Service time (17482 km)

It's that time of the year again so I booked in the little Honda CRF250L at Honda Sandton for it's 3rd annual service. They gave it a "major service", which was all filters, oil and new brake fluid. Nothing out the ordinary and the bill came to a rather high, just over R3000!

The air filter wasn't in stock so I have to go back to have it fitted. Good thing as Honda Sandton didn't put the seat on properly or the right side plastic so they get to sort those out when I'm there. More disturbingly, despite the brakes being a checked item on the invoice (something I'd expect to be checked every service), they were extremely worn and not seen or mentioned. I replaced them myself, these are the ones I took out:

There is no way they'd last until another service so good thing I actually check them rather than relying on the dealership.

Other than that it's been 17482km of trouble free riding (mostly commuting) so far,  with only wear and tear items so the little Honda has been a reliable little bike so far.

New Tyres

The tyres on the little crf250l were getting rather worn so I got some new ones a few months ago. The old ones (bearing in mind these have around 15000km's on them):

and the new Metzeler Enduro  3 Sahara's:

The ride home was interesting, I wasn't thinking about the slippery new rubber and gave it some throttle too soon around a corner and the resultant rear stepping out gave me a quick reminder! A few months later I'm really happy with them, they've performed well in the wet - much better than the stock tyres - and the dry has been great as well. We'll see how they hold out in terms of wear but the extra grip especially in the rain has been well worth it.