odometer reset button broken and other ramblings...

[ltslpr]

I feel for you. Here's my experience with my '91 KLR, 35.5k miles: 1. nothing broke except for headlamp receptacle crumbled away and flasher unit died, both recently. No rubber/vinyl parts failed/failing, except that I replaced the fork boots once with aftermarket due to splitting - but I call that a wear item. 2. replaced first valve shim at 34k miles; an exhaust clearance was at 0.003", I hadn't checked the clearance since 17.5k. I'll pop the cover off again in another 10k miles. 3. replaced the doohickey at 25.5k miles; OEM parts looked and performed as-new. 4. change the engine oil with whatever is handy, sometimes but not often using motorcycle-specific oil, at 3500-4000 mile intervals; maybe a pint burned between changes. I don't abuse the bike, but don't pamper it either; don't ride off-road, but do ride mainly in the local mountains. Only time I burned serious oil, 1/2 quart in 400 miles, was on a mainly highway ride keeping up with inline-fours and a flat-six. An observation: if your final drive chain goes south on you 300 miles from home, you'll spend the entire ride home believing your transmission is failing and you won't arrive at your destination. Glenn San Jose, CA