Topic: Full Maintenance Schedule - Advice Please.

[Adam80]

Hi Everyone,

Just wondering if anyone could look over a maintenance schedule I put together to see if I'm missing something important?
This would be a full maintenance schedule, the bikes would not go to a professional mechanic unless something major is needed.
The schedule is basically on a 48 month rotation, not sure if that is sensible or not. I would go by time rather than miles/km as I do not use them that much.
It basically copies the service manual mostly but I have customised it to what makes more sense to me. I dont ride them a huge amount.
It is fairly general but could add specific things for each bike, for example one is a 2009 cb400 super four with EFI and water cooling the others are air cooled fours.

[Rayzerman]

When I first read the CB350F maintenance schedule, of interest was to change the oil at 500 miles, then every 3 months or 1500 miles.... filter at double that, and oil pump screen every 12 months or 6000 miles.  IF the screen was a big concern, why wasn't it to be cleaned at 500 miles?  Anyway, I've never seen a motorcycle oil pan that had any real concern with sludge and certainly not anything that would get into a filter screen.... I think I would do it once sometime after new or after an engine rebuild and after that fergedaboudit.

Opinions will vary on oil changes, but if you're not piling on miles, the only question is does the oil break down with time...... and with no miles, the filter isn't going to be dirty.....