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10,000 km with my Scrambler 400X: 1st service update & some mods

13th March 2025, 11:12 by Ananth Iyer

All in all, the first year of ownership has been stellar and I am glad to be back riding after so long.

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Update: 2nd Service, warranty claims, more modifications, type change and brake wear.

It’s been quite a while since the last update. The 400X has been chugging along quite well and would complete 1 year in December.

ODO was standing at 9700 kms, one fine weekend things fell in place and me and a couple of my friends planned for a weekend ride to Madikeri. Which pushed the ODO over 10k kms.

The bike went through few changes that were done during this period.

Tyres were swapped to Resie TourR

Front Sprocket change to 15T

Rear suspension with a broken seal.

2nd Service

Handlebar risers

Lots of breakfast rides and a few tours.

Tyre Swap:

Starting off with the tyre swap. The MRF’s were not to my liking, especially in the wets. Looked around for some expensive options like the Pirelli scorpion’s, but finally settled on the Reise TourR’s. At the time they were offering a 5% discount and a customization on your tyres. They would emboss 7 letter words, numbers or alphanumeric sequence of our choice.

The front tyre size was not an issue as Reise were offering the stock size 100/90 R19.

However, for the rear I’ve downsized from 140/80 to 130/80.

After riding for about 5000 kms, I quite like the tyre in all weather conditions and also fares really well on trail rides. Not to mention it has fared quite well this past monsoon in the slushy Bengaluru roads.

For touring as well there have been no issues, good roads/bad roads all of them. There are no untoward vibrations etc. due to the knobby nature of the tyres.

Total cost: 6727

Not too bad, but makes it unique.

Got the balancing done at Madhu's as well. Amount of dirt stuck underneath is insane. Got to deep clean it one of these days

Front Sprocket Change:

Now this was something I wanted to try, the bike kind of felt harsh at higher speeds during longer journeys. After reviewing the swap by a couple of youtubers from the UK I wanted to try it for myself.

Had a hard time initially to get a 15T sprocket from the KTM service center, ofcourse I did ask at the triumph service center but they were not selling OTC.

In the end spoke to a member in our riding group with a dominar 400 and got the 15T sprocket from Bajaj.

The swap is quite tricky and you will need some assistance. Not going into the details, safe to say got this in a couple of days at home with the help of a neighbor. 2 days because I had the wrong size wrench.

If you need detailed instructions I would recommend this video.

https://youtu.be/E4JpwEOUgag?si=KI_BQ9ph9BGOEPcQ

So, after the change, the city riding has been much more relaxed. The gear changes have definitely decreased. 3rd gear is much more rider friendly now at city speeds and the 1st gear is actually useable.

However, you will miss the initial torque that the bike had with the 14T. There is no other way to sugar coat it. You have to make peace with what you want. Some folks would be okay with this and others won’t.

The city riding apart, the real difference is at cruising speeds, whatever speeds you were doing at what ever RPM’s it will reduce by about 400-500 RPM. This is where it felt like the 90-100 is much smoother now with no vibrations at all. Past a 100 we all know the vibes on the footpegs get pretty wild.

P.S: The speeds mentioned are from the GPS and not the speedometer which has an 8%-10% error.

I did a 1000 km tour post the sprocket change and I was very happy, this kind of relaxed riding suits me and I am all for it and we don’t lose any overtaking ability either.

Part number for the sprocket: JY551029 (Rs. 270)

Handlebar risers:

Another mod that I’ve done is to add the carbon racing pullback offset risers. This helps me tremendously when trail riding. It’s a pretty easy DIY, and I did not have to fiddle with cable mgmt.

For anyone interested: https://carbonracing.in/collections/...scrambler-400x

Cost: 2199

Warranty Claim:

As with anything in life things just break from time to time, while performing the sprocket change I saw that the rear mono shock had some oil stain on it. Initially I thought it was all the gunk that the tyre throws up.

However after a clean wash, I saw the same thing and confirmed it with my riding buddy as well. Rear shocks had gone for a toss, the ride felt very bouncy which confirmed our suspicions. Not sure how it happened or why.

Called up the Triumph service center for an appointment. Went in, showed the issue. It was confirmed by the technician later to be a dust seal issue that had some damage. SA informed me that warranty claim would be done, asked for 24 hours to get it done. Received a call the next day for pickup. SA apologized for the delay as the approvals usually happen same day and my case took longer than expected which was 24 hours.

That’s just good customer experience for me, could not be happier.

The unit was fit and set to the stock pre load position no changes done; I like it this way as well.

The oily muck clearly visible

Post replacement

2nd Service:
With my recent weekend ride to Madikeri, the ODO crossed 10k kms mark. 2nd service was due on Dec 13th; however, I got it done on the 9th.
The usual changes

Engine oil

Coolant check

Brakes – Galfar brakes served me for about 6.5k kms. Opted for speed 400 sintered brakes this time which added 2.8k additionally. Only the front brake pads. Over this 10k kms I’ve learnt to manage the brakes better and am confident that I’ll make this pair last until the next service hopefully.

Air filter – I’ve got the BMC on now so not change required there. It was in good condition, have to make a note to check again at 15k kms.

Issues I had reported

The console would randomly start showing the immobilizer light continuously while riding, this usually happens after a wash or in misty conditions. Usually goes away after turning the ignition off and on.

Headlight high beam keeps blinking sometimes after a wash. Assumed it was loose contact somewhere. The service center folk removed the headlight and checked for wiring issues; everything was fine. They removed and reattached some couplers. Will have to monitor this in future. Also, again this issue also vanished after you ride for a few kms.

The average mileage numbers were stuck at “1” all the time. This was fixed, I assume with the software update that comes with the 2nd service this got reset and now we are back to normal.

Got the front sprocket cleaned while I was there.

Also, another cool thing is that they share the video of the new oil being poured into the vehicle. They always do this; I forgot to get my video from the first service.

Total cost for the second service.

All in all, the first year of ownership has been stellar and I am glad to be back riding after so long.

The service experience has been nothing but stellar for me throughout the first year of ownership.

I must have visited the service center about 6 times, 2 for service, 1 monsoon camp and the rest for accessories. I’ve had small complaints some times with the wash not being done properly but apart from that any other issues have been dealt with swiftly by the Kanakpura service center.

Until the next update, ride safe.