Recent content by craftymarco

I went to upgrade my license recently a the port union location. It opened at 0700 iirc so I decided to go early to line up, I got there 30 minutes early and I was about 10th in line, but once they opened only waited 10 minutes or so.

Hey everyone, just wanted to give an update. I made it through the whole periodic maintenance checklist for the mileage I'm at. The only thing I left out was adjusting fuel injection synchronization, which I don't even want to try, seems too technical for me. The first time I took the fairings...

Yup, 2017 R3 :). Thanks for your input, it's great to hear about experiences from owners of the same bike.

Thanks for your post, it's great to see your breakdown of stuff that needs to be done. fuel inject synchronization sounds a little technical for me though lol. Also had a random question, not sure if it's just a motorcycle thing or an R3 thing, so if anyone wants to jump in that'd be great. I...

Thanks for all the advice everyone, all the explanations show me how little I know lol. Even now I don't really know what many of you are talking about, or even how to approach it at first. For example, fork oil. Haven't had a chance to research on many things, it's a bit of a information...

2017, but no, I don't have a service history. I bought it with about 3000km, so the previous owner has only done the initial break-in maintenance at 1000km. Can't say for sure if everything was checked over. Would this be a good reason to take it to a professional? I did get the bike looked over...

What's a respectable price for a scheduled maintenance check?

Hello again everyone! Looking for advice on maintenance. I recently acquired my first motorcycle, and the 6000km periodic maintenance check is coming up. My question is, how much of this maintenance can I do myself? There are a couple of things on the list that I don't quite understand, but I am...

Thanks for the advice, it really helps coming from a person that owns the same bike. I've been pumping 91, just cause the previous owner has been doing that, and with only 12L I didn't really mind either way. 250-275km per tank sounds about what I've been getting too. It's a fun little bike...

I bought my first bike only about a month or two, and I went with an R3. I chose this bike mostly because everyone that has/had it seems to enjoy it, whereas a CBR300 or Ninja300 is just a bike that you buy to practise on and sell immediately after. I wanted to keep my bike for a year or two so...

Yea pretty much, I'll just have to maximize efficiency by going in a straight line through the trees and all. I agree, most truck drivers know what they're doing, it's usually the vehicles that cut them off and cause ****. And as you said, left lane is great, except I prefer not to go 130+ the...

Also, how does everyone like to plan a route back? Do you start from scratch and look at all the roads you can take, or out of convenience take mostly the same roads there and back? The only concern I have is whether or not road conditions will be good, but it seems like that's all part of the...

I've never taken into account where the Canadian Shield is, thanks for the tip. Normally as a car drive no one really thinks about where they're actually going, other than getting to the destination as soon as physically possible. Now that I'm on a bike, never has it been more true that it's not...

Thanks for all the advice everyone, this community is pretty awesome, everyone is really helpful. I'll adjust my route according to everyone's advice, especially about the 401. I had some skepticism about taking the 401, especially for so long, as well. Mostly out of safety, since there are...