OK, folks. So a bit of a rollercoaster day for me. Bike-wise particularly.
I've just had my tyres fitted but since ordering them, I've learnt I needed a new rear disc and thus pads. And on top of that the rear wheel bearings were toast and so what should have been €100 in parts and labour ended up as €195...
Add to that the fact that the (most likely) camchain started slapping about this morning and at 45,000 miles, that probably means the tensioner AND the chain: another €400-500, unless I can get the shop I bought it from to accept it as a warranty issue. That is 50/50.
All the above came up in a conversation with the bike shop owner that did the tyres and he started explaining how a most bikes will never see 100,000km (60,000 miles).
So, now, I've just bought my TDM with 74,000km ( 45,000 miles) on the clock and while it's no spring chicken, I really don't feel it's 75% done.
He then proceeded to show me an entire collection of shagged TDM cam chains, proclaiming with pride "These are all TDMs!"
I've not bought bikes with veeeery high mileages, but I've bought some with significant mileages as well as low mileages and I've been confident they could reach decent figures: my GS, my CBRs, my Transalp and, I'd like to think, my TDM, to mention but a few.
And so my poll:
I know that bikes will not manage car mileages as a rule, but I'd like to ask the TDM illuminati of Carpe TDM: is the bike shop owner correct? Or should I trust in my well-founded optimism and, with regular maintenance, expect many more happy years with my middle-aged TDM?
Edited by SeizedBalt, 13 May 2020 - 05:23 pm.