Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
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Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
I've had it a little under four months. It's still my favorite possession ever. I've squeezed the last bit of life out of the original tires.
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Re: Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
In the first 24 hours, I've only been able to put 169 miles on my new R1200 R. But after all, I have to keep varying the RPM's and have avoided constant speeds on highways...
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Re: Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
Might get to 44k tomorrow.. but I've been slacking off 'cause of my tires (ridges in them). Hit them with the belt sander today, went for a ride - it's nice having round profiles again. Also replaced the sluggish O2 sensor that was causing a crappy idle, and ended up also curing the strange periodic drone in 5th gear that has bugged me for at least 35,000 of the last miles on the bike, and a slight surge it had at low RPMs. Thank Dog for the GS-911.. pointed me right to it once I went looking for it.
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Re: Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
If you pulled 10 K mi. out of the original rubber,you've not been enjoying yourself very muchrockbottom wrote:I've had it a little under four months. It's still my favorite possession ever. I've squeezed the last bit of life out of the original tires.
Just kidding of course
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Re: Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
RT-Mike wrote:If you pulled 10 K mi. out of the original rubber,you've not been enjoying yourself very muchrockbottom wrote:I've had it a little under four months. It's still my favorite possession ever. I've squeezed the last bit of life out of the original tires.![]()
Just kidding of course
Well, they're lumpier than Joan Rivers' behind.
Re: Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
That's some mileage! I just reached 20,000 miles on Friday of which 11,000 are mine. I needed 18 months for that.rockbottom wrote:I've had it a little under four months.
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Re: Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
Then without question,they are worn outrockbottom wrote:RT-Mike wrote:If you pulled 10 K mi. out of the original rubber,you've not been enjoying yourself very muchrockbottom wrote:I've had it a little under four months. It's still my favorite possession ever. I've squeezed the last bit of life out of the original tires.![]()
Just kidding of course
Well, they're lumpier than Joan Rivers' behind.
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Re: Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
I'm expecting about 25K during the first year with it. More if I can manage to get fired from my job.
Re: Passed 10,000 Miles on My R Today
My clock reads 9930 miles as of today. I bought it August 2009. Hopefully this week I'll hit the 10K mark.
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