Low Maintenance
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I can’t speak to the V-Strom for RTW, because I haven’t done it. I have taken 3 trips back and forth across the U.S. traveling through very remote areas. The trips were 4800 to 7300 miles each. Removing the tank for valves and the air filter is a reality, and a pain. But I’ll probably only do it three times in the life of the motorcycle - about every four years when the coolant needs to be changed.
For routine maintenance, all I do is lube the chain when I get gas, change the oil every 5,000, flush the brakes every 2 years, and do chain and sprockets every 30,000 miles or so. If the bike doesn’t break much, it doesn’t matter much that you have to take a bunch of plastic and the tank off to do the plugs and valves.
The bike is a 2015 DL650 with 57,000 miles on it. I did the valves, coolant, replaced the plugs and the air filter with a KN at ~22,000 miles. I’ll do it again at 75,000 miles. If I have the bike at 125,000 miles, I’ll do it again.
I put a Guglatech filter in the tank, so I won’t have issues with contaminants from bad gas.
YMMV
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