high milers club

[seth]

That's quiet a lot of miles
Well done just shows what these bikes can do .

[T 24]

130 000 km today. 13 600 km during this season.

[SheepDog]

Not a big user but noticed the girl clock over to 73,000 k's. A march 2007 model.

I can just feel her loosening up under me. Starting to break in I mean.

[Hooli]

This happened today, miles of course.

[Horse]

Hooli
That's a good amount of saddle time ! roughly what has been the wear items in that mileage . original engine internals ? fork internals? rear shocks, how many sets of wheel , headstem brgs , electrical issues TPS relacments etc  interesting to know the durability. obviously its dependent on servicing regime, riding habits etc but will be good to know roughly whats coming. Corrosion induced issues are not really applicable here in West Aus as we just had the first real cloud and rain in about 5 months yesrtaerday been a really mild summer of around 30 degrees C days.

Regards,

Horse

[Hooli]

Morning Horse,

A rough list from memory is -

TPS at 50k
Steering bearings, I'm on the fourth set & changed to rollers last time now they do ones that fit the K2 frame
Chain n sprockets every 25-30k
Forks rechromed at 100kish, they'd worn where the seals run so new seals leaked after 3k
Fork internals are original
Fork seals, I'm probably on the fifth set
Original wheel bearings
Sprocket carrier bearing changed every time I change the chain
I've recently fitted a rewound stator as the original burnt out about 80k, the replacement lasted till 124k
Oil cooler split about 45k, I fitted an aftermarket one with proper end tanks
Oil cooler hoses fell apart around 90k, but that was corrosion from salt stuck in the crimps
Discs at both ends have been changed, all due to dodgy calipers warping or damaging them in other ways. So my fault
Seat replaced once when it split, I recovered it the second time with a better material
The furthest I've been into the engine is to check the valve clearances, which have never changed since I first checked them at 15k. It still runs as good as ever & doesn't use a drop of oil. MPG has never changed either
Oil & filter every 4k miles is it's main maintenance, other things are done as needed

That's about it since 2007 as far as I can remember.

Oh yeah & one of the tail light bulbs is still original!

[Horse]

Evening Hooli,
                      That's a very interesting summation and pretty impressive reliability but for known weaknesses, the fork re chroming issue is one that is strange to me as I thought the white metal in the bush was sacrificial. I might change the oil a bit more regularly than I have been even though synthetic oil in there should not break down for a long time .
                        My TPS ( primary) only got 55k kms so it seems they are not a well built bit, oil cooler I suppose is understandable with the vibration but still not great, the valve seat recession is great on these engines , the second time I did mine I bought them all down to minimum as they don't seem to change much.

Probably a Stanley globe they seem too last!!

Thanks for the reply , very informative , have a good week,

Horse

[seth]

Great summery @Hooli

@horse
The low oil change intervals is nothing to do with what oil you use (though Suzuki recommend semi-synthetic oil) it's due to the barrels being ceramic coated rather than metal liners .

[Hooli]

I suspect he meant fork oil Seth as he was talking about the chrome.

I think mine wore as I didn't replace the dust seals when I did the fork seals the first few times so loads of dirt got stuck in there & a trip to Spain where they filled up with sand surely didn't help.

[Mrg]

Thank god for the tail light builb  hooli no really that's good Going's mate impressive 

[Hooli]

I was surprisingly disappointed when I had to change the other bulb back there, it amused me that they were original.

[Horse]

Hooli,
         You are correct, I was referring to fork oil, god forbid I should publicly talk about engine oil on any forum, if as you say you effectively had emery at work in there that makes more sense,

Catchya,
           Horse

[black14]

A few more kms on the 14. Just happened to land on that exact number at the servo on the way home tonight.
It will get a break during May and June as I
have another bike I'm planning to put a few kms on - probably around 20k kms!

[Tony Nitrous]

I have another bike

What ya got ?
What ya got ?
What ya got ?

[black14]

It's a bush pig Tony!
😁
Nothing like your new steed...
But possibly a better choice for a lap on the dirt!
🍻