn · 28 Feb 2013 at 18:54

I must be really naive, I kinda rushed into the whole bike thing and had no idea that they needed to go for any sort of service that regularly, thought the first might have been at 3000 miles.

metbandit1 · 28 Feb 2013 at 19:34

How many miles have you done on your bike? Did you have it from new? Has it ever been serviced?

If answer 2 is yes and answer 3 is no, you kinda need to have it serviced.

Wepohn · 28 Feb 2013 at 19:48

From new and done 2100 miles, will get in touch with the dealer soon

metbandit1 · 28 Feb 2013 at 19:59

You bought a bike from new and the dealer didn't explain the servicing schedule of the bike, when your clearly a new rider?!?1

Any questions on biking please ask in this section theres a lot of experience between the lads here.

Scythe · 28 Feb 2013 at 21:16

Wepohn said:
From new and done 2100 miles, will get in touch with the dealer soon

You should've had your first service (an oil change) done way below 1000. IIRC, it took me 2 weeks to clock up the mileage for it's first service.

Hector · 28 Feb 2013 at 22:40

A first service is pretty darn important, it's also to catch any factory faults and loose fixings.

Mechanical faults can soon mess your day up..

Souleh · 1 Mar 2013 at 12:11

Wepohn said:
From new and done 2100 miles, will get in touch with the dealer soon

Should be grand, yamaha engines so go on forever most of the time. Get an oil and filter in it to keep it good mate.

If its still under warranty get a garage to do it otherwise find a youtube video and DIY it for about 20quid. Easy as hell...

mechy · 28 Jun 2020 at 18:13

The main thing to do on smaller 125cc air cooled engines is to change the oil and or clean the filter at regular intervals. I would suggest doing this at intervals of around 1,000km (600 miles). Spark plug should be changed at around 2,900km (1,800 miles) along with the air filter at around every 2,900km (1800 miles). Then just run checks on everything else, especially drive chain and sprockets which should be cleaned and re-oiled at around every 1,600km (1,000 miles). Ride safely!

Kreeeee · 29 Jun 2020 at 07:21

mechy said:
The main thing to do on smaller 125cc air cooled engines is to change the oil and or clean the filter at regular intervals. I would suggest doing this at intervals of around 1,000km (600 miles). Spark plug should be changed at around 2,900km (1,800 miles) along with the air filter at around every 2,900km (1800 miles). Then just run checks on everything else, especially drive chain and sprockets which should be cleaned and re-oiled at around every 1,600km (1,000 miles). Ride safely!

You're 7 years too late for that advice. I bet the bike is in a scrap heap by now.

mechy · 29 Jun 2020 at 08:58

Do you know, I didn't even notice the date. Still somebody else might find it useful. Thanks for letting me know.

m4rkw7 · 29 Jun 2020 at 12:53

Oil change every 600 miles are you mad

mechy · 29 Jun 2020 at 12:58

I don't think so. A 125cc air cooled engine lives on it's oil and it needs to be changed every 600 miles. Most motorbike service manuals will give you this info.

Scuzi · 29 Jun 2020 at 22:36

So change the engine oil every 600 miles and oil the chain every 1000 miles. Okay then...

An oil change after the first 600 miles is sensible but after that anything more frequent than a few thousand miles is a waste of money. A lot of these engines get abused in the tropical climates of 3rd world countries and go on for ever with basic or no maintenance.

Scythe · 29 Jun 2020 at 22:52

A 125cc engine is likely to have more regular service intervals than larger engines as it spends its life at high rpm, getting thrashed to maintain 50mph. Oil degrades with engine use due to shear, high rpms will therefore shear more.

However, 600 miles is a bit excessive. I remember being surprised seeing the Honda Grom (125cc) service intervals were every 2500 miles, but it does make sense. I would adopt a similar interval.

mechy · 30 Jun 2020 at 09:46

Manufacturers recommendations for oil changes.

Scythe · 30 Jun 2020 at 18:34

Sounds to me like you're confusing the first oil change with the subsequent ones. The first one is typically around 600 miles on most bike engines.

A quick glance of popular Japanese 125 models states a oil change interval of 2500-3500 miles.