How many miles can you get out of the average bike?

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mizoufiziks · Sun Mar 25, 2007 1:04 pm

1987 ninja, 27k miles. carbs were overhauled once, other then that it runs like a champ.

#42 Unread post by **Big B** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:18 am

Shorts wrote:There are several options for gear ratios. Most Chevys come with 342s. 373s and 410s are available as well.

actually, no. most chevys come with the 3.73 gears (standard in the Z-71 package which you see on 9 out of 10 trucks) but other than that you're spot on

Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:08 am

I have around 55,000 km's on my 1982 Seca and it's still going.

Mike

#44 Unread post by **Sev** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:11 am

totalmotorcycle wrote:I have around 55,000 km's on my 1982 Seca and it's still going.

Mike

I'm catching up....

Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:55 am

Sev wrote:
totalmotorcycle wrote:I have around 55,000 km's on my 1982 Seca and it's still going.

Mike
I'm catching up....

Hey, that's great as I know you have a new bike. I'd love to ride even more than I do, I can't wait till I get a "new" bike soon then I'll clock even more km's.

But being an 1982, it's not really a bike you can take on long butt burner trips, it's more of a... classic... ya that's it...

Mike

XJ1100 · #46 Unread post by **XJ1100** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:08 am

Most bikes should be able to make it to 50,000 miles with the proper maintenance. And many can go well beyong this.

My 1982 Yamaha XJ1100 has 32,000 on it and has lived a pretty hard life. The engine is starting to make a little noise...but she will probably still run fine for awhile.

Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:59 am

I hold to the belief that a slower revving, not built for weight savings and low horsepower for the engine size motorcycle will last longest. While supersports will not last as long. Thus, there are going to be a lot of cruisers in 15-20 years from now...

Like any machine, a motorcycle just needs proper maintenance and care. With that, I don't see a problem with some motorcycle models going over 100,000. I know of a sportbike (a 1999 Suzuki SV650) still going at 135,000 miles. But it's worn, but still alive.

Mike.

#48 Unread post by **Sev** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:07 am

totalmotorcycle wrote:
Sev wrote:
totalmotorcycle wrote:I have around 55,000 km's on my 1982 Seca and it's still going.

Mike
I'm catching up....
Hey, that's great as I know you have a new bike. I'd love to ride even more than I do, I can't wait till I get a "new" bike soon then I'll clock even more km's.

But being an 1982, it's not really a bike you can take on long butt burner trips, it's more of a... classic... ya that's it...

Mike

We'll have to go for a ride this summer then

!

Jthmeffy · Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:58 am

totalmotorcycle wrote:I hold to the belief that a slower revving, not built for weight savings and low horsepower for the engine size motorcycle will last longest. While supersports will not last as long. Thus, there are going to be a lot of cruisers in 15-20 years from now...

Like any machine, a motorcycle just needs proper maintenance and care. With that, I don't see a problem with some motorcycle models going over 100,000. I know of a sportbike (a 1999 Suzuki SV650) still going at 135,000 miles. But it's worn, but still alive.

Mike.

RandyO! the vavle guides are shot tho..

flynrider · Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:15 pm

totalmotorcycle wrote:I hold to the belief that a slower revving, not built for weight savings and low horsepower for the engine size motorcycle will last longest. While supersports will not last as long. Thus, there are going to be a lot of cruisers in 15-20 years from now...

There's some truth to that. When you're designing an engine to run at the maximum edge of performance, you have to make some engineering tradeoffs. If you don't care about weight, or squeezing the maximum amount of hp out of a given displacement, you can design it like a tank.