jayLegend

is 15k-20k too many miles for a CBR

rd91sib18c5r

No there is alot of life left if the maintenance was kept up with, what year and
size.

Sliced Beard

No. A friend of mine back in Charleston just rolled over 100k miles on his F4i. He uses it as a commuter and as a work vehicle.

I actually like his bike, he has a set of Corbin saddlebags on it and a Corbin trunk thingy. When it rains, he suits up. I bet he saves thousands a year on fuel by riding that thing.

I think with proper maint. and care, any CBR can easily go for 100k miles. Any vehicle is as good as the maint. you do to it. Heck, I have seen old 70's model motorcycles with almost 100k miles on them. Just ask MSchu or mos about the oldies.

Quiks66

It's true that a CBR (there are many models, which are you talking about?) can go to 100k miles, but if it's ridden hard then it will be thoroughly worn out by then. As long as the maintenance has been done, 15-20k miles on a Honda I-4 is fine. Need more details!

Starscream

It isnt' a question of how many miles a vehicle has. It's more about how those miles where ridden and how was the maintenance.

But I have seen CBR's with over 100k miles and still running strong...with the proper care, they will reach that mark.

EngineNoO9

I don't care how hard it was ridden, if it the regular maintenance was done and wasn't crashed (aka stunt bike or race bike crashed a bunch) then it's fine. My RC51 has about 13k on it and a lot of that is track miles and it'll run near forever as long as I keep up with everything.


Modified by EngineNoO9 at 3:59 PM 6/8/2008

The Hooligan

there was guy who got 400k miles on his vfr, liked it so much bought another engine and got 420k out of it.

also most bmws get 2-300k out of them

jayLegend

nah im bike shoppin now and i see a lot of CBRs that between 95 and 05, price goin btwn 2500-11500 and miles are from 1k-20k....idk alot of ppl are jus tellin e to wait till winter because everybody exaggerates bike prices in the summer time

j_bizach

think about it this way. If you reved the **** outta your car everytime your rode it, put it through the cornens hard, downshifted to 3/4 red line, and launched it all the time it proly wouldnt last too laong no matter any kind of maint. (although maint. has just as big of a deal on how long it will last) And you would never think about buying it as a used car. It wont last. Yes it only has 90k but the 130k car next to it on the lot thats been babied will last a ton longer.

Find one that hasn't been ridden hard. Olderguys going through midlife crisis make for a great used bike. If they say its been well maint. ask for records, recipts. No records no sale. High milage bikes are just as good as low mile bike if theyve been treated well and maint..

dvlsfan30

i agree
if taken care of they last a long time