<FONT COLOR="red">I'm probably selling my EF hb GSR and getting a simple bike.
I'm thinking of either a Triumph America 865cc or else a Honda Shadow Spirit 750cc </FONT>

How many miles should a 600-800cc cruiser bike last?
Is maintance expenseive? how much should you allocate for the first 1-5yrs?


I know there are a lot of factors, to make it easy, let say:
-drives it daily 3-4 months of the year
-regular maintance
-this is a crusier so not a rocket... normal adult driving

Thanks fellas !

 

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<FONT COLOR="red">I'm probably selling my EF hb GSR and getting a simple bike.
I'm thinking of either a Triumph America 865cc or else a Honda Shadow Spirit 750cc </FONT>

How many miles should a 600-800cc cruiser bike last? </TD></TR></TABLE>

as long as any other bike. The most likely cause of bikes is an accident, not engine failure. A guy on speedzilla hit 100,000 on his rc51 and no motor problems at all.

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yes

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all of it

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I know there are a lot of factors, to make it easy, let say:
-drives it daily 3-4 months of the year
-regular maintance
-this is a crusier so not a rocket... normal adult driving
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doesn't really make a difference... Cruisers last about as long as sportbikes when well kept up - unless it's a harley. Just maintain it and prep for the winter time when it sits

 

I understand that for bikes, they require more maintance unlike a car that you just drive, replace oil, check belts every 15-20k ect...

My question was how much expense should I plan for the first 5 years of ownership granted the 1-2nd year are covered under warrantee.

example.... cost of average shop to replace timing belt and waterpump $600-800 labor only. granted I can do it myself. I most likely will not want to work on my new bike myself as I do with my ef.

 

Regular maintenance is not cost prohibitive. We're talking oil, oil filters, brake pads, sprockets and chains (or, shaft drive, which means less maintenance), and any other such consumables. The warranty does not cover these things.

The other stuff is mainly to check the bike's condition - valve clearances, compression, etc. If you do it on your own (with help from a service manual), then it's fairly easy.

 

So what would be the typical motor life granted it was taken care of well.
When looking at used bikes I see most of them having under 8-15k
But then again I'm thinking about getting a new one.


My question is why people sell it when their bikes get up into the 8-15,000 miles range.
If they last 100-120k I'm not worried about it.

 

as with anything, i think its more in how well it was taken care of than how many miles. people sell sport bikes at around 10K miles because thats about the time a new design comes out. cruisers i dont know too much about when or why they sell because they dont change designs as often.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Charlie Moua &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So what would be the typical motor life granted it was taken care of well.
When looking at used bikes I see most of them having under 8-15k
But then again I'm thinking about getting a new one.


My question is why people sell it when their bikes get up into the 8-15,000 miles range.
If they last 100-120k I'm not worried about it.
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Actually a lot of bikes end up having the tranny crap out, not the engine. You can make it last by doing your simple oil changes and the like, but treating it right is the best way to make anything last.

 

I've put 22,000 miles on my 2005 zx6r 636 without any problems. The only maintenance has been so far just oil changes and new tires. However, at 22,000 miles, it needs new brakes, new chain, valve job, and a full service which will be probably be close to $1000.

In the past 22,000 miles, ive gone through 7 oil changes at almost $50 an oil change (either i do it myself or let the dealer do it), and 4 sets of tires at nearly $350 per set (after mount and balance), then add in insurance at $900 year for the first year and now $467 year....so its cost me around $3200 since ive owned the bike not including the actual cost of the bike.

And then of course i have the big $1000 service i need to do this month...

Its not cheap but it sure is fun! However a 750 cruiser wont go through as much tires, and insurance probably wont be as much money...depends on how you tire and your age.

liam

 

Thanks for the feed back.

 

if you take care of it it'll be cheap maintenance. a guy i work with has almost 200,000 miles on his kawi. never had to replace anything major. just maintained it.

 

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Well, if you do the maintenance yourself it wouldn't be as bad. The tires that were on my bike now are 150 a set, they were on sale for a killer deal, usually about 150 a tire. Mounting and balancing can be done yourself if you have patience. You probably won't get that good of a deal on tires all the time, but if you watch for it a deal will probably come up. Oil changes are about the same as a car, but some recommend changing the oil filter every other oil change. The chain and sprockets will run you a couple hundred, as long as you lube them they last a while though, a good chain should go 9k+. Gas will be much cheaper.