just bought forza 300

[1chris1]

hello,
just bought a forza 300 today, 2015 model with 4500miles one owner. full service history but a few marks here and there on the paint work. probably because of the london traffic.
any way, i am a long time biker and also have a 125 honda innova and a bmw r 1150gs.
do you forza guys have any advice or tips on first ownership of a forza? maintenance tips or riding style?
i bought it primarily for my commute to work (33 miles a day). i find my innova is under powered on the longer climbs but other wise excellent. the bmw 1150 gs is over kill for the commute.

regards
chris

[davenowherejones]

The fuel gauge is wrong, use the trip odometer. 180 miles and you are almost empty. The tall screen is better on the highway. 80 mph is top speed. It runs with any oil, use the factory intervals on everything. You are invisible. Rain sucks.

[Old Grinner]

A Forza added to the stable eh? Have miles of smiles with it!

On a more serious note I would recommend you check the service history to see if the recall was signed off for the fuel pump and starter relay switch. . .just to play it safe.

Here's a link to the Honda Powersports page to check on recall information.

http://powersports.honda.com/recall-information.aspx

[E. Foster Salsbury]

Listen to DaveJones he has over 90,000km on his Forza

[davenowherejones]

Listen to DaveJones he has over 90,000km on his Forza

91376 km and I know nothing!!!

Or 56778 miles and I am lucky.

Yeah check the recalls.

[E. Foster Salsbury]

I hope you keep it another 3 years and get to almost 200,000km!

Any other bike you want in the near future?

[davenowherejones]

I hope you keep it another 3 years and get to almost 200,000km!

Any other bike you want in the near future?

I need to check my lottery ticket.

Wish list. MP3, Gold Wing DCT, NC750X DCT, NM4 DCT, Africa Twin DCT, Honda CRF250 Rally, Yamaha XT250. KTM 250 EXC-F. Yamaha Super Tenere.

I am going to need a bigger garage.

CRF259 Rally is at the top of the list followed by the NM4.

[1chris1]

thanks for the replies guys,
in reply, the bike has a tall screen, i rarely go over 60 mph on my smaller bikes.i will be putting 20w40 oil in the forza. i always ride like i am invisible.the fuel pump was changed on recall.
bikes i have owned include:
honda cb125
cz150
suzuki ts100
yamaha 350 ypvs
kawasaki 500s
honda mtx 200
honda cx500
kawasaki zx10
yamaha xj900
kawasaki zx10
honda vfr 750
kawasaki gt550
honda ntv650
bmw r 1150 gs
honda c90
honda innova 125
honda forza 300

bikes i would like to add to my bmw 1150 r gs,honda innova, honda forza, would be a yamaha vmax and a kawasaki kmx 200.


thank you to all who replied.

chris

[87112]

If I won that 1.6 billion Mega I would buy

1. a used Vespa 300 GTS

FLAT out refuse to do what I have done in the past, buy a new 2 or 4 wheel vehicle and suffer the horrid depreciation. Now that I am older and see that jobs are limited due to ageism I know the errors of my past and the dollars that went away and away.

[you you]

If I won that 1.6 billion Mega I would buy

1. a used Vespa 300 GTS

FLAT out refuse to do what I have done in the past, buy a new 2 or 4 wheel vehicle and suffer the horrid depreciation. Now that I am older and see that jobs are limited due to ageism I know the errors of my past and the dollars that went away and away.

Agree.

Apart from the Vespa bit

[gn2]

My Forza tips after 33,000 or thereabouts miles on one:

Keep the standard screen, bigger ones = buffeting caused by turbulent flow around your head

When you change the rear tyre, always service the rear caliper, change the rear brake pads and silencer connection gasket.
(aftermarket connector and pads much better than Honda oem)
Rear brake very prone to dragging and pad wear excessive as a result.

Put tape over the relevant connectors on the front indicator bulbs to prevent the running light filaments working.

Ignore the fuel gauge

Ditch the standard exhaust clamp and fit a Mikalor stainless one

Remove and grease the centre stand mount pin FREQUENTLY

DO NOT use 20/40 oil, stick with 10w30

Riding tips: as often as you can and shiny side up.

[gn2]

If I won that 1.6 billion Mega I would buy

1. a used Vespa 300 GTS

FLAT out refuse to do what I have done in the past, buy a new 2 or 4 wheel vehicle and suffer the horrid depreciation. Now that I am older and see that jobs are limited due to ageism I know the errors of my past and the dollars that went away and away.

If you win 1.6 billion you probably would't give a shite about depreciation on vehicles.

[you you]

My Forza tips after 33,000 or thereabouts miles on one:

Keep the standard screen, bigger ones = buffeting caused by turbulent flow around your head

When you change the rear tyre, always service the rear caliper, change the rear brake pads and silencer connection gasket.
(aftermarket connector and pads much better than Honda oem)
Rear brake very prone to dragging and pad wear excessive as a result.

Put tape over the relevant connectors on the front indicator bulbs to prevent the running light filaments working.

Ignore the fuel gauge

Ditch the standard exhaust clamp and fit a Mikalor stainless one

Remove and grease the centre stand mount pin FREQUENTLY

DO NOT use 20/40 oil, stick with 10w30

Riding tips: as often as you can and shiny side up.

Why disable the running lights?

[davenowherejones]

My Forza tips after 33,000 or thereabouts miles on one:

Keep the standard screen, bigger ones = buffeting caused by turbulent flow around your head

I found the taller one better for my 5 foot six body.

When you change the rear tyre, always service the rear caliper, change the rear brake pads and silencer connection gasket.
(aftermarket connector and pads much better than Honda oem)
Rear brake very prone to dragging and pad wear excessive as a result.

I had a lot of problems when it was new and now it works fine. Rear pad has 11,366 kilometre and front pad has 69,521 km and both work perfectly.

Put tape over the relevant connectors on the front indicator bulbs to prevent the running light filaments working.

Why remove an extra light that gets you noticed?

Ignore the fuel gauge

100 km no movement, 100 km to showing empty, 100 km till it really is empty depending on how fast you ride.

Ditch the standard exhaust clamp and fit a Mikalor stainless one

Agree

Remove and grease the centre stand mount pin FREQUENTLY

Agree

DO NOT use 20/40 oil, stick with 10w30

Agree

Riding tips: as often as you can and shiny side up.

Agree

[gn2]

Reason for disabling running light is that it causes confusion here in the uk where we do not have orange running lights.

[you you]

Reason for disabling running light is that it causes confusion here in the uk where we do not have orange running lights.

I can see that. I wonder why they are orange?

[gn2]

Because they ate also the indicators.

[davenowherejones]

Canada has orange lights in the front. No problem.

[E. Foster Salsbury]

300kms leaves about 1 litre left in the tank when the display says 3.5L/100km

Conversion: 185 miles leaves about 1 litre left when the display says 80.7 mpg (miles per UK gallon)

[you you]

Canada has orange lights in the front. No problem.

Not common over here. It used to be illegal and was a hassle when driving imported cars from the USA.

Because it's not common people could see orange and think you were turning.

Think about how stupid the average person is and then consider half of them are even more stupid.