The 1k service was included in the deal but I wanted to do it myself-Im weird that way. The parts guy laid the oils and filter on me and I went at it this morning. Syn 3 in the motor and Formula + in the tranny and primary.Im not gonna get into a pissin contest with you over oil so if you prefer something else-go in peace.
Took about 5 hours from start to finish.Thats with phone calls,UPS guy and my silly little dog gettin in fights with some of the 83 trespassing cats owned by the lady up the hill. The most shocking was the drain plug magnet from the motor.Clean as if it were just installed at the factory.Never seen that before.Called Dave the lead tech at my dealer and he said with the M8 he's seeing them like mine and some real bad.I followed the break in procedure per the book so maybe that's it.Who knows-could be the alignment of the stars or the effect of the moon.The tranny plug had a light coating of silver paste. And the primary plug as expected was coated up pretty well.
No splinters or chunks-bad Mojo.Starting at the front forks and working my way back I torqued every fastener I could get to.All grounds and terminals got a shot of CRC red battery post spray.Now we come to the drive belt.I thought the belt was a little too tight as delivered so I adjusted it and turned the wheels and took 3 reading with my motion pro belt gauge.
Adjusting belt tension is more involved but the steps are in the trike manual.I made copies of the service checklist and initialed by each one as I did it.A ten mile test ride and now shes good to go.Tomarrow Ill bring her to the dealer so they can hook up to Digital Technician for any updates. Oh you don't care?Never mind then.