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Originally Posted by GRU
You're talking about regular maintenance on your bike. How about your car, it doesn't cost to maintain?
I've had bikes for 10 years and i could easily get 10000 miles on a set of tires, unless you're buying soft racing tires.
Gloves every 10k miles? c'mon now
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10-15k miles on a set of mediocre tires on a bike. Even "sticky" street tires on a car last ~20k. All seasons usually in the 40-60k range, and pretty easy to find stuff that goes 80k. Aggressive brake pads on my car again last many times the life of motorcycle pads - and they cost about the same amount. My car doesn't have any solid lifters to inspect an shim at 6000mile intervals. I don't have to lube the chain, etc.
Point is, many things that are common maintenance on a bike don't exist on a car. For the rest, the maintenance intervals are WAY further apart than they are on a bike. Look at how many cars you can buy new that will go more than 50k miles while only needing a couple of oil changes and an air filter. Even at 100k you only add in spark plugs, brakes, and tires. By the time you reach this point with many bikes, you are looking at new rings, bearings, or a complete rebuild.