Motorcycle Tune Ups And Scheduled Maintenance SSU Motorcycle Service offers the most complete motorcycle tune up service around. Every full service tune up covers goes over a complete list of your manufactures recommended maintenance and a little more. We offer 2 levels of tune ups service for your motorcycle. A major service and a minor service(Basic tune up). The minor service covers everything the major service includes except a valve adjustment. While most other shops and dealerships charge you for the bare bones minimum (oil, plugs, air filter, valve check). SSU Motorcycle Service goes the extra mile and covers every inch of your motorcycle to ensure it is going to be trouble free for your safety and enjoyment. When we say full service, we mean FULL service. All of our tune ups start with a 4 gas analysis and end with a 4 gas analysis using our own in house Snap-On 4 gas analyzer. Gas analysis can detect combustion problems that can lead to poor running, excessive fuel consumption and lack of performance. Below is a list of work performed during a major tune up:

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Change oil Replace oil filter Replace or service air filter Check and adjust valves Replace spark plugs Check and adjust ignition timing (if applicable) Clean or replace points (if applicable) Replace coolant if needed (if applicable) Synchronize carburetors or throttle bodies (if applicable) Set idle mixture (if applicable) Set idle speed Adjust timing belt tension (if applicable) Adjust any fuel injection sensors (if applicable) Replace fuel filter Lubricate all cables Adjust clutch Adjust throttle cables. Make sure throttle snaps back closed Flush brake fluid and bleed system(extra cost on certain ABS systems and BMW integral systems. Adjust brakes (if applicable) Clean drive chain (if applicable) Adjust primary drive (if applicable) Lubricate and adjust drive chain/belt (if applicable) Change shaft drive oil (if applicable) Set tire pressures Inspect all lighting and safety equipment Lube all locks and pivot points Check and adjust steering head bearings. Grease if applicable. 4 gas exhaust analysis Check lighting. Replace burned out bulbs as needed (extra cost for difficult to remove bulbs) Check brake pads Check wheel bearings Check swing arm pivot. Grease if applicable Check tire condition Check side stand safety and starter safety switches Check front forks Road test FAQ My owners manual says I have to adjust the valves every XXXX miles. What does that mean? Your engine contains valves that are actuated by a set of camshafts. The camshafts open and close the valve by the means of some sort of rocker arm, lifter or tappet bucket. There is a small amount of clearance between the camshaft and the value actuating mechanism. This clearance is measured in thousands of an inch and is on average around the thickness of a sheet of paper. The clearance is what you are adjusting. and is done so by either using varying thicknesses of shims or a screw type mechanism. This clearance is there to allow for heat expansion. If there was no clearance, the valve would not be allowed to fully close and it could burn up from overheating. Too loose makes for a noisy engine and poor perform acne My owners manual says to synchronize the carburetors/throttle bodies every XXXX miles. What is that? On motorcycles that have multi pal carburetors or throttle bodies, they must all open at the same exact time the same amount or one cylinder could run faster than the other causing rough running and surging at low speeds. Vacuum gags are used to measure the amount of vacuum each cylinder is pulling and adjustments can be made accordingly. How often should I change my oil? Regardless of what your owners manual says, change it often! Every 2000 miles is a good idea for motorcycle engines. Motorcycles are more punishing on their oil since they share the transmission with the engine oil. This can cause premature break down of the lubricant by contamination from clutch particles and metal. To add more complication to things, your oil filter is very small and loses its filtering ability around 2000 miles. Remember, oil is cheap, engine rebuilds cost a lot! How often should I change coolant? Every 2 years is a good idea. How often should I change brake fluid? Every 2 years or when it starts to turn brown in color. What is a spark plug and why do I have to change it? This is what starts the combustion process in your engine. A spark plug is essentially a bolt with an electrode on the end wrapped up in a ceramic insulator. A spark fired every revolution using around 100,000 volts jumps a gap in the electrode starting the ignition process. They do not last forever and are subject to wear from erosion. This can cause misfires and poor performance. Spark plugs should be changed every 5,000 miles on standard electrode types and every 10-15k on iridium or platinum electrode types. Although a spark plug may appear to be still serviceable with many moles on it, they can malfunc tion internally and cause misfires under a heavy load. My motorcycle is running poorly. Will a tune up fix it? Not always. Tune ups and regular service es are designed to prevent problems from occurring in the first place and to replace components or fluids that war out over time. In most cases, performance lost over time will be restored by replacement and adjustment of components however the amount of noticeable improvement may be from very subtle to extreme differences depending on how bad things were out of whack to begin with. tune ups will not fix problems caused by other mechanical issues such as worn out engines, clogged carburettors, malfunctioning fuel injection systems, etc. If you are unsure of why your motorcycle is not performing properly, seek help from a professional technician before spending money on something that might not be the proper solution for your running issues. What could happen if I do not service my motorcycle every XXXX miles like the owners manual says? The key to a long lasting motorcycle and a safe motorcycle is routing maintenance. Like your own body, if you fail to maintain it, problems will arise in the future that can cause premature failure of the unit or create a saftey issue that can lead to serious injury or death. Much like an airplane, motorcycles do not always fair to well when there is a mechanical malfunction. For this reason they should be treated like they are high tech aircraft with routine servicing to prevent malfunctions from ever becoming a problem. This is not to say that nothing will ever break if you service it on a regular basis, but is sure lowers the risk of having something unfortunate happen in the first place. Will having my service done at a shop other than the dealer void my warranty? Not at all. You are more likely to void your warranty by not having regular service done in the first place. dealers will always try to get you to come back to them as it is their bread and butter to service the motorcycles they sell. As long as you keep service records of your work and it was done by a legitimate shop, there is no way the dealer can void your warranty unless they can prove that servicing your bike at a shop other than theirs was the fault of the issue you are trying to repair under warranty. The federal government enacted an act called the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act that protects consumers from dealers who try to void warranties for use of non OEM parts and service unless they can prove that the use of such part or service was the blame of the malfunction.

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