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Want to know your long time schedule maintenance, maybe become a sticky tread if we keep uniform. So enter all information bellow


Type or riding:
Hours/year:
Level:
Bike model & year:

Engine
Air filter:
Engine oil:
Engine oil filter:
Trans oil:
Coolant:
Valves:
Piston rings:
Piston:
Crankshaft:
Crankshaft bearings:
Timing chain:
Chain tensioner:
Engine seals:
Engine & trans bearing:
Clutch disk:

Suspension/Wheels
Fork/Shock oil:
Fork/Shock bushing and seals:
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/Wheel bearings:
Brake fluid:

So I begin

Type or riding: 90% offroad / 10% pitsand
Hours/year: Between 60 and 80 hours
Level: Novice
Bike model & year: CRF450R 2005

Engine
Air filter: Between 2 and 4 hours (inspect at every ride)
Engine oil: Amsoil MCF 10w40 / 5 hours
Engine oil filter: Hiflo / 10 hours
Trans oil: Torco MTF-E 85w / 10 hours
Coolant: Engine Ice / 2 year
Valves: When is hard to start
Piston rings: Replace with piston
Piston: Wiseco 12.5:1 / 100 hours
Crankshaft: Inspect at 200 hours
Crankshaft bearings: 200 hours
Timing chain: 200 hours
Chain tensioner: 200 hours
Engine seals: 200 hours
Engine & trans bearing: 400 hours (inspect at 200)
Clutch disk: When it slip

Suspension/Wheels/Body
Fork/Shock oil: Factory connections 5w & 2.5w / 2 year
Fork/Shock bushing and seals: 4 year (inspect at 2)
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/Wheel bearings: Inspect and grease every year
Brake fluid: Nissan DOT4 / 2 year (I'm now a Nissan mecanic, so I have it free)

Type or riding:mostly North- Eastern Trail, harescrambles, dirt roads
Hours/year: about 1500 miles in 2 years, maybe 40-50 hrs?
Level: Intermediate
Bike model & year: 2007 CRF 250X

Engine
Air filter: every few rides, inspect every ride
Engine oil: every 300 miles
Engine oil filter: every 300 miles
Trans oil: every 500 miles before, will now do at 300
Coolant: changed once at 1300. inspect every year, fill when low
Valves: checked at about 1500 miles, in spec.
Piston rings: still stock
Piston: still stock. will check replace next season.
Crankshaft: stock
Crankshaft bearings: stock
Timing chain: stock
Chain tensioner: stock
Engine seals: stock
Engine & trans bearing: stock
Clutch disk: still stock, will repalce when it slips.

Suspension/Wheels
Fork/Shock oil: stock, ill replace when need new seals
Fork/Shock bushing and seals: stock, ill replace when blown
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/Wheel bearings: stock, will inspect/regrease this season or next.
Brake fluid:
check every ride, fill with honda dot4 if low.

Type or riding: Motocross
Hours/year:Brought new Feb 2010, 15.7hrs
Level:novice
Bike model & year: Honda crf250r EFI

Engine
Air filter: every ride (replace when glue comes apart, usually 15-20 cleans)
Engine oil:Belray 10-40w, 3 hrs
Engine oil filter: 6 hrs
Trans oil: 6 hrs - Motul gear saver
Coolant:aftermarket/2 yrs
Valves: inspect clearances every 10hrs
Piston rings: maybe 40hrs?
Piston: same time as rings?
Crankshaft: unknown
Crankshaft bearings: unknown
Timing chain:unknown
Chain tensioner:unknown
Engine seals:
Engine & trans bearing:
Clutch disk:inspect at 20hrs

Suspension/Wheels
Fork/Shock oil: changed at 6 hrs, replace every 2 hrs
Fork/Shock bushing and seals: when leaking
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/W: re-grease every 15hrs

Nobody is interested to help complete this tread...I thought this can be sticky for answer some maintenance question

it would be very helpful information to many. if you don't have an idea about one or more of the maintenance area, just fill out what you do have opinions about and leave the others blank.

ken

Type or riding: Single track & Desert
Hours/year: Just a guess, 100 hrs a year
Level: intermediate
Bike model & year: 450X 2006

Engine
Air filter:OEM & UNI, every couple rides
Engine oil: Castrol GTX 20/50 every couple rides
Engine oil filter: OEM & Hi-Flo every oil chg
Trans oil: Castrol GTX
Coolant: Prestone, once a year
Valves: all internals - Never touched.
Piston rings:
Piston:
Crankshaft:
Crankshaft bearings:
Timing chain:
Chain tensioner:
Engine seals:
Engine & trans bearing:
Clutch disk:

Suspension/Wheels
Fork/Shock oil: still OEM & needs to be changed.
Fork/Shock bushing and seals:
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/Wheel bearings: went through and greased every joint & bearing for the first time last month. Bel-ray grease.
Brake fluid: Still OEM & needs to be changed.

Type or riding: Motocross
Hours/year: 20-30 hours total
Level: novice
Bike model & year: 09 crf250r

Engine
Air filter: K&N Xtreme cleaned after every ride
Engine oil: Honda GN4 oil after every other ride.
Engine oil filter: Every other oil change
Trans oil: every other oil change, (with oil filter)
Coolant: engine ice - every other year or so
Valves: check at begging of each season (or if its hard to start)
Piston rings: with piston
Piston: every 2 seasons
Crankshaft: unknown
Crankshaft bearings:unknown
Timing chain:unknown
Chain tensioner:unknown
Engine seals: beginning and end of each season
Engine & trans bearing: beginning of each season
Clutch disk:beginning and mid season

Suspension/Wheels/Body
Fork/Shock oil: changed once a year
Fork/Shock bushing and seals: when leaking
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/W: re-grease every 50hrs or so

Type or riding:harescrambles, enduro, single track
Hours/year: maybe 40 hrs, rest is on 2 stroke motocross bike
Level: Intermediate (B class)
Bike model & year: 2005 CRF 450X

Engine
Air filter: every ride - twinair, ready filter, uni - which ever is clean - also run filter skin when dusty
Engine oil: before 300 miles / GN4 10w40 - was HP4 no molly
Engine oil filter: with oils (use reusable SS screen type)
Trans oil: With engine oil / GN4 10w40 - was HP4 no molly
Coolant: change 2 years - use 50/50 then add water wetter
Valves: check often probably every other oil change
Piston rings: with piston
Piston: about 40 hours
Crankshaft: stock
Crankshaft bearings: stock
Timing chain: check with topend
Chain tensioner: check with topend
Engine seals: stock
Engine & trans bearing: stock
Clutch disk: still stock, will replace when it slips.

Suspension/Wheels :
Fork/Shock oil: bleed air every ride, fork oil change when seals leak, Belray 5w
Fork/Shock bushing and seals: Leave until feel like a issue
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/Wheel bearings: regrease about 3 times a season
Brake fluid: check every ride, fill with honda dot4 if needed


Other:
check spokes every few rides and wheel trueness
tire pressure every ride
Lube rear brake pivot, levers and cables every few rides
check crankcase breather tube/drain every few rides
accessible bolt tightness check - every ride

New bike, new way of riding

Type or riding: 90% track / 10% trail
Hours/year: Something near 50
Level: Novice
Bike model & year: CRF250R 2010

Engine
Air filter:2 hours
Engine oil: Amsoil MCF 10w40 / 5 hours
Engine oil filter: Hiflo / 5 hours
Trans oil: Torco MTF-E 85w / 10 hours
Coolant: Engine Ice / 2 year
Fuel filter: Every years
Injector: When it fail
Valves: Inspect every year
Piston rings: Replace with piston
Piston: Between 50 and 60 hours
Crankshaft: Between 100 and 120 (second piston change)
Crankshaft bearings: Between 100 and 120
Timing chain: Between 100 and 120
Chain tensioner: Between 100 and 120
Engine & trans bearing: Between 200 and 240
Clutch disk: With basket
Basket: When it fail

Suspension/Wheels/Body
Fork/Shock oil:Every 40 hours
Fork/Shock bushing and seals:Every 80 hours
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/Wheel bearings: Inspect and grease every year
Brake fluid: 2 year

Type or riding: 95% offroad / 5% street
Hours/year: Between 100 and 120 hours
Level: Novice
Bike model & year: CRF450X 2010

Engine
Air filter: Between 15 and 20 hours (inspect at every ride)
Engine oil: Shell Helix HX7 10w40
Engine oil filter: K&N / 40 hours
Trans oil: Shell Helix HX7 every 120hours
Coolant: every 2 year
Valves: still stock
Piston rings: still stock
Piston: Still stock
Crankshaft: still stock
Crankshaft still stock
Timing chain: still stock
Chain tensioner: still stock
Engine seals: still stock
Engine & trans bearing: still stock
Clutch disk: When it slip

Type or riding:60% trails,30% with my 6yo daughter, 10% harescrambles
Hours/year:100?
Level:vet
Bike model & year:09 crf 250x, first 4 stroke I ever owned.

Engine
Air filter: every ride, replace every 10 cleans or so.
Engine oil: GN4 10w40 every five rides, about 35-40 hrs.
Engine oil filter: change with oil.
Trans oil: GN4 10w40 change with oil
Coolant: every 2 years, haven't had to change it yet, but that seems to be a good time.
Valves: every oil change
Piston rings: replace every season
Piston: with rings, seems safer to me.
Crankshaft: inspect and replace every season
Crankshaft bearings: inspect and replace every season
Timing chain: every oil change
Chain tensioner: every ride
Engine seals: every ride, every season inspect replace
Engine & trans bearing: every season inspect replace
Clutch disk: every oil change, i check the whole clutch assy.

Suspension/Wheels: every ride
Fork/Shock oil: every season
Fork/Shock bushing and seals: inspect replace every season
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/Wheel bearings: every ride
Brake fluid: belray DOT4 once a season unless it looks burnt up.

I think this could be very helpful. what about adding torque checks? im good for every ride after washing.

Type or riding: Big grass fields and forest.
Hours/year: 50-60
Level: beginner
Bike model & year: Crf250r 05

Engine
Air filter: every 2 rides
Engine oil: every 8h
Engine oil filter: every other oil change
Trans oil: same as engine oil
Coolant: every year
Valves: 80h, new valves has only gone 8h
Piston rings: 80h
Piston: 80h
Crankshaft:120
Crankshaft bearings:90
Timing chain: every piston change
Chain tensioner: 200h
Engine seals: 200+h
Engine & trans bearing:never done
Clutch disk: Never done

Suspension/Wheels never done
Fork/Shock oil: 75h
Fork/Shock bushing and seals: 75h
Swingarm/Linkage/Steering/Shock/Wheel bearings: when they start to be bad
Brake fluid: when brakes doesn't brake good with new pads


sorry for the lack of info but I'm trying my best