Hero Duet - more than 34000km

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It's end of year 2022, and our Hero Duet has completed 6 years couple of months ago. It's crossed 34000km and recently few months back a big service which cost me about 4500/-.
The scooter as of now runs like new, the engine has same vibes. We have not lost any original hardware. And beside some consumable replacements, the scooter body is holding well.
Lets talk about the repairs:
1. Fix front fork out
2. Replace suspension bush, engine mounts
3. Resurface VVT pully
4. Get kicker mechanism parts repaired
5. Get clutch scrubbed
6. Fork seal/bearings replaced
7. Replace air filter

I had couple of 100+ km rides on it and things are improved. Though not to any extent that I want to do even 50+km rides on this thing. But it's good enough for local runabouts. I'm thinking of getting a bike for longer rides, but for now mind is in splits as it's much comfy and safer to take out the car for longer travel. But then riding on a bike/scooter has a different charm.
Anyway the mileage is decent at about 45kmpl. And at city speed the vibrations are absent which is good. Pick-up is good and after servicing the engine is breathing freely. So looks like with this much expense the scooter is good for another 10000km. And maybe I'll get to complete 50000km on this scooter too!
Cheers!

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