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I did this for my previous bike (650GS), because in that bike, the fuel pump and filter are integrated and you have to replace the fuel pump when the fuel filter needs to be replaced (unlike in the Honda, where you can just replace the fuel filter). Yet shortly after installing an in line filter...

Nope. I'd had it cleaned before. You should have seen it by that time. Grotty central. I can't find the pic now, but it was black crud. I think I ran my bike too deep into reserve too often. I don't do that anymore. Lol. I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation. The fuel filer...

I've only replaced it twice, roughly every 50,000 km. But have had them cleaned in between. I notice I need to do something when the bike starts feeling "off". The first time it was dirty fuel that did it. I got fuel starvation issues - the bike would hesitate or "hiccup" during riding...

Correct. There's no decimal error there! It was R2300 back then. When adjusted using CPI/inflation, that's where I get to in today's money.

I had to buy a fuel filter for my 250 Rally back in 2021. I couldn't find after-market options. The price, adjusted for inflation, was R2700. For what looked like a teabag with some wires! It does seem that Honda found a new supplier though. I got my second one (I replace them at roughly a...

I've got a Honda CRF230, as well as my 250 L Rally. Based on this (very, very limited) experience (don't know about the 400-500 enduro range and whether they'd differ), I personally wouldn't go for the enduro bike route. Lots more maintenance. Oil every 20 hours, air filter every 8 hours. I...

I see what you did there, with the energy conversions, but it's not right. What most people do not realise is that an electric vehicle uses far less energy to move the same amount of distance as an ICE vehicle. In an ICE vehicle, most of that litre of diesel is wasted as noise or heat. Feel the...

I also don't feel less safe on my Honda 250 Rally on the national highways. Just chill. Let the speedsters go past. I did Prince Albert to Cape Town the other day at 110kph indicated, which is closer to 100kph GPS speed. I've done other, longer stretches at 120-130kph indicated (about 110-120kph...

Swartberg Pass and Die Hel are open. I was there last weekend as part of a 3-day 3 girls trip. Night 1 (Saturday) was near Sutherland and night 2 (Sunday) was at Die Hel. We had to reroute the plan for day 1 (up Ouberg Pass towards Sutherland), because of Tankwa River flooding. It was so cold...

92,600 km

I have a random piece of flat metal cable-tied to the inside of the plastic bash plate - does that count? This. My plastic bash plate has held up well. It has taken massive hits thanks to a partner who keeps swiping my bike for more techie rides. :rolleyes: It has one big dent on the bottom...

Similar to TVB, I also do the oil changes more regularly. Oil at 6000km intervals. Oil filter every 12,000km.

That will vary massively depending on your riding (e.g. highway vs slow ride). I've hit reserve after 300 km of riding (best case - rare), generally I hit it at 240-260km (commuting), but I've also hit it at 150km (flat taps with headwind on a highway). Reserve is "more predictable" than...

I think it's related to an effort to standardise the common / English names across the globe. As I understand, that's the reason why we had to change the name of our rock pigeon to speckled pigeon, because rock dove/pigeon was already taken (the bird we used to call a feral pigeon).

I could be wrong, but if the 300 is the same as the 250, you still have quite a bit of fuel left if it shows one bar. Reserve (for the 250 Rally) is indicated only when that last bar starts flashing (between black and red). But that's assuming the 300 has the same display set-up as the 250. It...

Thanks for the offer TVB, but I wouldn't want to impose on your time. I'm also sure that whatever is brought into this country will probably be hit with some strange taxes. I'd like to find a locally-available generic after-market part, if possible.

I have tested this. To a point where I have run out of fuel... As mentioned on this threat, reserve is roughly 2 litres (at least, this is the case for my 250L Rally), so the distance you can get from that depends on how you ride while in reserve. Caning it on a highway (not recommended) = as...

I'm not worried, since (a) my bike has a stock standard front sprocket, (b) I already know the difference between my bike's actual vs. indicated speed, and (c) I don't worry about resale value, because I tend to rack up high mileage on my bikes. I'm just interested from an adamedic perspective...

I'm not sure if that will solve Milan's issue. Maybe the techies can answer, but if the Rally takes it's speed from the gearbox, which was indicated in an earlier post, then won't the rpms impact odo rather than the speedo impacting odo? Or are speedo and odo linked and the odo was initially...

It seems to be a 300 Rally feature. No 250 Rally I've seen has it - mine certainly doesn't. My feelings exactly. Anyway, you'll know if you're revving too high. The bike (at least the 250) does seem to have a rev limiter. I've only hit it once in my life. It cut the engine power momentarily...