How long does a bike last?

[Bubba]

[quote="StrppngYoungLad"]If a bike is properly taken care of, how long can it last until you need to get another one? Is there an approximate mileage that it is unsafe to ride past? Or is it just that most people keep newer bikes around because it's a lot cheaper to get a bike than a car?[/quote]

It lasts as long as well as you take care of it.

[rodzbike]

my 2000 gixxer750 has over 25000 miles on it and runs as good as new...take care of them and they'll take care of you

[rstnick]

I'm still riding my '78 I bought in '84.

[Lion_Lady]

Shoot. BMW's are just starting to run FINE at 60-80K miles.

A number of folks in my local BMW club make 40K miles a YEAR on their BMWs... which are often over ten years old.

They don't call them "Flying Bricks" for nothing. Not the top in style, but solid, well made machines.

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[Horn]

I think the upside is the bikes are mostly water cooled (no hot spots in the cyl) and have automotive like oiling/filtering systems.

I've been told by various shops that 150k miles before rebuild out of a sport bike is quite possible as long as the owner does not think he is a road racer ie bouncing off the rev limiter all the time. Then you are into racing style maintanance of the weekly rebuild or watch it fail.

[9000white]

a 4 cylinder inline suzuki will last until you get tired of owning it.

[MotoF150]

If you use Amsoil Synthetic Motorcycle Oil the engine will last forever, "0" internal engine wear.

[DirtyD86]

in my experience, i have found german engineering to be the most reliable. im still waiting for mercedes benz to start mass producing motorcycles. i will be the first in line.

[DivideOverflow]

... I would never buy a benz. My buddy's dad went through 7 transmissions on his under warranty, and he definitely doesn't push it hard. Finally got a lemon law order to make them buy the car back from him.

A guy I work with had the same problem... the transmissions like to fail in the middle of traffic.

[slurp812]

Well, I have a 2-stroke so I would expect 15-30,000 miles or so before I need at least rings. The clock on my bike reads 3900 original miles, not bad for a 21 year old bike. when I got it last year, it was 2400 miles. So I only put about 1500 miles on it so far....