i was wondering is there alot of maintenance or repairs you have to do on a bike in exception of oil changes? and i heard bikes dont last that long and only good for around 30k miles. is this true? so buying a used 4 year bike is no good?

 

most bikes will last well past 100k miles if they are properly maintained. maintenance schedule is similar to a car.

if a bike only lasts 30k, then it never had any oil changes and was abused.

 

better maintenance=lives longer=saves money

if you dont do oil chances, and clean the sprokets and chains, not only do you shorten the life of the motorcycle but you loose quite alot of power. friction aint too good when it comes to power.

ive seen people saying "i have a yoshi exhaust, and this and that" but when you look closely to the persons motorcycle you see that the chains are all stretched out and the brake rotor is all uneven

my "teacher" of motorcycles told me that a motorcycle will move forever, if you keep up the maintenance. I believe its true in some ways

 

wtf are you talking about? yes you will have to replace things like chains, sprockets, fluids, spark plugs, tires, air filters, hoses, etc etc etc etc etc...just like a ******* car.

if you're referring to rebuilding things like the tranny and engine itself, then...well, you abuse the **** out of your vehicles. which i wouldnt be suprised at considering your attitude.

 

well well well....what a suprise, yet another pissing contest.

i contend that if you take care of your ****, it will take care of you.

Joe (who just banned your 4th account. goodbye.)

 

back on topic. a 4 year old bike, properly maintained, will suit you just fine. have someone who knows about motorcycles (except steve c) to check it out for you.

look for the things we have talked about here to be properly serviced or replaced: sprokets, chains, tires, clutch, all control lines.

 

You banned the dude because he had a difference of opinion? Pretty harsh...

<-----doesn't see a 600 cc, 14,000 rpm, 3 horses per cubic inch, roadrocket lasting 100,000 miles without a rebuild. Even if you do change the oil every 3,000 miles.

 

no there were a bunch of long standing issues with the guy. actually i didnt ban him - his account was already banned when i went to ban him. apparently he pissed off other mods and admins in other forums.

i totally agree that a bike with that high a performance engine, (which is more of a race configuration than a street config), that is driven in race conditions (at rev limit) will not last forever.

but most people, especially a newbie, wont be at the rev limit on any bike for very long.

i didnt know most people on here were track hounds / canyon carvers riding at 10/10ths all the time.

to quote Larry Widmer, "some people can break anything you give them, no matter how strong it is." I am not one of those people.

 

sarcasm, haha

If you look at a lot of bikes, the ones with the higher mileages are the ones that behave more like cars. (i.e. touring) Examples include the Goldwings, Harleys, BMWs etc.

 

I have friends with bikes well over 50k miles if you take care of them they will last. If you trash on them they won't.

Obviously you haven't seen any of his other posts.


[Modified by nsxxtreme, 3:29 PM 9/20/2002]

 

this is how i see it,
if you dont over-rev, and you do proper maintenance, it will live.
btw, every aftermarket part you put on it, i see it as shortening the life of the motorcycle.
the 80cc 2-stroke motorcycle im riding right now, which i turn my own wrench, is 65k and going. this one, although has gone through rebuilding on the top due to my stupidness (didnt notice it was out of 2-stroke oil).unlike a car, its alot easier to fix the problems with, even if it is an internal problem.

also, even stock engines have a good engine and a not too good engine. The 50cc 2-stroke engine I had, was a awesome engine, which could be revved at 13k (the redline to this motorcycle is 10.5k) constantly and never broke down. But my friends with the same motorcycle had engines that were not that strong. So it all depends on each engine too.

 

Nope, no reed valve replacement yet.
although my nsr250 does need one soon.
but i see that as a normal maintenance.
not a major one. 2-stroke motorcycles do need alittle more attention, but 4-strokes, being what they are, should run 100k if properly maintained.