2.5L Life Expectancy

Protonhound · Jun 16, 2025

Nick24601 said:
32 hours and 50 minutes to break the record

Pass on that one I'm not into the iron butt challenge, my segments are 5-700mi which is just right. An oil and rear tire change on the other side and a couple of nights at a beach resort before heading back.

Kiwicol · Jun 16, 2025

Wow, lucky bloke. I'd love to do a ride like that. NZ is way too small though, our country is about the size of Oregon!

Protonhound · Jun 16, 2025

Kiwicol said:
Wow, luck bloke. I'd love to do a ride like that. NZ is way too small though, our country is about the size of Oregon!

That may be so but we don't have hobbits and orcs over here.

Journeyman · Jun 16, 2025

Nick24601 said:
32 hours and 50 minutes to break the record

Protonhound said:
I've been contemplating a 7k mile round trip from CA to Cape Cod and back for next May and now the idea of putting that many miles on the bike in 2 weeks is not an issue any more at least.

Let us know when you're in east TN/western NC.

atomsplitter · Jun 17, 2025

I'd recommend you spend a couple days in Arkansas, God made that State for motorcycles!! Head up to Eureka Springs and Beaver Lake area and you'll see what I mean.

theBarzeen · Jun 28, 2025

atomsplitter said:
I'd recommend you spend a couple days in Arkansas, God made that State for motorcycles!! Head up to Eureka Springs and Beaver Lake area and you'll see what I mean.

Agreed! WifeyPoo and I motorcycle toured NW Arkansas and loved it. We still go back for the mountain biking now that my daughter has caught that bug.

theBarzeen · Jun 28, 2025

Protonhound said:
I've been contemplating a 7k mile round trip from CA to Cape Cod and back for next May and now the idea of putting that many miles on the bike in 2 weeks is not an issue any more at least.

I did two tours, each over 3 weeks on my old 2005 RIII before switching to Harleys (now that I’m not touring like that I’m back on a 21 R3). The issue I ran into was that Triumph dealers don’t stock parts, so any little thing ended up being at least a few days of being stuck somewhere.
With that said, the dealer network and online community is way more robust now, and the new bikes are better.
If you have the time, push that southern route out to Durango for the Silverton to Durango highway, and highway 90 through the Dakotas is way prettier than 80 through the plains.
Enjoy the trip!

Protonhound · Jun 28, 2025

atomsplitter said:
I'd recommend you spend a couple days in Arkansas, God made that State for motorcycles!! Head up to Eureka Springs and Beaver Lake area and you'll see what I mean.

I'm actually stopping in Conway for a couple of nights visiting friends and then will head west over the Talamena byway. Other than a couple of night at a beach resort on the east coast I'm not making any detours

greenbaron · Jun 28, 2025

Protonhound said:
I'm trying to get a general feel for the longevity of our beasts given the following conditions.
- I've put 11k miles on my 23' R which I bought last year February
- I let it warm up a bit before each ride
- I don't start ripping on the throttle until I've been riding for a few miles
- I change the oil and filter every 3k miles using full synthetic
- I use the recommended 91 octane Chevron or other reputable quality fuel
- I have the Penner tune and Vandemon exhaust
- The bike rarely gets exposed to rain and lives in my shop when not used

Have over 50k on mine, had it since 2004, had it in a barn, later a shed, finally got a proper garage in 2020….. still going strong.

David Gravlin · Jun 29, 2025

Protonhound said:
I'm trying to get a general feel for the longevity of our beasts given the following conditions.
- I've put 11k miles on my 23' R which I bought last year February
- I let it warm up a bit before each ride
- I don't start ripping on the throttle until I've been riding for a few miles
- I change the oil and filter every 3k miles using full synthetic
- I use the recommended 91 octane Chevron or other reputable quality fuel
- I have the Penner tune and Vandemon exhaust
- The bike rarely gets exposed to rain and lives in my shop when not used

I put 80,000 miles on my 2015 R3 touring gave it to my son he's still riding it I have 27,000 on my 23 GT no issues whatsoever and I only do the recommended service and it goes as soon as I started up

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