Recent content by Zanie

92,600 km

I have a random piece of flat metal cable-tied to the inside of the plastic bash plate - does that count? This. My plastic bash plate has held up well. It has taken massive hits thanks to a partner who keeps swiping my bike for more techie rides. :rolleyes: It has one big dent on the bottom...

Similar to TVB, I also do the oil changes more regularly. Oil at 6000km intervals. Oil filter every 12,000km.

That will vary massively depending on your riding (e.g. highway vs slow ride). I've hit reserve after 300 km of riding (best case - rare), generally I hit it at 240-260km (commuting), but I've also hit it at 150km (flat taps with headwind on a highway). Reserve is "more predictable" than...

I think it's related to an effort to standardise the common / English names across the globe. As I understand, that's the reason why we had to change the name of our rock pigeon to speckled pigeon, because rock dove/pigeon was already taken (the bird we used to call a feral pigeon).

I could be wrong, but if the 300 is the same as the 250, you still have quite a bit of fuel left if it shows one bar. Reserve (for the 250 Rally) is indicated only when that last bar starts flashing (between black and red). But that's assuming the 300 has the same display set-up as the 250. It...

Thanks for the offer TVB, but I wouldn't want to impose on your time. I'm also sure that whatever is brought into this country will probably be hit with some strange taxes. I'd like to find a locally-available generic after-market part, if possible.

I have tested this. To a point where I have run out of fuel... As mentioned on this threat, reserve is roughly 2 litres (at least, this is the case for my 250L Rally), so the distance you can get from that depends on how you ride while in reserve. Caning it on a highway (not recommended) = as...

I'm not worried, since (a) my bike has a stock standard front sprocket, (b) I already know the difference between my bike's actual vs. indicated speed, and (c) I don't worry about resale value, because I tend to rack up high mileage on my bikes. I'm just interested from an adamedic perspective...

I'm not sure if that will solve Milan's issue. Maybe the techies can answer, but if the Rally takes it's speed from the gearbox, which was indicated in an earlier post, then won't the rpms impact odo rather than the speedo impacting odo? Or are speedo and odo linked and the odo was initially...

It seems to be a 300 Rally feature. No 250 Rally I've seen has it - mine certainly doesn't. My feelings exactly. Anyway, you'll know if you're revving too high. The bike (at least the 250) does seem to have a rev limiter. I've only hit it once in my life. It cut the engine power momentarily...

Depends on whether the 2-year warranty matters to you. If not, then you can DIY. These bikes are pretty reliable. My 250L Rally is now at >90,000km and all maintenance has been stock standard (bearings, oil, tyres, etc.), aside from needing to clean out the fuel fuel tank (done it twice...

I still ride my 250L Rally. I bought it early 2018, so I guess it's a 2017 model - I think they only came out that time? 7000 rpm will only get you 110kph indicated (about 103kph actual in my case). On highway, I'm sitting at 8-9k rpm. It is indeed a very smooth ride. I've stalled it at robots...

I've ridden both the 300L and 300L Rally. I don't like the feel of the L, but that's my opinion. Similar feeling when comparing a standard 250L to my 250 Rally. It feels so different. Other than that, there's also the LED headlights (on trips, I often end up riding in the dark) and the longer...

As sidetrack mentioned, 120 indicated is closer to 110 GPS. From my bike and a buddy's bike, it seems that 6-7kph overread is an average. Same as TVB, I usually have mechanical sympathy, but there are those long days... When leave days are limited, I've often found myself on "tar sacrifice...