Bought a gas saver

[Gary H NC]

Re: Bought a gas saver

When I saw the title I thought you bought yourself a bicycle but checked to make sure it wasn't one of those scam fuel savers....Nice LITTLE ride there Gary ....parts are pricey but most are reliable.....keep the oil clean and do compression checks before tuneups

Thanks dolluper,Its actually pretty roomy on the inside.I'm 6ft tall and the drivers seat is fine.
I plan on letting the dealer do the first few oil changes.It has the plastic shroud under the engine that has to be removed and the cartridge style filter with 2 o-rings.That all will be modified later..
Let it break in a few thousand miles then switch to Mobile 1 or Amsoil.

 

[BMOLCHANY]

Re: Bought a gas saver

When the old bag and I split (I am not too upset anymore at that $%^#@!!*&^%$$#%^) I had a serious money issue after all kinds of bills that were "Pid" by her arrived that I needed a good car quick. I bought a chevy Aveo and loved it. Good handeling, good gas mileage, good sticker price but the problem that I had was that I could not haul much in it. Oh well you can't win them all.

 

[mlukich]

Re: Bought a gas saver

You motorcycle riders must be hard as h$ll on your bikes. I have a 2006 Harley Sportster with 11,500 miles on it. Original tires (still have PLENTY of tread left), original belt, original brakes, no "top end" work. I have changed the oil every 5000 miles - do it myself and it's about $30. Keep the tires at the proper pressure, no burn-outs, anticipate and slow down without having to brake hard, etc...

I'm just saying... take care of things, treat them nicely, and they will last a long time...

Mark

 

[stevenw00]

Re: Bought a gas saver

You motorcycle riders must be hard as h$ll on your bikes. I have a 2006 Harley Sportster with 11,500 miles on it. Original tires (still have PLENTY of tread left), original belt, original brakes, no "top end" work. I have changed the oil every 5000 miles - do it myself and it's about $30. Keep the tires at the proper pressure, no burn-outs, anticipate and slow down without having to brake hard, etc...

I'm just saying... take care of things, treat them nicely, and they will last a long time...

Mark

A lot of this depends on what kind of tires you run as well. My OEM Sporty tires (Dunlop 401's or whatever) lasted me almost 14k miles I believe. I now have 24k miles on my '05 and haven't had a problem yet. I'm also still on original brake pads, etc. My throttle grip is wore out and will have to be replaced as soon as I get the time though.

 

[bhammer]

Re: Bought a gas saver

I have six seatbelts in my supercab F150. Just have to get one of the later models to get that many in. I have had 6 adults in it but it's cramped.

With adults, they can keep their hands to themselvs, well, at leaset most of the time. 4 kids in the cab just wouldn't work for us. The wife has her eyes on the Aspen full size SUV with the gas hog 5.7 Hemi.

 

[xxxflhrci]

Re: Bought a gas saver

You motorcycle riders must be hard as h$ll on your bikes. I have a 2006 Harley Sportster with 11,500 miles on it. Original tires (still have PLENTY of tread left), original belt, original brakes, no "top end" work. I have changed the oil every 5000 miles - do it myself and it's about $30. Keep the tires at the proper pressure, no burn-outs, anticipate and slow down without having to brake hard, etc...



Mark

You are getting a great life out of your tires. I get about 8k out of rears and 16k outta fronts on my Sporty. However, I do not run Dunlops on it. I run a brand that only costs me about 110 bucks for the pair.

On my 2000 Road King Classic, I get 11-12k out of the rears. I got 39k out of the first front. The second one I put 25k on before changing it because I had a new tire sitting and getting some age on it. Anyway, it has 71k on it and still has the original belt, clutch, stator, and so on. It's basically been bullet proof.

However, with all that said top end jobs are something you will definitely do sooner on a single cylinder bike like we were talking about. A modern V-Twin Harley should go 100k miles without needing a top end job. Again on the tires, the knobby treads on a dual purpose bike ain't gonna last 10k miles. Neither will soft compound tires on sport bikes. A sport bike is lucky to see 6k out of a rear tire. I have a buddy that rides a ZX-14 as a commuter bike. He was just whining the other day that his rear tire was shot with only 3900 miles on it.

 

[avenger79]

Re: Bought a gas saver

With adults, they can keep their hands to themselvs, well, at leaset most of the time. 4 kids in the cab just wouldn't work for us. The wife has her eyes on the Aspen full size SUV with the gas hog 5.7 Hemi.

yeah with kids it would be very tough. need much more she's/he's touching me room.

 

[avenger79]

Re: Bought a gas saver

You motorcycle riders must be hard as h$ll on your bikes. I have a 2006 Harley Sportster with 11,500 miles on it. Original tires (still have PLENTY of tread left), original belt, original brakes, no "top end" work. I have changed the oil every 5000 miles - do it myself and it's about $30. Keep the tires at the proper pressure, no burn-outs, anticipate and slow down without having to brake hard, etc...

I'm just saying... take care of things, treat them nicely, and they will last a long time...

Mark

I ride sportbikes, so yeah a little harder on components. That's why they get changed so often. If I get more then 5,000 out of a rear tire it's amazing. Not doing burnouts but softer compunds for cornering. I just bought an '02 Buell with 8K on it. Apparently the previous owner was of that mind set. Long live the tires. Now it has 10K miles and yeah it needs tires. I love the twisties.

 

[dolluper]

Re: Bought a gas saver

After 6 years from manufactor date I junk tires espically on a bike...date code on side like this 460706= 46 week ..7 th day ...2006 anyways the first is always the week and last is the year

 

[Kiwi Phil]

Re: Bought a gas saver

bhammer.
yep, got to go along with you over the tow capabilities.
That's why I want a Nissan Patrol Ti with the 4.8 petrol and dual fuel.
But, little miss crump-et dosn't see things my way and looks like we are going down the road of useless AWD's.
They can't even tow one of my Macs 30 mins to the ramp, and they only weight around 1.7 ton.
She does work really hard in the business so I just tell her she can have whatever she likes, so long as it is not 'really stupid', (I tolerate 'stupid things', just not 'really stupid' things) and life is very good for me.
I got to give Mazda credit tho.....all their vehicles are well built and well appointed.
Cheers
Phillip