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Puddle Jumper
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| I am not mechanically inclined but I do what I can do to save money. I bought my 2011 VV 20 months ago and now have 33K on it. So far I have changed the oil 8 times, replaced battery once, plugs once, air filter once, front and rear brakes once and 3 sets of tires. I ride the bike year round in New England and ride pretty hard. Realistically what should I be doing for maintenance over the next 10K miles? My belt looks good so I don't think I would replace that yet. Oh, and FYI, had a front fender replaced under extended warranty.
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Check your steering head bearing and lube. Glad to hear you're getting good service out of your Vision. Welcome to Starfleet. |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | You're really on top of it! Impressive mileage, especially for the New England area. Fantastic to have a bike that can handle that.
As for maintenance, only other thing I can think of is your fork oil. I put in a high performance air filter so just clean that once a year.
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Puddle Jumper
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| Thanks guys. Is doing the fork oil a big job? |
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Tourer
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Prairie City, IA United States | Changing the fork oil is a pretty big job. I had mine done at 44K and my dealer mechanic told me I was the 1st Victory they have ever done any they sell a lot of bikes. He told me not to worry about it for another 50K miles. He said it wasn't dirty or smelly. I think changing the fork oil has more to do with time than miles. I may not change it again until the 5 year mark. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | Allaire5 - 2013-11-24 10:29 AM Thanks guys. Is doing the fork oil a big job? If you're concerned about doing maintenance yourself, it is. I've been fortunate not to have leaky forks and I've changed the fluid about 3 times. I highly recommend to keep the ride "like new" to do the recommended 15,000 miles. Around that mileage point you'll start to get dive, but nothing really bad. It usually doesn't get any worse after 20,000 miles. This is probably the longest stretch I've gone without changing the fluid and I'm looking at doing it in the spring. The thing with the forks is you either just do a fluid change, or you go replacing all the seals, etc. You'll need a spring compressor and a way to measure the fluid and syphon off excess once you've refilled the chamber. I've been able to get away without using the spring compressor and I made my own measuring tool. I can do both tubes off the bike in about 30 minutes. |
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Iron Butt
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, WI | I replaced the fork seals, bushings and oil on my Vision. A spring compressor is not needed. 
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Visionary
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Central Maryland | lstayner - 2013-11-24 10:48 AM
Changing the fork oil is a pretty big job. I had mine done at 44K and my dealer mechanic told me I was the 1st Victory they have ever done any they sell a lot of bikes. He told me not to worry about it for another 50K miles. He said it wasn't dirty or smelly. I think changing the fork oil has more to do with time than miles. I may not change it again until the 5 year mark.
At 44K, how were your seals and bushings? Did they need to be replaced as well? Or just the fork oil? |
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Visionary
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| fork oil goes bad cause of condensation. You should get 50 thousand out of it.
Belt should go 75 thousand
how to change fork oil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhyORUBeaw8 |
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