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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: guest2028 on January 17, 2016, 09:39:22 AM
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should pick up a nice one owner 13000 mile xbr 500 this week, wire wheels and rear seat cowl in the burgundy colour, one policeman owner and serviced every year, bit of patina but all there and original, ive been after this bike for around ten years now and finally he decided to let it go, under the circumstances that i do not sell it in his lifetime, this will be one for my son to sell then cant wait wayne from norfolk.
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Welcome. XBRs are fabulous and the one you're picking up sounds like a good one. Hope you enjoy it and the forum, loads of very knowledgable people on here especially when it comes to XBRs.
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Welcome. I had one exactly the same with slightly higher mileage but sold it. Regretted ever since. It is certainly a keeper....enjoy ;)
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Can't go far wrong with an XBR - Honda go it pretty much right from the start - and it sounds like you've got good'un.
Keep an eye on the oil level - it can be a bit of a bugger to get an accurate level - and change the oil every 1000-1500 miles - ignore the 5000 mile changes that the manual tells you, oil is cheap ! fit a new filter every other oil change, get proper honda filters from David Silver they are less than a fiver. Keep an eye on the brake caliper, they tend to get mucky and the pistons don't pull off properly - easy to fix - you can get stainless brake pistons that stop a lot of the problem. Finally fit an chain oiler if it doesn't have one, nothing fancy needed, I have a loobman on mine (£20) and it works fine.
I'm sure you'll enjoy your new bike! ( I'm around the corner in Lincolnshire but I know Steve Lake lives somewhere in Norfolk)
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Congratulations, and welcome. My mate Tony, who lurks on this site, did exactly the same thing as your good self. He stalked a low mileage wire wheel silver one for at least ten years. And got it in the end ;)
There is only one way to check the oil accurately in these bike, and that is take it for a short run, say 2 miles, then let it tick over for three minutes, switch off. Check oil. Yes, it sounds a bit of a palaver, but its the only accurate way that works for me.
Enjoy :)
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many thanks for the welcome, its a keeper for sure, im happy
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Congratulations and welcome.
There are some weirdos on here.
As one them I feel entitled to say that. ;D
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You mean, "quirky" ;) There's not many of us on the forum, we go for quality rather than quantity. Actually, that's b#######! Cause Mark, and Ron are on here ;D
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I'm not sure I like being mentioned in the same sentence as Mark. Hello Wayne, obviously a man with good taste in bikes.
Ron.
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hi wayne you be well pleased with your xbr there great bikes as the lads say keep a eye on the oil level its a bit of a hassle but worth it safe biking tommy
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Morning Wayne and again...welcome along. Cheers..Michael
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many thanks for the kind welcome, will try to put a pic up soon as at work during the day, the only down side ive found so far is sad droopy indicators lol thanks again wayne