07-04-2018, 06:13 AM
(07-04-2018, 04:46 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Typical report Sportster Doc, but glad to see you are looking over your baby.
I have come to figure 25,000 miles on spark plugs and air cleaner, 20,000 miles on brakes. 10,000 miles on tires. Every two years on clutch and brake fluids. Battery every 4 years, chain and sprockets every 35,000 miles, and a smile every time I ride it.
Bold mine. I am expecting 3000 miles on the original tires on my 2017 EX as they are at 3/32" front and rear at 2500 miles. Maybe I'll get 3500 if I run the rear bald. 10,000? I've never seen that on any bike I've owned in 39 years. You might think that I do smoky burnouts and wheelies to get this sort of tire mileage, but I offer the gas mileage on my EX as evidence to the contrary: Never a single tank below 50 mpg, and the last tank was 58 mpg . . .

