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Greetings folks,
First post here. I'm not (yet) an owner of an XSR700, but I've had my eye on one for a bit. Been riding for about ten years, and my first and current bike is a Royal Enfield Electra 500 AVL. It's an antiquated single, engineered by the Brits mid-20th century, and mine was manufactured in India. It's technically a 2009 but very little has been modernized on my bike. That's what gives the bike it's charm, but unfortunately that also means it needs a LOT of ongoing maintenance to keep it happy. That and the electricals are total crap.
Realizing that I have ridden very little in the past 3 years because of ongoing maintenance issues I feel that a modern, reliable bike may be in my future. I'll most likely keep the Enfield as a project bike (that's what it already is anyway) and use the XSR as an all-purpose urban errand runner, highway commuter, and weekend flogger on the twisties.
My Enfield is kick-start, air cooled, carbed, etc. Basic, low tech everything. I'm the only person who has ever wrenched on it (for better or for worse), and I want to get an idea of what the high-tech modern motorcycle maintenance would mean for me.
Since I'm coming from the world of 1960's engineering, what will I have to know about for routine maintenance on the XSR?
Thanks in advance!
Chuck
First post here. I'm not (yet) an owner of an XSR700, but I've had my eye on one for a bit. Been riding for about ten years, and my first and current bike is a Royal Enfield Electra 500 AVL. It's an antiquated single, engineered by the Brits mid-20th century, and mine was manufactured in India. It's technically a 2009 but very little has been modernized on my bike. That's what gives the bike it's charm, but unfortunately that also means it needs a LOT of ongoing maintenance to keep it happy. That and the electricals are total crap.
Realizing that I have ridden very little in the past 3 years because of ongoing maintenance issues I feel that a modern, reliable bike may be in my future. I'll most likely keep the Enfield as a project bike (that's what it already is anyway) and use the XSR as an all-purpose urban errand runner, highway commuter, and weekend flogger on the twisties.
My Enfield is kick-start, air cooled, carbed, etc. Basic, low tech everything. I'm the only person who has ever wrenched on it (for better or for worse), and I want to get an idea of what the high-tech modern motorcycle maintenance would mean for me.
Since I'm coming from the world of 1960's engineering, what will I have to know about for routine maintenance on the XSR?
Thanks in advance!
Chuck