Maintenance for a new bike?

[cooky1975]

Hi everyone I am new to biking - i have been riding approximately 6 months. I ride a suziki maurader, nice ride, although it seems to be loosing power. I did my 1000km service and i am putting it into the shop next week to get the guy to take it for a ride.

My question is should i change the oil myself every six months or so? or leave it to the shop. The mechanic said to change the plug at 12000km. Is this right it seems a bit late for me.

Any advice for a new rider

[Taz]

Your owners manual will have the answers to all these questions and more. Read it.

[cooky1975]

Hi everyone I am new to biking - i have been riding approximately 6 months. I ride a suziki maurader, nice ride, although it seems to be loosing power. I did my 1000km service and i am putting it into the shop next week to get the guy to take it for a ride.

My question is should i change the oil myself every six months or so? or leave it to the shop. The mechanic said to change the plug at 12000km. Is this right it seems a bit late for me.

Any advice for a new rider

I read the owners manual it juzt says to follow the maintenance schedule which i have done

[tigertim20]

is the bike brand new, or just new to you?
If its brand new, it should have a warranty. If thats the case, get the shop to do all servicing untill the end of the warranty in case some thing goes wrong and you void the warranty.

If its not brand new, do the oil changes your self, you should only need one spanner to do an oil change, should be either a 15, 17 or 19mm spanner. As for the plugs, your owners manual will tell you how often to change them, if you dont have one, the info should be easy enough to google. You can if you want change them as often as you like. Whip your air filter out too and give it a clean or replace it if its not rewashable. These are all very simple jobs that require minimal tools and take a very short amount of time to do.

[cooky1975]

its brand new thanks for advice

[Chancebmx25]

Hit up google for your bikes manual and do some reading, generally the manual provides shitloads of info you prob would have never known about if you didnt read it. so highly recommended

[DrunkenMistake]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gz+125+2011+workshop+manual+pdf

try the 4th link down.

[JUST STARTIN]

best thing i can say from one noob to another is pull as much apart as you feel comfortable puttin back together. you will be amazed how simple much of a bike is when it come to the really tech stuff pay someone dont risk it but most maintanace isnt that hard give it a go its half the fun of owning a toy!

[tigertim20]

best thing i can say from one noob to another is pull as much apart as you feel comfortable puttin back together. you will be amazed how simple much of a bike is when it come to the really tech stuff pay someone dont risk it but most maintanace isnt that hard give it a go its half the fun of owning a toy!

with a brand new bike such as the OP has, if you open anything yourself, theres every chance you void your warranty, which would really suck if after that an unrelated issue grenaded your engine and you have no warranty.
After the warranty period though, go for gold I say, Im all for doing stuff myself, and I do it plenty, but i wouldnt risk losing a warranty on a brand new bike

[TimeOut]

with a brand new bike such as the OP has, if you open anything yourself, theres every chance you void your warranty, which would really suck if after that an unrelated issue grenaded your engine and you have no warranty.
After the warranty period though, go for gold I say, Im all for doing stuff myself, and I do it plenty, but i wouldnt risk losing a warranty on a brand new bike

As long as you keep reciepts for oil/parts and records warranty should be fine, unless you cock something up.
I've made three major claims (Honda Quads) under warranty while doing every second service myself, no hassles. Two were rings/rebore the other was gearbox rebuild.

With Suzuki I asked if it would affect warranty (me doing every second service) they said it wasn't a problem, had a few minor claims on the Quad, no hassle.