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SauRoNZA said:
You all need some road tyres then.

I'm on 11000km now and my Michelin Pilot Road 4's look brand new.
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How does this tyre handle mud, shallow sand, river crossings and rocky mountain climbs? :p I exclude gravel highways since almost any tyre is fine there
 
I'm on the LC Adventure, plus I'm not a lightweight myself (105kg), and 20% of the time I do have a pillion. I did about 4000km on my Anakee 3's before putting the Heidenhau on (better offroad than the Anakee 3). BUt I was seriously expecting more out of the K60. I do quite a bit of offroad, at least 40%. I have a buddy who just did 5000km over December on the TKC70 and they still look fine. But he doesnt have the Adventure ... Ag well... will see how it goes.
 
Archer said:
How does this tyre handle mud, shallow sand, river crossings and rocky mountain climbs? :p I exclude gravel highways since almost any tyre is fine there
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Nah wasn't aimed at you I know you get serious off-road.

But the average GS owner is wasting their money.

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Oh I see now it's a 170/60 on the back of the GS. What an odd size for such a big bike.

I'm guessing you can't just put a 180 on?
 
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Did my 10,800 km service today at Donford Motorrad in Cape Town and I got a very very tall brand new (literally) 2017 F800GS to ride for the day. (More on that later when I have energy)

BMW Service Labour - R289.60
Oil Change Labour - R115.84
Brake Fluid Change Front Labour - R289.60
Brake Fluid Change Rear Labour - R115.84
Consumables - R70 (I always hate this field)
Oil Filter - R275.35
Gasket A 20X - R20.70
Advantec Ultimate 4litres - R503.52
Brake Fluid - R61.10

Total incl 14% VAT - R1985.37.

Overall very very impressed. I was bargaining on R2000 but what I didn't expect was for that to include the brake fluid change.

My Triumph was never less than R2000 to service and usually far far more and I don't think it ever got a brake fluid change in the 36000km I had it.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Did my 10,800 km service today at Donford Motorrad in Cape Town and I got a very very tall brand new (literally) 2017 F800GS to ride for the day. (More on that later when I have energy)

BMW Service Labour - R289.60
Oil Change Labour - R115.84
Brake Fluid Change Front Labour - R289.60
Brake Fluid Change Rear Labour - R115.84
Consumables - R70 (I always hate this field)
Oil Filter - R275.35
Gasket A 20X - R20.70
Advantec Ultimate 4litres - R503.52
Brake Fluid - R61.10

Total incl 14% VAT - R1985.37.

Overall very very impressed. I was bargaining on R2000 but what I didn't expect was for that to include the brake fluid change.

My Triumph was never less than R2000 to service and usually far far more and I don't think it ever got a brake fluid change in the 36000km I had it.
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I did my Annual & 20 000km Service yesterday (R1200GSA), I dont have the breakdown of costs with me but The basics were;

Done at Ryder Motorrad Pinetown
New Rear TKC70 (Fitted & Balanced) R2480
Service R3512
Total= R5992
 
Valve check?

Seems they are well inline.

When I quoted on my panniers and top box the price was identical from two dealerships.
 
I did a lot of service price comparisons between my F800GS and a friend's Tiger 800 XC and the BMW was significantly cheaper on all the services.
 
Got a little reminder today that wet white lines are slippery. Touched one at about 60 and my bike had a little fit.
 
Blu82 said:
I did a lot of service price comparisons between my F800GS and a friend's Tiger 800 XC and the BMW was significantly cheaper on all the services.
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Definitely my experience seeing invoices of friends beforehand and now having owned a BMW and a Triumph.
 
faniedry said:
Filled up again after this.

10.129L doing 247.8KM gives me 4.09L/100KM or 24.46KM/L
the bike reported 3.9L/100KM on the clocks
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Cars do the same. Onboard computer is more optomistic when it comes to fuel economy. I get 5.9 in the Jazz but when I run the numbers it's more like 6.1/6.2
 
crysis said:
Anyone tried D606's? I want some for my new DRZ400.
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I have one on my KLR.

Cheap, very grippy on gravel and mud and sand if you let the pressures down a bit a but noisy on tar as to be expected and they do wear quite flat on top if you ride long distances on tar.

I got around 7000km on a rear tyre but I also didn't go easy on them

You should get better mileage on the Z; it's a much lighter bike but you gotta watch the throttle - those 400's are revvy little engines!

PS: Been lurking on this here thread a while, but I decided to post today. Hi guys :D
 
kfc4unme said:
Got a little reminder today that wet white lines are slippery. Touched one at about 60 and my bike had a little fit.
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The first piece of advice offered to me after buying my first motorcycle was to "keep it on the black stuff". Never bothered (to this day) to enquire whether it means something else but immediately assumed that I should stay away from white lines. It's served me well so far.
 
My bike gave me some exercise this morning. Saw over the weekend it had a slow puncture. Pumped it this morning and drove for the bike shop, for repairs. Had to push it the last 2km.....fark
 
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