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Ah, PoppetM, it's a guy thing. Male babies pop out of the womb knowing about oil change intervals.

They admitted they hadn't touched it. Put immediate refund through without argument when I argued the chain tension and wheel alignment. Bike was still parked at the daft angle I had left it at (my parking skills have improved BTW ) . Even the husband commented it looked like it hadn't moved when he dropped me off to fetch it. So unless it's done by molecular transfusion... As said above I am novice - how was I to know that's an important thing? No one else I knew at that point had a bike so could offer advice? They hadn't offered to take it in and flush it out and actually do t

Went to the bigger workshop to buy the new filter. Sounds like they have 4 or 5 engineers there and just two at the Honda shop. Chap at the counter said changing oil & filter won't affect warranty just to bring along the receipts no issues so I'm going ahead with it because I could put another 600 miles on it in those 3 weeks and I want to know how to do the job myself. I'm hoping this means a cheaper bill. Got to get that first service stamp especially as I'm buying it through a Honda pcp so need to keep things tidy.

I was under the impression that male babies pop out of the womb knowing everything , not just oil changes . :0)

It's little bit wrong.. The links the chain manufacturers provide as joining links have softer ends to allow them to be swaged over by home (and dealer) mechanics. A chain supplied as 'endless' will have hard links all round. So, a chain with a joining link will never become endless. When splitting a chain I always search for a joint because that will push through with little effort. Trying to 'break' an endless chain is best done by grinding off the hard rivets first. And, as a point of interest, there is nothing wrong with a, correctly fitte

Worst than that. It was the 18 year old tea boy experiencing his first hangover....(it was a Saturday morning) I almost asked his age as it looked like child labour!

Just an odd thought, if it's overeading on the miles covered etc could it be a sprocket ( wrong one been replaced ) or sensor pick up in relation to the distance / revolutions turned like when you have bigger wheels on a car or maybe just a dodgy speedo .

I know there are some case where the bike sometimes looses battery power for an instance, and the cluster re-sets making it look like the trips in-accurate, but again not heard of the speedo being out like that?

I regard an endless chain as one that is supplied like that, and a split link that is one that you have to join together yourself, of which there are two methods. They are just my definitions though.

Hi Phil and welcome along. Ive heard of the A trip messing about but never the actual speedo readout. My A trip used to mess about and I read the solution was to make sure the HISS light is set to on (i.e. Flashing when the bike has been left along for short time). Others have poo pooed the idea but it's worked for me and I didn't have the dash replaced either as I wanted to see the true mileage of the bike. But....as I said, Ive never heard of the actual speedo showing a false speed.

You can take your bike to any registered mechanic to have the oil changed using OEM parts. EU Law is clear on that and it does not invalidate the warranty. My bike has done its 16k now and I need to get the valves checked, so will do it myself as "A" I can do it and "B" I have the tools and most importantly "C" I am a cheap bugger and prefer to get my hands dirty!

Be interesting to see Honda try and void a warranty because one of their service agents failed to carry out a service that they invoiced (and were paid ) for! If anything they should extend Sam's warranty due to the fraudulent activity of their dealership.

The new Honda dealer never said anything about it when I warned them the first service was never actually carried out...and the dealership that was supposed to carry it out didn't offer to book it back in to actually carry it out. I am not a mechanic and this is my first ever motorbike. I have to rely on the so called professionals because I don't know what's right and what isn't...

I kind of lean rockers way on this one fwiw , how many miles does the dealer know he will put on his bike ? Some people dont get off and others take ages , which I think is why he said give us a call etc when you get to 400 . Not everybody buys a bike and returns back for a service at the principle point they purchased it from , they may buy over the phone or it was just cheaper.my friend has bought a few bikes this way . I'm sure no damage will occur if he runs over either . Although I can appreciate the disappointment in delay and have been victim to it myself . no one dies ,

I take your point. Being new to riding after passing my test in June it just wasnt a situation I was aware of. The dealer just said book in when you reach 400 miles which i did. I feel that the first service should be on an equal priority with getting a new bike as essentially its a brand new bike that needs a service to protect its warranty as stipulated by the dealer so they should take this into consideration. Like I say though, I'm new to all this hence why I'm on here I guess.

From personal experience I'd recommend the DID VX2 or the ZVM-X chains, available in either black or gold/black (GB). As for sprockets, JT are pretty well respected and reasonable price. Make doubly sure you get the correct sizes and number of teeth, and chain length. Note that some spares supplier listings are not correct, for example I just looked at the DID site and they list the NC as using a 525 chain, which is incorrect, they all use 520 size. DCT and manual sprockets are different size, the 700 has a 16T gearbox and the 750 has 17T, for example, and chains are 112 or 11