First service: going over milage

[timmartin]

The bike is on 550 miles. Its such a nice day and i want to take it out for a ride, but first service (600 miles) is booked in on friday, and i understand that this is the most critical one!!

Does it matter much if i perhaps take it to 650 miles before the service?

[driller]

I took my Tiger to 1000 miles because I didn't realise the service was at 500! 40 000 miles later no harm seems to have been done.

[rsvmilly]

It won't make a jot of difference - some would even say it would improve it. When bikes are new they come with cheap old mineral oil so that everything wears a bit and beds in. At 5-600 miles service it is replaced with better oil.

Don't worry about exceeding the recommended rpm either. Just look to avoid extremes of either high rpm or high load/low rpm situations.

[timmartin]

lol i've gone past caring about the high rpm thing... i was a goob boy 70% of the time on that front!!

I've had a fantastic few hours out in the sun!!!

[YamR1V64motion]

i wouldnt worry about it, when i bought my 600RR it was used but had low milage at about 800 i think but hadnt had its first service yet, i got the service done at 1100 miles and was told that it wouldnt even invalidate the warrenty although i dont know how much trut there is to that.
i think the Italian maunfacturers are more strict about going over the first service milage and honouring the warrenty.

[shot2bits]

Just about to hit 1000 miles on my GSXR1000 - all the rev range is now available

Although I admit to having been above on a couple of times

[YamR1V64motion]

shot2bits said:

Just about to hit 1000 miles on my GSXR1000 - all the rev range is now available Although I admit to having been above on a couple of times

i was the same, its impossible not to go over at least a few times

[DamienCBR]

I am in exactly the same boat at the moment. Got a new CBR600RR and yes the service is meant to be done at 600 miles, called them last Monday to book it in and the eariest after kicking up was the 17th. I explained that i would probably be over the 600 miles, to which they said you will bge OK up to around 1,000 miles. Started to ease it up through the revs now, taken it up to 9,000 rpm can't wait to give it some serious throttle.

Went to Hastings yesteday and it was really foggy down there, Boxhill on Saturday and a local hoon on Friday night, done 300 miles..... Let hope summer is finally here!!!

D

[dern]

If your warranty is through Honda rather than the dealer and you have to claim they may refuse on the basis that you haven't stuck to the service schedule.

Mark