badgopher
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I bought a 2014 NC700X a couple weeks back. I'm slowly rehabbing it - it seems in fair condition, but I have no service history for the bike. I've got to get the tires swapped, they were so square you could have used them as rulers, and 6+ years old besides. I'm not up for doing that myself yet.
But it looks like the routine service for the bike is to flush brake and coolant, then replace the oil filter and oil, and since it's at 7500 miles I should do the valve adjustment.
I watched a video on the valve stuff, I think I can do that myself, seems straight forward overall. And oil swap is simple, done that. My questions:
1) Who makes good feeler gauges? Never needed any before!
2) I'm worried about replacing the coolant and brake fluid. I've done a lot of hydraulics work, but we cheated with vacuum pullers half the time, or had to spend a long time burping them, and I worry about getting an air bubble in the brake line and killing myself. Any advice here?
3) I haven't inspected the brake pads yet (Bike's been parked since I bought it, until I get it fully rehabbed), but proper depth on those is basically 'wear grooves visible' right?
4) Chain tension seems proper, anything else I should double check?
But it looks like the routine service for the bike is to flush brake and coolant, then replace the oil filter and oil, and since it's at 7500 miles I should do the valve adjustment.
I watched a video on the valve stuff, I think I can do that myself, seems straight forward overall. And oil swap is simple, done that. My questions:
1) Who makes good feeler gauges? Never needed any before!
2) I'm worried about replacing the coolant and brake fluid. I've done a lot of hydraulics work, but we cheated with vacuum pullers half the time, or had to spend a long time burping them, and I worry about getting an air bubble in the brake line and killing myself. Any advice here?
3) I haven't inspected the brake pads yet (Bike's been parked since I bought it, until I get it fully rehabbed), but proper depth on those is basically 'wear grooves visible' right?
4) Chain tension seems proper, anything else I should double check?