[optaylor]

500 on mine Bought in April

OP

[DaveX]

Bought new in Oct/05 and have 650Km on it. Unable to ride in Dec ( didn't set up with ice studs) but we are having a strange winter - in the past 2 weeks all of the snow is gone with lots of rain and today is 12 degrees
Can't wait for the weekend!!

[Roady]

today is 12 degrees
Can't wait for the weekend!!

and 12 degrees is .... good

[CRFMASTER14]

Purchased 12/16/05, 294 miles so far.....

[Thumper Don]

400 Miles of dust, dirt, mud, rain, and, heat...life is good. Going to Hollister this weekend

[DaveX]

and 12 degrees is .... good

HaHa - ya 12 celsius is great. Damn metric...according to the conversion that would be 54 degrees and normally it would be about 14 degrees (Fahrenheit)

oh ya - that would be approximately 400 miles too

Dave

[Tacomarunner]

Don't know how many miles exactly. I do have 115 hours on the motor. It takes about 4-5 hours to do about 120 or so miles. Dont feel like doing the math right now.

[Roady]

and 12 degrees is .... good

HaHa - ya 12 celsius is great. Damn metric...according to the conversion that would be 54 degrees

Now I understand Dave I hadn't noticed the location of your post before. 54 degrees is definitely good riding weather!

BTW, say Hi to Ken and CRF's Only up there in Canada ... whoops, cross-posting.

[devistation]

BTW, say Hi to Ken and CRF's Only up there in Canada ... whoops, cross-posting.

Now Now Roady we don't want anyone to wear out there scroll wheel with all this nonsense

[Falls a Lot]

Wow, its no wonder you guys aren't reporting valve problems yet, you don't ride them I use a Garmin GPS as my data miner and have logged 3654 miles to date, purchased the bike in April 2005. My average ride is 45-60 miles. New valves at 1600 miles if you want to mark you calander for budget planning, the rest of the machine is rock solid though.

[Roady]

New valves at 1600 miles if you want to mark you calander for budget planning, the rest of the machine is rock solid though.

but, but but but I'm almost at 1600

[Falls a Lot]

Roady your mileage may vary, I rolled it out one morning and it would not start, that was the beginning of the end for my valves. I put in the S/S valves and spring kit and it is doing just fine now, Honda may have replaced the seats on this machine and apparently they do last longer than the R but they don't last as long as they should in my opinion. Honda should have put the S/S in the X like they do the 450 four wheelers, much more reliable.

[kmag]

Falls a Lot:

What did you do to your valve seats when you replaced the valves? Replace them? regrind them? nothing?

[Falls a Lot]

The seats looked great, I lapped in the new valves with valve lapping compound and tested with Prussian blue, it was the valve face that was damaged (elongated).