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For you bike nerds...
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:19 am
by TechTMW
Here's a 7 min interview w/ a dude who's got 600,000 miles on his BMW.
About halfway thru you can see the rear brake pedal - it's worn smooth in a spot. Tellin you guys, old BMW's are the best bike ever made
(I'm not biased
)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... q=robsmoto
Anyone out there think you'll get 600,000 on your bike, or has the "Throw away" nature of society destroyed us all
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:27 am
by Andrew
I'm just hoping new BMWs have the same durability. I don't think I'll ever even get close to 600,000, but I'm expecting a long life.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:38 am
by CNF2002
Wow, I wont be getting 600K miles on my bike. Maybe my second bike
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:53 am
by Skier
Dang... 200,000 miles before major internal engine work? That's amazing.
German products: simply designed, overengineered to perfection.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:18 pm
by Stratus311
That's pretty cool he's got that many miles. From the sound of it though, I think it's due for a bore and oversized pistons to take care of that piston slap you can hear in the video. Still pretty impressive that's it's lasted that long.
haha
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:20 pm
by Dirtytoes
i can just put my bike on the center stand and let it run for a year or so....thats the only way i'll let to 600k miles.
but ya 600k miles is insane.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 4:09 pm
by JC Viper
My Vulcan only has 5 digit spots excluding the white one so basically Kawasaki never intended my bike to be ridden past 99,999. So far I have 27000 on a bike that I only had for 2 years.
Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 5:50 pm
by Scott58
That's very cool. I'll be glad if i get 100,000 miles out of my bikes, but i'm sure going to shoot for as high as i can go.