General Servicing

With everything else on the bike sorted the remaining running gear needed to be serviced. This included the battery, spark plugs, brakes, brake lines, brake fluid, rear brake reservoir, coolant, engine oil and oil filter. Other things that will need to be addressed in future are tyres and front brake pads.

To start, the engine was serviced with full synthetic Penrite 10w-40 oil and a Hiflofiltro HP111 oil filter.

In order to clean the coolant system a 50/50 mix of cleaning vinegar/water was ran at operating temperature, then a second time with just water to flush the system before finally being filled with Toyota Red coolant. A new coolant overflow bottle was made up too, mounted from a bracket behind the radiator to replace the original overflow tank that usually sits behind the engine.

The original battery dropped a cell on the first attempt to turn the engine over so a replacement was needed. Lithium batteries are surprisingly cheap now and weigh about 1/3 of a normal liquid battery, making the SSB Powersport Lithium battery a great replacement. I also replaced the spark plugs with NGK Iridium CR9EHIX-9 spark plugs which are less prone to fouling.

HEL braided lines were fitted including a HRC rear brake reservior kit before both systems were filled and bled.