Just a quick poll of how many miles do you get from consumables?

Front brake pads: OE and aftermarket (EBC, Brenta etc)

Chain and sprockets: again OE and aftermarket

Tyres: How long for front and rears before they're down to illegal or uncomfortable? Which brands?

Clutch plates?

Other stuff, like oils, brake fluid and filters are replaced at fixed intervals I'm interested in the stuff that wears out.

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Simon

Brighton, UK

All I can help with here is if you ever take off your Z's front wheel or undo the axle pinch bolts, then just make sure the brake calipers are sitting central over the disc when you re-tighten them. A millimeter or 2 on the axle can make a big difference to the caliper position and will prematurely wear one side of your pads if not sitting in the right place.

My XTZ is 6 years old (owned from new) with just shy of 34K miles on it.

Front pads: OE = 14K miles, Brembo = 13K. Currently on EBC organic pads, which are less than half gone at 6K miles.

Rear pads: OE = 7K miles, Brembo = 8K, EBC HH = 6K, EBC organic = 8K miles. Currently on second set of EBC organic pads which are about half gone at 4K miles.

Chain and sprockets: OE = 24.5K miles! (Scottoiler fitted from new.) Currently on OTR 525 DID X-ring setup with 9K of use.

Interestingly all my serviceable bearings (headrace, swingarm and linkage) are all still originals. There longevity I believe is down to the fact I have stripped and re-greased them all 3 times (using waterproof grease) in the six years I’ve had the bike. Swingarm and linkage bearings also had their MPL solid lubricant removed at the first re-grease.

Wheel and sprocket carrier bearings are all still originals.

Front tyres: Mostly been running TKCs which seen to last about 7-8K miles. All the others I have had on the front were binned before they wore out (Tourance, Battlewing, Heidenau K60 and Trialmax TR91).

Rear tyres: Again, in recent years generally TKCs which last about 3.5K miles for the S and T speed rated 130/80, and interestingly less than 2.5K for the 140/80 Q rated tyre. Most of the other tyres tried seemed to last pretty much 4-4.5K miles (Tourance, Battlewing and Trialmax TR91), apart from a Heidenau K60s which I got shot of early (didn’t like them).

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Over 84,250 miles and still on original front pads and clutch.

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Do you actually use the brakes at all?

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Simon

Brighton, UK

Mine is four years old with 15,000 on it (I bought it a year ago with 5,000 miles on it)

I replaced the front pads at 6500 before going on the big Russian trip. I still have them - so I can probably get another 7,000 out of them.

The OE rear pads almost failed the MOT at 14500

I removed the OE chain and sprockets at 6500, again before the big trip, and replaced it with a Chain DID VX X-Ring Premium Gold & Black

It has a Scottoiler and looks in good nick after 9,000 miles.

I put a set of Trelleborgs on for some mud plugging on Salisbury plain - and the Tourances I swapped off looked as if they had another 2,000 miles in them with 8,000 on them already.

Funnily enough the front looked in worse shape than the rear.

Incidentally, part worn Trelleborgs are not that great on the road, or in mud to be frank.

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Simon

Brighton, UK

Are you sure someone hasn't at some point sneaked a new set (or two) in there when you when weren't looking?

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I just open my jacket and visor for the air brake effect

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