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Miles on bikes...how to consider it?
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:31 am
by Wankel7
Ok, here is a bike I am looking at...yeah its a big engine however I think it has about 56hp so it's not over the top.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/mcy/153791335.html
Downside, 40k on the ticker. That seems very high miles. Or is it a mater on how it was taken care of?
James
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:45 am
by Shiv
Matter of how it's taken care of.
A lot of bikes can get well over 100k miles. I think a few have been taken over 200k? Or maybe I'm just making that up.
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:49 am
by Wankel7
So, maybe that bike would be worth checking out then?
He says he has owned it for over 14 years now.
I guess there is one way to find out....go out there and check it out:)
James
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:59 am
by Shiv
Go out and have a look indeed. But get it checked over by a mechanic first. Standard procedure is for both parties to split the bill.
40k miles over a 26 year period is less than 2k miles per year. So it hasn't been run ragged but it hasn't exactly been run a lot either.
Unless it's 140k miles but I doubt that.
Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:21 am
by earwig
Definitely how it was taken care of / maintained, my brother's 1982 Harley Lowrider has 65000 miles on its original motor.