Rapidly decreasing costs of owning a PCX

gn2 · Post by **gn2** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:16 am

Well now that my warranty has expired there's no longer any point in spending money having the thing serviced by a dealer so recently using information kindly provided by this forum's members I did the 15,000 mile service myself.

Cost of consumables:

Service kit (oil, airfilter, sparkplug, oil strainer seal, crush washer) £23.99 (ebay)
Drive belt £38.94 (ebay)
Variator rollers £14.11 (local Honda dealer)
Gasket sealant £5.49 (Halfords)

Total: £82.53

New tools

Feeler gauges £3.49 (Halfords)
Boa constrictor strap wrench £13.00 (B&Q)

Total £16.49

Last time I paid for a service it was about £115 ish which didn't include the belt and rollers.
Even accounting for the money I spent on the new tools I have saved myself a bundle.
Which is always nice.

A couple of things I discovered are that you can get the luggage box out with the sidepanels still in place, you can get the left grey sidepanel off without taking the left front fairing side off and the tank cover can come off with the side panels, battery box and luggage box in place.

Next up: sort the rusty leaky forks and paint the exhaust with black barbeque paint (again)

khaosaming · Post by **khaosaming** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:36 am

What a clever thought to open a new thread in response to 'rapidly increasing costs of ownership'. Feels like Neil Young's Southern Man vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd's Sweet Home Alabama. Hats off to GN2. Sometimes you really manage to hit the gold vein --hard.

you you · Post by **you you** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:16 pm

gn2 wrote:Well now that my warranty has expired there's no longer any point in spending money having the thing serviced by a dealer so recently using information kindly provided by this forum's members I did the 15,000 mile service myself.

Cost of consumables:

Service kit (oil, airfilter, sparkplug, oil strainer seal, crush washer) £23.99 (ebay)
Drive belt £38.94 (ebay)
Variator rollers £14.11 (local Honda dealer)
Gasket sealant £5.49 (Halfords)

Total: £82.53

New tools

Feeler gauges £3.49 (Halfords)
Boa constrictor strap wrench £13.00 (B&Q)

Total £16.49

Last time I paid for a service it was about £115 ish which didn't include the belt and rollers.
Even accounting for the money I spent on the new tools I have saved myself a bundle.
Which is always nice.

A couple of things I discovered are that you can get the luggage box out with the sidepanels still in place, you can get the left grey sidepanel off without taking the left front fairing side off and the tank cover can come off with the side panels, battery box and luggage box in place.

Next up: sort the rusty leaky forks and paint the exhaust with black barbeque paint (again)

My pleasure. Fag

But I've got to say at only 15k it would be oil, rollers and belt only. How bad are your forklegs, any pictures

gn2 · Post by **gn2** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:27 pm

you you wrote:But I've got to say at only 15k it would be oil, rollers and belt only. How bad are your forklegs, any pictures

No pictures, might take some when I remove them.
Lets just focus on the positive, my brake caliper won't be corrodong any time soon....
Sparkplug change is meant to be evry 5,000 the one that I removed was totally gubbed.
Air filter due at 10,000 had never been changed, again the one that I removed was overdue for the skip.
If yours ever gets near 15,000 miles you can service it how you like

you you · Post by **you you** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:17 am

gn2 wrote:
you you wrote:But I've got to say at only 15k it would be oil, rollers and belt only. How bad are your forklegs, any pictures
No pictures, might take some when I remove them.
Lets just focus on the positive, my brake caliper won't be corrodong any time soon....
Sparkplug change is meant to be evry 5,000 the one that I removed was totally gubbed.
Air filter due at 10,000 had never been changed, again the one that I removed was overdue for the skip.
If yours ever gets near 15,000 miles you can service it how you like

Mine will be lucky to see 15k or 10k even in my hands, then it will be trashed by the next 20 owners

hectyc302 · Post by **hectyc302** » Sat Jun 15, 2013 2:38 pm

15 k is great man !!!! Keep us up dated with all
Ur maintenance and stuff .....mine only has 700miles so I'm just breaking my engine in ..

maddiedog · Post by **maddiedog** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:23 pm

GN2, you're a living testament to the durability of Hondas. I think you're the absolute worse-case user, and the PCX still keeps on ticking.

I'm familiar with the notion of minimum maintenance to keep a bike going, it's how I run my dirt bike. We've termed the train of thought "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Negligence." The entire bike's held together by zip ties, but it still works great and keeps going. I don't see the point in fixing panels on my KTM or buying a new, straight handlebars, because they'll just get fucked next time I hit a tree (which happens more often than I'm willing to admit).

gn2 · Post by **gn2** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:47 pm

Far from worst case, my PCX was serviced by the dealer at 600, 2500, 5000, 7500 and 10,000 miles.
Now that the warranty has expired I'm doing the servicing myself.

jasontheparamedic · Post by **jasontheparamedic** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:01 pm

I think I qualify as most abusive. Of my roughly 10000 miles of ownership, probably 7000 were at full throttle. Of course, that probably contributed to my bad incident with my former J costa variator I mentioned months back. But I expected the variator to last longer than 4000 miles. I was wrong.

you you · Post by **you you** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:00 pm

gn2 wrote:Far from worst case, my PCX was serviced by the dealer at 600, 2500, 5000, 7500 and 10,000 miles.
Now that the warranty has expired I'm doing the servicing myself.

Same as yer missus

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:57 pm

How's the bike going after the service gn2? Do you think it's made a differance?

gn2 · Post by **gn2** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:11 pm

Apart from the new belt giving me some top speed back, no appreciable difference whatsoever.

Alibally · Post by **Alibally** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:29 pm

Suppose that's what a service is. Maintaining the bike not tuning it.

gn2 · Post by **gn2** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:47 pm

Still to ride it with the new forks, that should make a difference because the ones that came off can't have much oil left in them.

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:07 pm

gn2 wrote:Apart from the new belt giving me some top speed back, no appreciable difference whatsoever.

So doing performance improvements now, are we?

gn2 · Post by **gn2** » Sun Jun 23, 2013 6:20 pm

No, just following the service schedule.

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