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Post by underdog on Aug 8, 2008 18:06:38 GMT -5
Well, yesterday my scoot passed the 500 mile mark. I guess that is not bad when I have had it for only six weeks and I do most of my riding after work and on weekends. Now I get to obsess about the first scheduled maintenance service which for a Met is at 600 miles. I think I want to do the oil change myself, but I am not very mechanically inclined and have never changed oil before. I may just take it to a local Honda place nearby, but am always afraid that I will get ripped off. Oh well, I have about 75 miles before I really have to do it...
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Post by jmkjr72 on Aug 8, 2008 18:12:25 GMT -5
con grats on the first 500 miles ive got a 2 stroke so the only oil i change is in the final drive it shouldnt be that hard to do the maintance if you got the owners manual and i would get a shop manual also maybe tt can tell you what all needs to be done im sure sdg helped her out or maybe even did the service for her
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Post by TortugaTomasa on Aug 8, 2008 18:16:18 GMT -5
maybe tt can tell you what all needs to be done im sure sdg helped her out or maybe even did the service for her are you saying that because i'm a girl i can't do my own maintenance??? and yeah he did it the first time, because i simply didn't want to. i do know however how to. i'm going to change my oil tomorrow (at 1160 miles) so i can take pics and do a step-by-step write-up and post for ya
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Post by underdog on Aug 8, 2008 18:20:01 GMT -5
maybe tt can tell you what all needs to be done im sure sdg helped her out or maybe even did the service for her are you saying that because i'm a girl i can't do my own maintenance??? and yeah he did it the first time, because i simply didn't want to. i do know however how to. i'm going to change my oil tomorrow (at 1160 miles) so i can take pics and do a step-by-step write-up and post for ya that would be great THANKS!! I do have the service manual so I can probably figure it out myself, but being my first...you know...
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Post by jmkjr72 on Aug 8, 2008 18:20:24 GMT -5
well your other scoot has been broken for how long j/k im glad you can do it your self it saves a lot of money being a 4stroke is there anything else to do other then oil change (adjust valves) hey the only way i can get my wife to add windshield wash to her car is not even drive it for 3 months
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Post by TortugaTomasa on Aug 8, 2008 18:26:55 GMT -5
well your other scoot has been broken for how long j/k im glad you can do it your self it saves a lot of money being a 4stroke is there anything else to do other then oil change (adjust valves) hey the only way i can get my wife to add windshield wash to her car is not even drive it for 3 months my other scoot's broken down mostly because it's a chinese scoot so it's hard to find new parts and since i got the new one, i just haven't focused on it too much my dad and uncle raced cars throughout my childhood so i've always been around cars. i can do my own oil changes (usually don't though), change tires, and usually have a good enough idea of whats up with my car that the mechanics can't take advantage of me as for the check-up, i just changed the oil, checked the brakes by just going a little and braking just to make sure ya know they didn't need adjustment
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Post by SeñorDonGato on Aug 9, 2008 0:15:34 GMT -5
are you saying that because i'm a girl i can't do my own maintenance??? and yeah he did it the first time, because i simply didn't want to. i do know however how to. i'm going to change my oil tomorrow (at 1160 miles) so i can take pics and do a step-by-step write-up and post for ya I'll take pics while you do the work!
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Post by TortugaTomasa on Aug 9, 2008 0:22:13 GMT -5
lol.... you can!
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Post by jmkjr72 on Aug 9, 2008 8:21:43 GMT -5
hey just post all the pics you take
but dont charge us
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Post by SeñorDonGato on Aug 10, 2008 18:13:34 GMT -5
Yeah well i ended up changing it time since SOMEONE didn't want to...but i took pics so i will hopefully get them up soon. I hate that I don't have my nice laptop with a card reader.
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Post by jmkjr72 on Aug 10, 2008 18:49:04 GMT -5
just stop by walmart or some place and get one of those card readers that pulg into the usb port
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Post by TortugaTomasa on Aug 10, 2008 21:15:26 GMT -5
yeah he ended up changing the oil this time.. lol but he did take some pretty good pics of the scoot.
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Post by underdog on Aug 10, 2008 21:41:51 GMT -5
yeah he ended up changing the oil this time.. lol but he did take some pretty good pics of the scoot. cool, post them so we can all admire your scoot.
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