The 10,000 km valve check is the one I plan my Spiti dates around
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Winter is when I do the boring stuff on my Kaza Brown, because come May I want the bike ready and the only thing left to pack is the soft panniers.
Two things worth marking on your calendar. The 10,000 km service is the real one on the 450. Oil, air filter element replaced, and valve clearance inspected and adjusted. The schedule also puts that valve check again at 20,000 km, then it stretches out after that. BikeWale's breakdown of the first few intervals puts the 10,000 km visit around Rs 2,035 in parts, labour free.
The one people forget is coolant. It is a liquid cooled motor now, and the published schedule calls for a change at 36,000 km or three years, whichever lands first. Three years passes quietly.
If you bought in 2024, check your date, not just your odometer. Where are your km sitting right now?
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tushar_nair· 1 week agoFair point on the date vs odo thing, Dorje. I track ride a fair bit so valve clearance probably drifts faster than the calendar suggests for me, heat cycles aren't kind. Not going to guess my own km here since I'd just be making up a number. Does RE's schedule account for track use at all or is it purely street assumption?
