Possible big no no?
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Possible big no no?
After I recently purchased my Iron back in January my buddy was inspired to get a new sportster as well and purchased a new 2013 Iron. He his motorcycle safety course and all is fine and dandy and we've been riding together a lot since he purchased it towards mid February. I'm coming up on my 5k check up and I told him about this, apparently hes in the 3700ish range I forget now, however he never did his 1k service!
I was surprised and told him that he needed to do it asap regardless of how close to his 5k check up his is. I immediately checked his oil level to make sure he wasn't riding bone dry and its towards the lower end of half full so not totally empty which is good. He said the dealership didn't include this in his purchase and didnt have 400 at the time when his 1k came up and everything was fine so he didn't worry about it.
The question I have is has he possibly hurt his engine significantly? I'm not the most mechanically inclined but I've learned to do pretty much all the maintenance on my bike so I could change his oil in the meantime but I don't know if this may have caused any potential damage, bike sounds good nothing unusual sounding to me compared with mine. Any info would be awesome, changing his oil tomorrow regardless. Thanks guys!
I was surprised and told him that he needed to do it asap regardless of how close to his 5k check up his is. I immediately checked his oil level to make sure he wasn't riding bone dry and its towards the lower end of half full so not totally empty which is good. He said the dealership didn't include this in his purchase and didnt have 400 at the time when his 1k came up and everything was fine so he didn't worry about it.
The question I have is has he possibly hurt his engine significantly? I'm not the most mechanically inclined but I've learned to do pretty much all the maintenance on my bike so I could change his oil in the meantime but I don't know if this may have caused any potential damage, bike sounds good nothing unusual sounding to me compared with mine. Any info would be awesome, changing his oil tomorrow regardless. Thanks guys!
im sure if it was bought from the dealer they serviced it b4 they sold it , he should ask the dealer - im pretty sure they wouldnt just sell it the way they got it
i know damn sure my dealer would never sell a bike without going over it and doing all service b4 it leaves the shop - but thats my dealer ...
best bet would be to call - then to just cover your butt do it anyway.
i know damn sure my dealer would never sell a bike without going over it and doing all service b4 it leaves the shop - but thats my dealer ...
best bet would be to call - then to just cover your butt do it anyway.
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I'm sure he didn't hurt the engine at all, but he may have voided his warranty. Some of the dealers look for any & every excuse to void the warranty. But I haven't bought a new bike since 97 so I don't know how the warranty is written today.
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$400 for service? holy ****. i'm glad i do my own ****
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Thanks for the responses guys, presumably they did the regular stuff prior to selling it but he bought it new so there shouldn't have been much if anything really needed aside from making it road ready. I was just more worried about the initial batch of oil being ridden for so long without moving to a synthetic after the break in period was over. Thanks for the info guys really appreciate the input, he was starting to freakout a because I told him that the 1k service was like "the" service to get but so long as there isn't anything that I'm unaware of and the owner manual isn't missing anything he should be ok.
The reason for the 1 k service is for "Break in" wear. During the break in period the engine parts are seating themselves (cams, valves, journals, rods, bearings). During this time these parts will find the path of least resistance. and they will basically ride this same path until they fail. Each and every engine wears slightly differently. Kinda like a bullet is matched to its gun even though two guns could be identical. But during break in you have excessive wear as things get seated. This excessive wear results in a higher than usual particulate count in the oil. Thus it's always a good idea to change that break in oil on schedule. Even if you DIY
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The clutch needs adjustment as well. Any new clutch needs an extra adjustment or two early in it's life, that's when it wears the most. If that's not done than it may begin to slip a little, and then wear and slip more, significantly shortening its life. Along with the oil change, this is another simple DIY every owner should get familiar with.
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After I recently purchased my Iron back in January my buddy was inspired to get a new sportster as well and purchased a new 2013 Iron. He his motorcycle safety course and all is fine and dandy and we've been riding together a lot since he purchased it towards mid February. I'm coming up on my 5k check up and I told him about this, apparently hes in the 3700ish range I forget now, however he never did his 1k service!
It's prob on the raggedy edge of blowing up, missed the big check up, might as well trade it off.
It's prob on the raggedy edge of blowing up, missed the big check up, might as well trade it off.
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The first service is as much as anything to verify all is well after it's initial shake-down of 1k miles. It does serve a useful purpose and can sometimes uncover things that need to be put right, so it is well worth doing IMHO.