Joined Oct 2009
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U.S. - Texas
I just recently bought a 2007 RSV1000R Mille with 5000 miles that is bone stock from a reputable dealer. The bike has been kept up with on all of its maintenance, but the thing that has me concerned is the valve ticking. I've never owned a big twin before. I generally have just owned and raced inline 4 race bikes (mostly GSXR's). I know that a little bit of engine noise is common on big twins, but since this is my first one, I'm not sure what is normal.
I fire the bike up and it runs fine, but the ticking of the valves is relatively pronounced, but not too excessive. If I were to hear this much ticking on my old inline's, I would go get the valves adjusted the next day. Since I picked this bike up with 5,000 miles, I'm not 100% sure if it has had it's 5000 mile maintenance (I think you're supposed to have it checked up at 5000 miles; correct me if I'm wrong).
That's my main concern, but other than that I just have some general questions (call me a newb, but I've used the search button at the top and came up empty).
1.) How often should the oil be changed? I have the owners manual, but it doesn't state it very clearly on how often. I'm a bit anal about having fresh oil in my bikes, so I changed it every 2,000 miles on my old inlines. I've heard that's a bit excessive for the Aprilia's (again, correct me if I'm wrong)
2.) This is more of just a reaffirming question, but I've heard from one of my good friends who owns a '01 Mille that i should have regular service done on it every 12,000 miles. Any thoughts?
This is my first time posting on this forum, though I've been registered for a while now. So far I've just been using it for the search button and finding out information that way.
Feel free to call me a newbie/squid/whatever you like because I'm sure you guys have all heard these questions a thousand times before. Maybe you will be able to point me in the right direction with out too much flaming :nana
So far I have 1000 miles under my belt (in the 9 days that I've had the bike) and couldn't enjoy it more. Here's to a happy new Aprilia owner :doug
I fire the bike up and it runs fine, but the ticking of the valves is relatively pronounced, but not too excessive. If I were to hear this much ticking on my old inline's, I would go get the valves adjusted the next day. Since I picked this bike up with 5,000 miles, I'm not 100% sure if it has had it's 5000 mile maintenance (I think you're supposed to have it checked up at 5000 miles; correct me if I'm wrong).
That's my main concern, but other than that I just have some general questions (call me a newb, but I've used the search button at the top and came up empty).
1.) How often should the oil be changed? I have the owners manual, but it doesn't state it very clearly on how often. I'm a bit anal about having fresh oil in my bikes, so I changed it every 2,000 miles on my old inlines. I've heard that's a bit excessive for the Aprilia's (again, correct me if I'm wrong)
2.) This is more of just a reaffirming question, but I've heard from one of my good friends who owns a '01 Mille that i should have regular service done on it every 12,000 miles. Any thoughts?
This is my first time posting on this forum, though I've been registered for a while now. So far I've just been using it for the search button and finding out information that way.
Feel free to call me a newbie/squid/whatever you like because I'm sure you guys have all heard these questions a thousand times before. Maybe you will be able to point me in the right direction with out too much flaming :nana
So far I have 1000 miles under my belt (in the 9 days that I've had the bike) and couldn't enjoy it more. Here's to a happy new Aprilia owner :doug
dunno) , ideal if you can listen to someone elses for comparison, , you can hear everything on the mille mind you and im sure your worying over nothing expecially on the low miles you have :thumbup
