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I keep oil, filters, spark plugs, filters liquids etc as per the service manual Through the winter I take the callipers off every month and clean the pistons and make sure they're not sticking. Having had a throttle cable snap I check the cable ends and set tension. Tyres and pressures get checked at least weekly. I also wash the bike every week through the winter - which makes you see if anythings lose or broken. Late autumn I take the swing arm off and shock linkage, clean and repack the bearings with grease. Also do the same with wheel bearings. I s

I have same model (2014 manual 750x) and as Embee has suggested I suspect that issue with inaccurate mileage reported on trip meter could well be related to sprocket that is fitted. A couple of years ago I needed new chain and sprockets and correct sprocket was in very short supply in UK at the time so I suspect the dealer fitted the "alternative" sprocket. I pretty much only use bike for daily commute and my regular 3 day mileage total between re-fuelling went form being 180 miles prior new sprockets to 191 with new sprocket (fits in with Embees' mathematics). Now following anothe

Ah, OK - that does sound like they are different, then. Cheers, mate. We aren't making much progress towards solving the riddle, though, are we? Except that we have established it has the wrong dash fitted. Phil: at this stage my advice would be to get the dealer to fit the correct dash before pursuing any other leads. If it's still mis-reading after that, we can have another discussion session on it.

Landin mite innit. Hours count rather than miles. A company that big will have had an oil analysis done, the costs are too great not to. The nationwide truck fleets do the same. It will cost a truck manufacturer hundreds of thousands in sales if their trial vehicle comes back with worn out oil and the competitors lasts another week. The fleets drive intervals longer while the bike manufacturers selling to Joe Public would cheerfully have them shorter. The Enfield is a laugh. The dealer says 2500 miles, the handbook 2500 km, the old boys at the REOC who are addicted to C

Steve when my dash (2015 dct )was changed they put one on that worked but no parking brake symbol would show when brake activated so it had to be returned and replaced by another dash. I did ask if it's just a wire etc but was told they are different ?

Aren't the cables now nylon lined teflon coated? Adding oil to dirt creates grinding paste. This lubed better than fresh air in the olden days when the cables were steel on steel or steel on brass, but most manufacturers I thought had moved on. Americans can get their oil analysed much more easily than we can, so there is data for septics using V-Stroms. Every bike from a commuter in California to a guy doing repeated coast to coast runs with the IBA mentalists was having the oil changed too soon. Suzuki want to sell oil. Every oil change you risk drain plug threads and run for 30

"Argueing with an Engineer is like wrestling a pig in mud. After an hour you realise the pig enjoys it" Anon Andy

You're quite right, Andy, of course. I work(ed) with a whole bunch of engineers in the race team. Clever men, one and all. Bloody clever. I only had to ask for something and they would set to and make it. They knew exactly what grade of what material to use and how much they could get the weight down to. An inspiration. But, every now and then, they'd be struggling with a task on a bike and I would step in and do it easily. And I would rub it in by declaring "Yeah, you ****ing engineers are alright in your place - but some jobs need a mechanic!" (Oh, how they would laugh.. ) So, j