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I commute to work each day by bike. About 40 km per day. I used to do it on a KLR until the rings went and then it overheated. R9k later, it has been rebuilt completely and is going well. But thinking that it was the commuting that killed it in the first place, I bought a cheap chinese 125cc...

I have a cheap chinese bike that I just use as a run around. It did really well up to the 10000km mark, gave no problems. After that it really got difficult to start. It can be push started quite easily, but if I try and kick-start it or use the electric starter, it struggles. Once its warm...

I have an old KLR 650, a '94 model. It gives no problems other than the fact that it uses an unbelievable amount of oil - about 500ml consumption every 100km or so. The consumption seems to be worse the harder I ride it. When I use thicker oils (like 25W-50 or SAE40) the consumption decreases...