Statistics
Pam in numbers
Three years in the saddle
- Days traveling
- 1,096
- Days riding Pam
- 485
- Total distance
- 163,045 km
- Hours riding
- 2,686
- Average speed
- 61 km/h
- Average per riding day
- 336 km
- Gasoline
- 8,581 L
- Engine oil
- 46 L
I spent 5½ hours a day in the saddle. I used 46 liter of engine oil in 17 oil changes and a few top-ups. I replaced the oil filter 7 times.
And more...
- 12 rear and 13 front tires
- 5 sets of brake pads for the front, only 1 for the rear
- 8 drive chains
- 6 sets of sprockets
- 8 sparkplugs
- 2½ steering head bearings
- 5 wheel bearings
- 1 brake lever
- 2 clutch cables (and 3 repairs)
- 1 speedometer cable
- 1 set of clutch plates
- 1 fuel pump
- 1 voltage regulator
- Lots of duck-tape and tie-rips
Extremes
980 km
The largest distance in one day, in Alaska, where the days last for ever.
1 km
The shortest, when I changed hotels in Quetta, Pakistan.
2.8 cents
The cheapest liter of gasoline, in euro-cents, in Venezuela. The most expensive was 1.10 euro in the Netherlands.
Tires, and how they held up
| Brand | Wheel | Mileage (km) | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continental TCK-80 | Front | 12,000 to 17,000 | very good, knobbly |
| Dunlop D-604 | Rear | 12,000 to 23,000 | strange difference |
| Bridgestone TW ? | Rear | 18,000 | good mileage |
| Bridgestone TW ? | Front | 18,000 | not bad at all |
| Dunlop Trail Max | Rear | 10,000 | duh! |
| Dunlop D-605 | Front | 12,000+ | ok, knobbly |
| Metzeler Tourance | Rear | 11,000 | very disappointing |
| Metzeler Sahara | Rear | 13,000 | ok |
| Pirelli MT60 | Front | 15,000 to 21,000 | not bad at all |
| Pirelli MT60 | Rear | 10,000 to 13,000 | ok |
| Duro | Rear | 8,000 | terrible |
| Mitas enduro | Front | 21,000 | not bad at all |
| Mitas enduro | Rear | 21,000 | good mileage |
| Michelin T66 | Rear | 12,000 | ok |
| Dunlop D-607 | Rear | 11,000 | so so |
| Pirelli MT-21 | Front | 5,000 | terrible |