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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10798 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #120 - 02/10/20 at 14:36:30 Chug chug chug ........................ >
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28993 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #121 - 02/10/20 at 15:07:18 youzguyz wrote on 02/10/20 at 00:32:11: Me thinks that sums up to 196k.. Nudging the 200k total miles! I'll have to total it up down to the mile to see if we can celebrate in april.
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Reply #122 - 02/19/20 at 14:04:31

Since I just got new rubber for the bike and I calculated that I change the rear tire pretty much every 24 months, I am curious to know what tires you high mileage guys run on your bikes, how often you change that tires and what kind of mileage are you getting from these tires. I expect I will hit an indicated 40K miles this year. I'll have to do a bit of math to figure out actual mileage due to the taller gearing and bigger rear tire.

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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2142 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #123 - 02/20/20 at 00:23:14 Dear Serobot, the attached photo is blurry but should show 80475 km or just over 50000 miles, may I have an award?
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Reply #124 - 02/20/20 at 05:16:54

springman wrote on 02/19/20 at 14:04:31:

Since I just got new rubber for the bike and I calculated that I change the rear tire pretty much every 24 months, I am curious to know what tires you high mileage guys run on your bikes, how often you change that tires and what kind of mileage are you getting from these tires. I expect I will hit an indicated 40K miles this year. I'll have to do a bit of math to figure out actual mileage due to the taller gearing and bigger rear tire.

I use Metzeler Marathon tires. Always have except for one bad experience with Pirelli Route 66.
According to my crappy maintenance records:
I get between 12k and 18k on the rear. The last 2 tire changes were low (12k) mileage due to cracks at the bottom of the tread. Still had good tread otherwise. Made the vendor cough up a refund on the 2nd one.
Before that, usually 16k or better.
Front tire. 28k to 35k.
Metzelers are not cheap, but I ride a lot and would spend the difference on tire change labor in the same amount of time.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29266 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #125 - 02/20/20 at 07:04:51 jcstokes wrote on 02/20/20 at 00:23:14: Dear Serobot, the attached photo is blurry but should show 80475 km or just over 50000 miles, may I have an award? Congrats jc,.. you have been upgraded to the 50k miles club!...
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2244 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #126 - 02/20/20 at 09:04:31 Thanks for the tire info Neal. Congrats jcstokes!
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10798 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #127 - 02/20/20 at 09:44:57 I like Metzelers too, used them for years.
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2244 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #128 - 02/21/20 at 14:42:29 Thanks Lancer. I think my next rear tire will be either a Metzeler or a Michelin. I'll probably stay with the Shinko front as I only ride 4-5k miles per year and I don't want to have a 5-6 year old front tire.
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badwolf Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' my Lil' Bagger - 153k miles so far Posts: 807 Palm Beach County, FL Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #129 - 03/09/20 at 15:29:32 I rolled over the ''TON''. Third bike I have done it with, 78 Yamaha 750 triple, 75 Gold Wing, and now my 09' S-40.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29266 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #130 - 03/09/20 at 16:17:44 Way to go Badwolf!...
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6017 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #131 - 03/09/20 at 16:32:20 Congratulation jcstokes and BadWolf ! I feel so Young all of a sudden ??? ................. All three of the speedometers I've had on my S-40 might total 50k miles ? So Versey , I hope your leading when you roll over the 200,000 mark - if so I'll buy you dinner where ever you stop.
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Reply #132 - 03/10/20 at 06:42:19

MMRanch wrote on 03/09/20 at 16:32:20:

Congratulation jcstokes and BadWolf ! I feel so Young all of a sudden ??? Grin

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All three of the speedometers I've had on my S-40 might total 50k miles ?

So Versey , I hope your leading when you roll over the 200,000 mark - if so I'll buy you dinner where ever you stop.

Adding my congrats to JC Stockes and Bad Wolf!
About time we got some company in the "roll over" list!

MM.. you buying me lunch?? Thumper is currently "moth balled" waiting for you to get to Texas so we can roll the 200k over! Only about 200 miles short of the mark.
I hope Mad Hamish doesn't break down between now and then. If he does, Thumper may need to roll over early. Sad

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18313 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #133 - 04/02/20 at 03:33:57 badwolf wrote on 03/09/20 at 15:29:32: I rolled over the ''TON''. . Congratulations! And you took a speedometer selfie to document it!
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2555 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: Savage Miles Hall o' Fame... Reply #134 - 04/20/20 at 03:55:58 Thumper: 200,000 Mad Hamish: 59,000 Yeah.. that was pretty cool! Just sorry it wasn't done with some of my Savage friends there.. :'(
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