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GoBlueMichigan wrote on 05/11/11 at 14:51:25:Sunchasers wrote on 05/11/11 at 09:01:17:Great point on the maintenance schedule of the bike. I'll need to do some research into what I need to do during the trip but if you can help out with what you'd do that would be very helpful. The bike's got 1700 miles on it right now and it'll be around 10 or 11k by the end.
Thanks!
I am not new to motorcycling, but very new to the LS650 and still learning myself, so there are more experienced members here that can answer that question a lot better than I can.
Refer to your Owners manual for scheduled maintenance items. If you do not have one, you can download one from a link in the Tech Section.
You don't want to deal with tire issues on the road if you can possibly help it.
Metzler is a 20k mile tire. And front tire will do 10k, so you might be ok there.
I would start out changing the oil every week 1 to 2k miles.
Change the filter and adjust the valves every month.
Even though filters can be had at every dealer, I'd have a bunch to start with.