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I am looking at a 1989 1100 Virago with over 50000 miles been take very good care of usese no oil woman owner service regular.Is that to many miles.Oh 1400 is the price.
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Is it better that it has a female owner, or worse?
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Mintbread wrote:Is it better that it has a female owner, or worse?
It always gets me when that kind of thing is advertised. "Adult Owned" and the sort don't mean crap if the adult tosses the thing around and beats the "pee" out of it. As for miles, it's probably good for 50,000 more at least. Just keep up on sevice and repair.
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Looking at how my wife takes care of her car, I'd say worse!
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higher miles usually means its been ridden regularly and maintained. Not nesscessarily a bad thing.

the thing to watch for is low miles on an older bike. It probably has been sitting collecting rust most of its life
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#6 Unread post by smithlarry »

Thanks Guy yea she rode it all the time her husband was a pastor for the christian highway riders so they where on the rode all the time.
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smithlarry wrote:her husband was a pastor for the christian highway riders
Well, you know it was blessed regularly then. :D
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I'd say go for it.
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#9 Unread post by dr_bar »

My 1995 Virago 1100 has over 126,000 km on it, (approx. 78,300 miles) and it's only just starting to show signs of it's age. In the last month I've noticed that the oil consumption is starting to show. But with that said, I have been riding the bike pretty hard. Other than using oil, the bike runs incredibly well and I carry a litre of oil to top up if ever neccessary while I'm on the road. If the bike looks in good shape, sounds and feels good on the road, I would say go for it, at 50,000 miles, it's almost broken in... :wink:
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