I dont know much bout motorcycle engines but i know that they dont last as long as car motors... so how much is to much mileage on a motorcycle? particularly a ninja 250, since thats what im lookin to buy...im not lookin to pay much for my first bike so im lookin at these early 90's ninjas with approx 10-25k miles on them..

 

taken care of you should be able to get over 70K niles out of one..

 

is that including a rebuild? heh how much is the average rebuild ? and how many more miles can a rebilt engine be expect to go ?

 

I've seen motorcycle engines close to 100K w/out rebuild. It all depends on how you take car of it. Regular oil changes and fluid flushes go a long way. Ryan

 

I dont know about kawasakis but there are alot of hondas running around with more than 100k miles on em. There is a guy that used to live down here in florida with a 93 900rr with over 120k on it. He stunts the bike and beats the hell out of it and no major work has been done to it.

There is also a european with a mid 90's 900rr. He has toured the world with it and put something like 200k miles on it. He has damaged other things like rims/frames/brakes etc...

Bikes usually are crashed/wrecked before their engines wear out UNLESS you smote the **** out of it and dont take care of it.


[Modified by cbrman, 3:17 AM 12/5/2002]

 

Do your regular maintenance, and you'll be surprised how long they last.