500 mile service- DONE!

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Goodness, I'm glad it is over for now. Doing a valve check or adjust is a real pain! Especially, when you have to do it twice cause you did it wrong the first time. Just like in my update post on one of the other threads called "valve adjustment notes", be sure you are using feeler gauges that are in "millimeters".

Anyways, besides doing the valve check, my husband and I did a few other things. I do know RonB had posted how he adjusted the fuel floater and we decided to do the same. Only because we would have a full tank of gas and we were only ready about 150 miles. We knew something wasn't right when others were listing 300 miles. I mean, damn, it's the break in period and we haven't been beating it up yet. We should be seeing higher mileage than 150 miles. Nonetheless, as you can see the photos below, we went all the back to the base. I'll let you know how it goes, as I clear the gas out of there this week.

To get back to doing the valve check, I forgot to mention, this job is easier with barely any fuel in the tank. My dumb ass filled it without even thinking about the fact that I was doing the 500 mile service only 2 days later. My husband rolled his eyes, but we dealt with it. We ended up getting an empty gas can and just unplugging the gas hoses and running a 3/8 rubber tube off of the tank into the spare fuel container. (see image below) Since the tank was full, this really took a long time. We did mimic the bike starting and this did push more fuel to the pump, which dumped the fuel out of the tank faster. This is a great trick if you end up doing your service on a fuel tank of gas.

Another thing we added to the bike was a quick pour oil drain. Same one Peter (pyoungbl) had purchased called the EZ oil drain. I bought it off Amazon, 16mm X 1.50. I bought it with the removable hose end, so I could use the 3/8 tubing when the oil flows out of there. Now we did have to shave a part of the drain in order to get it screwed on. The one side when you were screwing it in, just kept bumping on the frame and you get to a point you can't screw it in anymore. We just took a metal file and just shaved down a bit of it and BOOM, fit like a glove. (see photo below)

We then finished off the bike with a couple accessories; Ram Mount phone mount on the handlebars and a helmet lock just in front of the left side rear side case. (see photo below) Everything turned out good.

Just to recap, the first time you do this service interval, it will take you 5 hours! People aren't lying. I don't care how good you are at taking things apart. The second time around however, it will take you about an hour. I'm sure my 3rd, 4th, 5th and 10th time will be about the same or maybe even faster than that. Because we set the valves wrong it really took 2 days. You live and learn and that's what owning this bike is all about it. The bike teaches us patience, organization, and love for all things small. That's the ZONG life!