Hi there! Long time no
see. I’m moving now, living in my new old home and thankfully I had a job as
engineer at an automotive components manufacturing. Well… I bring my 2004
Yamaha Jupiter-Z as my daily commuter and I had a several project. But first, I
want to share you how I maintain this bike
As a period product the maintenance is crucial, tune up oil changing or
event just checking the tire pressure and screw tighten. And honestly I almost
never took my bike to the service center hehe, I conduct maintenance at various
period; tire pressure checking at 500km at once, oil and battery checking at
1000km, oil changing at 2000km and so on. And the most important thing is the
tune up, I conduct the tune up at 10000km at once. Why it take so long time? It
because considering it was a daily commuter not a motorsport racing bike or a
logistic vehicle that bring the engine to the maximum load, I pretty confidence
with this formula.
So
now the tune up except the oil changing I’m just doing a simple to do items;
1.
Clean
and re-set the carburetor
2.
Re-set
the valve clearance
3.
Checking
the spark plugs
4. And check the chain
loose clearance
From those items we will discuss about the setting the valve since it is
actually simple and quick to do
So first thing first is take the front body off so the engine can be
easily accessed
