Hi all
Just finished doing the valve clearances, oil change and check the belt. With 4080 miles on the clock the belt is still 22mm wide, the valves were tight by 0.05mm each and the oil was a bit black with two tiny bits of ally swarf in the filter. Refilled with 5w30 synthetic oil.
Started commuting every day since October last year, had a really lucky first winter on the PCX, no snow or ice, and I reckon it rained about a dozen times. Not to say it hasn't rained, just that I've missed it on the commute of 8 miles either way.
Temp dropped to about -2 centigrade a couple of mornings, some quite bad winds for the few weeks after Xmas but now I'm looking forward to a glorious summer of scootering, which around here is usually wetter than winter
So I didn't need to buy a bigger screen, or motorcycle boots, the PCX offers enough protection as it was. I don't really go that fast to make wind chill a problem
Very happy with the PCX, I only use it for commuting and I'm really jealous of you chaps and your epic tours!
Woah! that was a long post, better sign off, Bye!
7 months of PCX'ing
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Lingwood wrote:Hi all
Just finished doing the valve clearances, oil change and check the belt. With 4080 miles on the clock the belt is still 22mm wide, the valves were tight by 0.05mm each and the oil was a bit black with two tiny bits of ally swarf in the filter. Refilled with 5w30 synthetic oil.
Started commuting every day since October last year, had a really lucky first winter on the PCX, no snow or ice, and I reckon it rained about a dozen times. Not to say it hasn't rained, just that I've missed it on the commute of 8 miles either way.
Temp dropped to about -2 centigrade a couple of mornings, some quite bad winds for the few weeks after Xmas but now I'm looking forward to a glorious summer of scootering, which around here is usually wetter than winter
So I didn't need to buy a bigger screen, or motorcycle boots, the PCX offers enough protection as it was. I don't really go that fast to make wind chill a problem
Very happy with the PCX, I only use it for commuting and I'm really jealous of you chaps and your epic tours!
Woah! that was a long post, better sign off, Bye!
Did you change the rear drive oil?
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Re: 7 months of PCX'ing
Yeah, did that around 800 miles ago, there wasn't a lot in there, very strange.
Re: 7 months of PCX'ing
Translation for those of us not British.Lingwood wrote:Hi all
...the oil was a bit black with two tiny bits of ally swarf in the filter.
Ally = Aluminum, or Aluminium
Swarf = fine chips or filings of stone, metal, or other material produced by a machining operation.
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Awesome dude.Slickvic wrote:Translation for those of us not British.Lingwood wrote:Hi all
...the oil was a bit black with two tiny bits of ally swarf in the filter.
Ally = Aluminum, or Aluminium
Swarf = fine chips or filings of stone, metal, or other material produced by a machining operation.
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Does anyone have an North American/English dictionary?you you wrote:Awesome dude.Slickvic wrote:Translation for those of us not British.Lingwood wrote:Hi all
...the oil was a bit black with two tiny bits of ally swarf in the filter.
Ally = Aluminum, or Aluminium
Swarf = fine chips or filings of stone, metal, or other material produced by a machining operation.
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Re: 7 months of PCX'ing
That's exactly what I meantSlickvic wrote:Translation for those of us not British.Lingwood wrote:Hi all
...the oil was a bit black with two tiny bits of ally swarf in the filter.
Ally = Aluminum, or Aluminium
Swarf = fine chips or filings of stone, metal, or other material produced by a machining operation.