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) |
25000 km, still had about 1mm of tread |
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Michelin Sirac (rear) |
9000 km, run down until no tread left |
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| Metzeler Tourance (rear), Made in Brasil | 8000 km, still had about 1-2mm tread left | |
| Pirelli MT60 (front) | 9000 km, still going | |
Chain & Sprockets |
DID x-ring chain (3x) |
3rd one is still going |
2 sets of sprockets |
3rd one is still going |
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other bike things |
3 rear shock absorbers |
original shock gave in after 35000km total mileage, had new shock unit sent out to Kyrgyzstan (from Hagon) |
| the replacement shock lasted until Australia, where I got it replaced on warranty (Hagon again) | ||
the third shock gave up after only 4000km – 95% of which was on tarmac! |
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subframe bolts |
sheared off three times, both sides, upgraded to 10mm, now with Heli-Coils |
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rhs indicator front |
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rhs mirror |
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Touratech replacement chain guard |
broke off twice |
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rear hub |
damaged by bearing, which was spinning freely inside the hubb |
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pannier frame |
needed welding on lhs/rhs mount |
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| pannier mount points on subframe | needed welding twice on both sides, reinforced in Ushuaia - needed welding again after accident | |
ignition lock |
graphite powder worked so far |
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steering head bearings |
1st set were 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, repaired in Singapore |
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Camping Gear |
tent |
zipper broken on both side |
sleeping mats |
seam blown on two mats |
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