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Old 25-03-12, 15:05
rtwpaul rtwpaul is offline
XT-Moto SuperStar
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Louisiana
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i'll do it for the last 38,000 miles, i got the bike with 12,000 miles on the clock, bought it in the UK got to see it for 5 minutes then the next time i saw it was in Argentina, hence minimal changes and upgrades, thats why the list is so long now

so the things changed/ done the list is surprisingly very short:
one upper neck bearing
3 headlight bulbs
1 set of front brake pads (lots of off road minimal use)
3 sets of rear brake pads
two rear sprockets
one front sprocket
4 chains (2 were standard 520 chains in south america lasting around 1500 miles before i could get to a dealership and get and or ring)
i had to fix a left rear turn signal wire that rubbed thru
4 front tires
6 rear tires
i used conti trail attack when doing around 30/70 off/ on road, good wear got 12,000 out of the first rear!!! already had 3000 on it when i got it
for off road i tried conti TKC80 twice, best i got from a rear was 4800 miles but after about 2000 miles the wear was bad - never again
i was in Newfoundland and needed a rear tire and the only thing i could find was a kenda k270 50/50 tire, looks like a full off road knobbly. right now it has about 6000 miles on it and still has more tread than the tkc and it was on $60

i did oil changes not regularly enough in south america due to finding it difficult to find 20/50w oil

most changes i put in between 2.6 and 2.9 litres, the standard amount - just did a oil change the other day and put 3.7 litres in. the order i took the oil out was this and i guess somehow it drained better?

front frame tube plug with the bike on the center stand
left side plug with the bike on the side stand
filter with the bike on the center stand

put in 2 litres and changed the filter...raced the motor around 6 times as per manual, then added 0.6 litres checked the dip stick and nothing, another 0.2 - nothing, then another 0.2 - nothing, go get another litre and and like i said got 3.7 litres total in there - weird!!!

i'll add more as i go thru it...but thats the sum total of parts/ service i have 'had to do' so far