the Ferret
Road warrior
I "think" I got it in there for you at the bottom CJ. check and see if it worked.
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Lord Popgun
Road warrior
I think you need Cormanus on the job 
Er ... your wish is my command.Lord Popgun_imp said:I think you need Cormanus on the job
Lord Popgun
Road warrior
:worship: I bow to your greatness
Pleasure CJ.
davidsargee_imp
Been there
Hello All,
I am finally taking a vacation from the lab courier gig, (a week), and am taking the time to relax a little. I caught up my mileage on the chart through July, I now have logged a grand total of 16074 miles for the year so far.
This is just one incredible bike folks, my 2013 now has a little over 31k miles, and I will readily admit that some of the maintenance chores, which I do myself, have fallen a bit behind. You can't tell it however, as the CB just keeps on going. It is running better than ever. Just to show what I am talking about, I am still running the factory spark plugs, factory chain, and front and rear sprockets. Yes, that is not a typo, I now have 31k miles on the factory chain and sprockets, and they are still in good shape. I oil the chain religiously every 300-500 miles, this is the only thing to which I can attribute this. I very well know when a chain and/or sprockets are worn out, and these are not, (scratching my head).
Finally checked the valve clearances at 24k miles, (my buddy did it while I, er, assisted), they were all within spec, no adjustment needed.
I'm catching up all of the maintenance chores while I'm off this week, and I was going to leave the bike in the garage and drive the car, but, I just had to go for a ride this afternoon. As usual, it put a big ole' grin on my face from start to end.
Until next time,
Cheers! :biker:
I am finally taking a vacation from the lab courier gig, (a week), and am taking the time to relax a little. I caught up my mileage on the chart through July, I now have logged a grand total of 16074 miles for the year so far.
This is just one incredible bike folks, my 2013 now has a little over 31k miles, and I will readily admit that some of the maintenance chores, which I do myself, have fallen a bit behind. You can't tell it however, as the CB just keeps on going. It is running better than ever. Just to show what I am talking about, I am still running the factory spark plugs, factory chain, and front and rear sprockets. Yes, that is not a typo, I now have 31k miles on the factory chain and sprockets, and they are still in good shape. I oil the chain religiously every 300-500 miles, this is the only thing to which I can attribute this. I very well know when a chain and/or sprockets are worn out, and these are not, (scratching my head).
Finally checked the valve clearances at 24k miles, (my buddy did it while I, er, assisted), they were all within spec, no adjustment needed.
I'm catching up all of the maintenance chores while I'm off this week, and I was going to leave the bike in the garage and drive the car, but, I just had to go for a ride this afternoon. As usual, it put a big ole' grin on my face from start to end.
Until next time,
Cheers! :biker:
the Ferret
Road warrior
Congrats David and keep racking up those miles brother. These are special bikes indeed. Honda built em right!
Haystack_imp
Running like a top
Ditto-davidsargee_imp said:
My CB just rolled 44,500 mi and still factory plugs and chain. Chain indicator just now "in the green" and sprockets look good. (a fellow member of the FSSNOC group has over 75,000 on his KLR 650 chain and it still looks good. He hopes to go 100,000 miles)!
kennyw
Road warrior
David, good thing you are taking a week of vacation. Otherwise you might have passed me on the leaderboard.
the Ferret
Road warrior
Good thing some of the other high mileage riders aren't playing or I wouldn't even be in the top 10 lol.... you guys rock!
the Ferret
Road warrior
That's a great month curlyjoe and about the ratio I try and keep on my CB and ST. As a matter of fact just got in from last ride of the month and numbers look like this
Rode 31 of 31 days again this month and rolled over 201 days ridden for the year out of 244 possible (12 days I was on Vacation with my wife). This month rode ST 1860 miles and CB 816 miles for monthly total of 2676 miles and yearly total of 15,450 miles. Puts ST at 9890 for year and CB at 5560 for year.
Ideally I would like 15K a year on the ST and 5K a year on CB but the CB is such a pleasure to ride I ride it more than I should lol
Rode 31 of 31 days again this month and rolled over 201 days ridden for the year out of 244 possible (12 days I was on Vacation with my wife). This month rode ST 1860 miles and CB 816 miles for monthly total of 2676 miles and yearly total of 15,450 miles. Puts ST at 9890 for year and CB at 5560 for year.
Ideally I would like 15K a year on the ST and 5K a year on CB but the CB is such a pleasure to ride I ride it more than I should lol
the Ferret
Road warrior
Hey Django or Cormanus...need an October column ..haven't been able to post mileage for 2 days lol
You're good to go Ferret.
the Ferret
Road warrior
Thank you sir, and updated
Might even catch Haystack before he updates his and stay ahead of Kenny another day or two :rofl:
Might even catch Haystack before he updates his and stay ahead of Kenny another day or two :rofl:
ride4now_imp
Road warrior
Ferret, why do you intentionally try to ride the ST more than the CB?
the Ferret
Road warrior
3 reasons (1) The ST it is getting heavy for me and will need to be replaced with something lighter sometime down the road plus it's 10 years old now so it needs to be the first to wear out. (2) I'm trying to put 100,000 miles on the ST (have 21,000 more to go). (3) trying to not wear out the CB because I would like it to last until I quit riding.
I average a little over 20,000 miles a year sometimes close to 30,000 and the miles have to go onto something. I'd rather they go on the ST. Believe me, I love riding my CB, but I know every mile I put on it is 1 mile closer to it's demise. NOthing lasts forever, and even though it should go 100,000 miles, in 2 years I am already more than 1/4 of the way there, so I need to slow down putting the miles on the CB, for both our sakes.
I average a little over 20,000 miles a year sometimes close to 30,000 and the miles have to go onto something. I'd rather they go on the ST. Believe me, I love riding my CB, but I know every mile I put on it is 1 mile closer to it's demise. NOthing lasts forever, and even though it should go 100,000 miles, in 2 years I am already more than 1/4 of the way there, so I need to slow down putting the miles on the CB, for both our sakes.
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