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Old 10-23-2010, 03:41 PM   #1
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Well Today is my 1 year mark for the DRZ and me... OD says 15563 an average of 1296.916666666667 miles per month... not bad... considering the bike sat from 24 Dec to 15 Feb in Omaha...



think I'm actually closer to 1500 a month on actual mileage but don't know for sure...
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Old 10-23-2010, 10:52 PM   #2
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Well Today is my 1 year mark for the DRZ and me... OD says 15563 an average of 1296.916666666667 miles per month... not bad... considering the bike sat from 24 Dec to 15 Feb in Omaha...



think I'm actually closer to 1500 a month on actual mileage but don't know for sure...
wonder how much longer that single is gonna hang in before its rebuild time
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Old 10-24-2010, 12:15 AM   #3
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Ebbs, Werent you saying at the rally your Odo Stopped working Intermittently for a bit and your mileage was actually higher??
no the speed would jump high but it wasn't recording mileage


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wonder how much longer that single is gonna hang in before its rebuild time
actually just had my 15k service, they said everything is amazingly clean... the valves were still on the tight side of the tolerances...


I am kinda expecting my Stator to go out shortly... seems they don't last much past 15k... so I think I'm running on borrowed time.
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Old 10-24-2010, 03:17 AM   #4
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no the speed would jump high but it wasn't recording mileage




actually just had my 15k service, they said everything is amazingly clean... the valves were still on the tight side of the tolerances...


I am kinda expecting my Stator to go out shortly... seems they don't last much past 15k... so I think I'm running on borrowed time.
you and me both if i run high beams for an extended period of time she wont start again when i park it needless to say she lives on the trickle charger
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you and me both if i run high beams for an extended period of time she wont start again when i park it needless to say she lives on the trickle charger
that's most DRZ's lives... just ask trip.

but mine hasn't given me any issues thus far... I re wired from the rectifier to the battery with larger gauge wire (12g rather than 8g) and threw in an HID headlight(35w vs 55/65w) also swapped in a LED tail light (3w vs 10w). and even when running my heated grip wraps on the way up to Omaha (22w) no issues... oh had my GPS hardwired running the whole time...

I wish I had a gauge or something to tell me how many watts I'm using at any given moment. I think the stock Stator is like 180 or 200... but the bike itself(lights included) uses all but like 20w...
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I am waiting til the DS clinic and then I am trying to get rid of mine. It's time for a WRX
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DS clinic?


and WRX? Drewpy's man love converted you?
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