Wear & Tear
This is a quick overview of things I used on this trip (such as tyres and chains), and things that broke over the past 50000km. I didn't put in the obvious oil/air filters or brake pads
Tyres |
Metzeler Tourance (front) |
25000 km, still had about 1mm of tread |
Metzeler Tourance (rear) |
26000 km, still had about 1mm of tread |
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Continental TKC 80 (front) |
10000 km, still had about 2mm of tread |
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Metzeler Tourance (front) |
24000 km, still going |
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Michelin Sirac (rear) |
8500 km, still going |
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Chain & Sprockets |
DID x-ring chain (2x) |
2nd one is still going |
1 set of sprockets |
2nd one is still going |
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other bike things |
rear shock absorber |
original shock gave in after 35000km total mileage, had new shock unit sent out to Kyrgyzstan |
subframe bolts |
sheared off twice, both sides, upgraded to 10mm |
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rhs indicator front |
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rhs mirror |
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chain guard broke off |
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rear hub |
damaged by sprocket |
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pannier frame |
needed welding on rhs mount |
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ignition lock |
graphite powder worked so far |
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steering head bearings |
gone after about 50000km into the trip |
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tank-bag |
zippers not closing anymore |
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tank bag side panniers |
zippers not closing anymore |
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Laptop |
broken screen |
cracked in the middle, repair in Islamabad $250 |
broken power button |
replaced keyboard unit to get it working again, $35 |
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2 hard drive crashes |
think it was a comm error between laptop & drive, not the rattling on the bike |
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charger |
Kensington Power Adapter, broken cable, then broken unit |
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Camera |
Point & Shoot camera |
too much vibration after the camera was attched to RAM-mount whilst riding, screws on motherboard had vibrated loose |
digital SLR |
screws on bottom of body have vibrated loose, still going strong though |
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Camping Gear |
tent |
zipper broken on one side |