90 000 km - now what?

[jochembele]

Hi all, nice forum!
I just bought myself a 93 AT with 90 000 km. Runs fine, though it needed a little human touch
I just wonder what other owners with similar KM length has done to their bike
- I´ve lubricated different cables and some other things
- Changing sprockets and chain
- Inspecting tubes, brakes, wheels and so on
- A workshop shall check the valves, carburator sync and fix the rear brakes (Refill and bleeding)
I can do maintainance and perform some repairs - but everything "inside" the engine i leave for the professionals
Any tip for what other service I should do to it? Any checkpoints?
PS: I have the Haynes manual And i LOVE IT!
Planning to check all services (each:4000/8000/12000 and so on)

The bike hasn´t been used much offroad, and also not with a lot of luggage. How long can i expect the suspension (front/rear) to last? I´m a heavy guy, and WILL take it offroad eventually..

Thanks for answers to my somewhat mixed up questions

[spicy mchaggis]

elllo and welcome

sorry cant help you (i dont own an AT and im pants at mechanics) but someone else will be able to

have fun!!

[jochembele]

My bad, should of course show you a picture of my new ride..

Link:
http://bildr.no/view/208059

Since I´m wating for sprockets and chain, who were totally worn out, I haven´t been able to ride my bike very much. Maybe it´s not needed with a service yet, we´ll se
Still, any hints about what may have to be fixed on a bike with 90 000 km will be appreciated.

[Ralph]

Welcome to the best place for advice!

No doubt you will get plenty of pointers from the members here but i would start with the following;

Whilst you have the tyres off, remove the rubber rim tape inside your wheel rims and check for rot. Not sure if the gold rims suffer less than the later silver rims but have a look around the valve hole where the water gets in and check for loose spokes.

Also check the rear sub frame under the rear mud guard. This usually suffers from rust and the ends of the tubes are open allowing water to get inside.

Not sure how much salt they use on the roads in Norway but have a good look inside the brake calipers for any signs of rot around the pistons.

It looks like you still may have the original Fuel pump. If so i would get a replacement like the Facet pump available from the shop on this forum.

Check the steering head/wheel bearings for excessive play.

Drop the fork oil and replace.

Replace the coolant.

Strip and clean the shock linkage.

Get a volt meter check to ensure the rectifier is putting out the correct charge and check the battery is healthy.

Get some heavy duty tubes and decent tyres and go explore all the great trails you have out there!

[jochembele]

Thx alot Ralph
Some of the things is already done
And some of these things I haven´t even thought about..
Its written down and added the "to do" list.

More hints?

[Peltsi]

Just keep going. Dont fix if nothing is broken.