|
Author
|
Topic: High Mileage Bikes
|
90GT510
¯
Member # 9199
|
posted
 
 
I have a question For you bikers on here. What is considered high mileage on a bike?
Say a car has 150k on it what would be the equivalent in motorcycle miles. Looking at yamahas and ducatis.
--------------------
Stay Sydewayz
Posts: 1725 | From: East Bay/Dallas, TX | Registered: May 2009
| :
|
|
LSFairmont
¯
Member # 6001
|
posted
20k
Posts: 3652 | From: the land of the lost | Registered: Sep 2005
| :
|
|
LXjames
¯
Member # 10791
|
posted
Depends on the make model and year honestly. Harley's and v-twins in General can go a lot of miles with little hiccups like a car. However the inline 4's from crotch rockets always named or are best maintained by always doing valve adjustments and changing this that and the other type deal.
If you want a nice crotch rocket but your price range is suited for high mileage bikes look for something with a lot of maintenance records
--------------------
On Point Motorsport prez.
King Lx
Posts: 4761 | From: Pittsburg CA | Registered: Mar 2011
| :
|
|
93coupessp
¯
Member # 8418
|
posted
quote:
Originally posted by 5Porn0:
20k
20k lol that's a little low id say 40-60k if it was maintained properly and we'll taken care of it doesn't matter.
--------------------
89 gt project
09 f250 diesel 605hp
14 cts-v
13 harley fxdb 103ci
Posts: 1919 | From: Hell | Registered: May 2008
| :
|
|
Stangn5oh
¯
Member # 10875
|
posted
My 04 yamaha fz1 had 109k ran great, rode everyday ,started every morning, crashed twice...now its gone
If your not into crotch rockets or harleys you cant go wrong with an fz1 its a mixture of sport bike and off road ,kinda like an enduro with minimal plastics...
Lol i didnt fit in with the sport bikes,ducatis,or travel bikes with cases on the back, owell i just comuted...
But yea a sport bike 20k, most ussually have 10k...
Its best to get watercooled engine imo as it lasted for me,109k and wohld gone alot more
[ 2014-03-08, 08:58 PM: Message edited by: Stangn5oh ]
--------------------
88 lx
17 Renegade turbo
18 Compass 4x4
Hit the gasser, go faster, all u heard was dual exhaust n flowmasters.
Posts: 1643 | From: Sacramento | Registered: Apr 2011
| :
|
|
NorCalRydaz
¯
Member # 3233
|
posted
My boy had an 03 R1. He put 100k miles on his Yamaha. I don't remember how much he sold it for.
Posts: 2963 | From: San Jo | Registered: Sep 2003
| :
|
|
1996 GT
I'm Joe Yates
Member # 4992
|
posted
quote:
Originally posted by NorCalRydaz:
My boy had an 03 R1. He put 100k miles on his Yamaha. I don't remember how much he sold it for.
Yamahas must be good because I had a buddy with 45-50k on his R1 and it ran smooth as silk. I had a cbr 900RR with 28k and kawi zx7 with 30 on it. If the bike hasn't been dropped they can go a long ways.
Posts: 9308 | Registered: Oct 2004
| :
|
|
90GT510
¯
Member # 9199
|
posted
Cool thanks for the info! Im going to hold off the purchase right now and look for something with low mileage or just buy new and take care of it myself, im very meticulous when it comes to taking care of cars im sure ill be the same way with bikes.
I thought they could only last up to 30k miles but now that I know they could last more I see myself getting one for a commuter to let the stang chill.
--------------------
Stay Sydewayz
Posts: 1725 | From: East Bay/Dallas, TX | Registered: May 2009
| :
|
|
wilit
Mustang Messiah
Member # 3367
|
posted
Like others have said, really depends on the bike. Honda VFRs and Goldwings can do 100k easy with basic maintenance. I've seen Harleys creep into the 50k-60k range pretty regularly on the factory guts.
--------------------
"If a man hasn't found something worth dying for, he isn't fit to live." - Martin Luther King Jr.
Posts: 4793 | From: 37.78514° North 122.40100° West | Registered: Oct 2003
| :
|
|
Email this post to someone!
Printer friendly view of this Ford topic
