New Commuter700
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It has now been two years since I bought my 2015 NC700X new. Rather than rez a zombie thread, here is the link to the first year. But here are the stats from the first year:
Miles - 16,900 miles
average MPG - 75.949 mi/gal
Insurance- $450.28 (for a year and a half, I just made the next payment.)
Parts and initial cost - $11,345.19
Service - $552.65 (yea, not going back)
Registration - $588.57 (now good through 2024)
Overall, all in dollars per mile is 80 cents per mile
Dollars per mile for just gas is 4 cents per mile
Dollars per mile without the initial cost of the bike and accessories is 23 cents per mile (which should be a pretty good indicator of where it will be for the life of the bike.)
...and up to the end of year two:
Miles - 34028
average MPG – 74.800 mi/gal
Insurance- $739.04
Parts and initial cost - $13009.05
Service - $552.65 (Did all my own service this year)
Registration - $588.57 (Also a fat zero this year)
Overall, all in dollars per mile is 48 cents per mile
Dollars per mile for just gas is 4 cents per mile
Dollars per mile without the initial cost of the bike and accessories is 19 cents per mile
In two years I have had 4 tires on the rear but only the first one wore out. The second was sold to me by that shop that I won't be back to. That tire lasted only 3 months and when I changed it I looked at the date code and the found the tire was 6 years old. Here in AZ unless a shop keeps their tires in a refrigerated humidifier the tires are no good after 5 years. They should never be sold as new beyond that date. And the tire was showing cracking which probably led to premature failure. Oh yea, and let's now call out the shop – Ride Now in Chandler, AZ.
I changed out the front in March at 31,500 right on the wear bars. That tire was installed by the shop but was not too old. I now have Shinko 705's on both ends. The rear is still 5/32 (new is about 10), so I've got about 8,000 miles on it so far. It's a little disappointing as I had hoped that the Shinkos would prove to have much more life that the originals (which went about 12k) and the front which went almost 20k. At this rate I will probably need to replace the rear around 15k so it's better, just not a lot better. The front I expect to get a few more miles than the rear anyway because that's how most bikes are, but we'll see.
I did change out the front and rear sprockets and the chain around 20,000. The bike does so much better on the freeway but I did not see a big change in mileage. I did install a speedo correction gizmo and the odometer still seems to be right on.
I rebuilt the front brake caliper in February because it was leaking. Other than putting the pistons back in backwards and hurting my finger when I blew them back out, it was one of the easiest rebuilds that I've done. I replaced the rear caliper because when I went to replace the pads at 31,000 I stripped the **** out of the larger caliper bolt and the aluminum caliper, not a bolt I could get at the local Ace hardware store. The takeaway from that was not to get lazy with it. When I reassembled it I pulled the axle halfway out and pulled the other caliper half loose, put the whole thing together and then reassembled.
I changed the spark plugs right at 32,000. It seemed to be running rough before that so the next time I may decrease that maintenance interval.
My mileage is showing a small drop but I would not attribute that to age but more to the way I go to work. The South Mountain 202 opened January 1st and while it is quicker, shorter and (before Current Events), it had less traffic. It also does not have the 15 miles of 55 mph, four lane divided before I get on the freeway but instead is bout 15 miles of traffic lights.
All in all I would buy this bike again, in fact I probably will when time to replace this one.
edited to reflect lithium battery cost.
Miles - 16,900 miles
average MPG - 75.949 mi/gal
Insurance- $450.28 (for a year and a half, I just made the next payment.)
Parts and initial cost - $11,345.19
Service - $552.65 (yea, not going back)
Registration - $588.57 (now good through 2024)
Overall, all in dollars per mile is 80 cents per mile
Dollars per mile for just gas is 4 cents per mile
Dollars per mile without the initial cost of the bike and accessories is 23 cents per mile (which should be a pretty good indicator of where it will be for the life of the bike.)
...and up to the end of year two:
Miles - 34028
average MPG – 74.800 mi/gal
Insurance- $739.04
Parts and initial cost - $13009.05
Service - $552.65 (Did all my own service this year)
Registration - $588.57 (Also a fat zero this year)
Overall, all in dollars per mile is 48 cents per mile
Dollars per mile for just gas is 4 cents per mile
Dollars per mile without the initial cost of the bike and accessories is 19 cents per mile
In two years I have had 4 tires on the rear but only the first one wore out. The second was sold to me by that shop that I won't be back to. That tire lasted only 3 months and when I changed it I looked at the date code and the found the tire was 6 years old. Here in AZ unless a shop keeps their tires in a refrigerated humidifier the tires are no good after 5 years. They should never be sold as new beyond that date. And the tire was showing cracking which probably led to premature failure. Oh yea, and let's now call out the shop – Ride Now in Chandler, AZ.
I changed out the front in March at 31,500 right on the wear bars. That tire was installed by the shop but was not too old. I now have Shinko 705's on both ends. The rear is still 5/32 (new is about 10), so I've got about 8,000 miles on it so far. It's a little disappointing as I had hoped that the Shinkos would prove to have much more life that the originals (which went about 12k) and the front which went almost 20k. At this rate I will probably need to replace the rear around 15k so it's better, just not a lot better. The front I expect to get a few more miles than the rear anyway because that's how most bikes are, but we'll see.
I did change out the front and rear sprockets and the chain around 20,000. The bike does so much better on the freeway but I did not see a big change in mileage. I did install a speedo correction gizmo and the odometer still seems to be right on.
I rebuilt the front brake caliper in February because it was leaking. Other than putting the pistons back in backwards and hurting my finger when I blew them back out, it was one of the easiest rebuilds that I've done. I replaced the rear caliper because when I went to replace the pads at 31,000 I stripped the **** out of the larger caliper bolt and the aluminum caliper, not a bolt I could get at the local Ace hardware store. The takeaway from that was not to get lazy with it. When I reassembled it I pulled the axle halfway out and pulled the other caliper half loose, put the whole thing together and then reassembled.
I changed the spark plugs right at 32,000. It seemed to be running rough before that so the next time I may decrease that maintenance interval.
My mileage is showing a small drop but I would not attribute that to age but more to the way I go to work. The South Mountain 202 opened January 1st and while it is quicker, shorter and (before Current Events), it had less traffic. It also does not have the 15 miles of 55 mph, four lane divided before I get on the freeway but instead is bout 15 miles of traffic lights.
All in all I would buy this bike again, in fact I probably will when time to replace this one.
edited to reflect lithium battery cost.
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