I have begun prepping for an 1850 mile trip later this summer (Chicago-Phoenix) and trying to decide what needs to be done. The bike is an 81 Interstate (63,000 miles) and is running absolutely perfect with the engine temp running right where it is suppposed to and the electrical system holds right at 14 volts continuously. The previous owner obviously babied this thing and spared no expense maintaining it. Tires are like new with 2000 miles on the rear and 3000 on the front. Both look like new and the bike handles fine. I am thinking about changing the stator to the new one that supposedly puts out 20% more but maybe I am just being paranoid because I had one fail years ago on a 750 about 100 miles from home and had to hitchhike home and come back with a trailer to get it. It turned into a nightmare and I wouldn't want that experience again. I don't know if it has ever been changed or not. I know it's a big job but doable.
I have only owned it a year and have put about 2,000 miles on it and the only thing bad I can say so far is I get a drop of oil on my right shoe after about three hundred miles which I thought was a valve cover gasket but after further review, I now think it is the fuel pump gasket. Obviously that will be fixed before the trip. I asked the mechanic at the Honda shop when the rear tire was changed if he thought it would make it to PHX and he just laughed and said "How many times?"
What is the opinion of all the experts here? Would you changed anything as a PM measure or go with the "If it aint broke, don't fix it" theory?
Thanks,
Dave
I have only owned it a year and have put about 2,000 miles on it and the only thing bad I can say so far is I get a drop of oil on my right shoe after about three hundred miles which I thought was a valve cover gasket but after further review, I now think it is the fuel pump gasket. Obviously that will be fixed before the trip. I asked the mechanic at the Honda shop when the rear tire was changed if he thought it would make it to PHX and he just laughed and said "How many times?"
What is the opinion of all the experts here? Would you changed anything as a PM measure or go with the "If it aint broke, don't fix it" theory?
Thanks,
Dave