How long do bike engines last?
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How long do bike engines last?
Whats the life expectancy of sport bikes these days? Lookin for cbr 600 f3's/gsx-r600's/yamaha r6's.
What is "a lot" of miles for a bike, when should one consider lookin to get it rebuilt?
What is "a lot" of miles for a bike, when should one consider lookin to get it rebuilt?
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Re: How long do bike engines last? (MordecaiPSI)
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=488276
i already asked this ?. not very much responses but, its a few for ya.
i already asked this ?. not very much responses but, its a few for ya.
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Re: How long do bike engines last? (JasonBlackEJ1)
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i already asked this ?. not very much responses but, its a few for ya.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Hmm....What is considered OLD in cycle engine lives though?
i already asked this ?. not very much responses but, its a few for ya.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Hmm....What is considered OLD in cycle engine lives though?
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Re: How long do bike engines last? (MordecaiPSI)
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Hmm....What is considered OLD in cycle engine lives though? </TD></TR></TABLE>
i dunno. thats what i was trying to find out, too.
Hmm....What is considered OLD in cycle engine lives though? </TD></TR></TABLE>
i dunno. thats what i was trying to find out, too.
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Re: How long do bike engines last? (MordecaiPSI)
Depends a lot on how the bike is treated, and whether you'll actually do the maintenance or not on it.
In england, it's not uncommon to see bikes with 50-100k miles on them. They just take care of them, and preform the maintenance.
Around here generally people run them till they're so dogged, it's not worth it to fix them again. They don't adjust the valves, they don't change the timing chain, they don't change the clutch, they don't take care of the cabling, etc.
I've always viewed about 20k on a japanese sports bike equivelent to about 70k on a car. 20k is when you'll need to do a valve job, check timing chain lash (and probably replace Auto CCT if it has one), replace a bunch of the gaskets, flush all fluids, tune, tweak, etc.
Most people seem to throw the bike away at 20k instead of maintaining it. It's also generally rashed and broken at this point, so nobody wants it, it ends up mothballing in someones garage for the next 10 years.
In england, it's not uncommon to see bikes with 50-100k miles on them. They just take care of them, and preform the maintenance.
Around here generally people run them till they're so dogged, it's not worth it to fix them again. They don't adjust the valves, they don't change the timing chain, they don't change the clutch, they don't take care of the cabling, etc.
I've always viewed about 20k on a japanese sports bike equivelent to about 70k on a car. 20k is when you'll need to do a valve job, check timing chain lash (and probably replace Auto CCT if it has one), replace a bunch of the gaskets, flush all fluids, tune, tweak, etc.
Most people seem to throw the bike away at 20k instead of maintaining it. It's also generally rashed and broken at this point, so nobody wants it, it ends up mothballing in someones garage for the next 10 years.
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From: Tell City, IN, USA
Re: How long do bike engines last? (project_mercy)
As said above maitenance is a major issue with bikes. My F4 when I dropped it 
had over 15,000 miles on the clock, didn't smoke at ALL, and had NO issues. Go HONDA!
My SV currently has a bit over 10,000 on it and has only had one shop incident which was caused by bad gas and some gunk getting in the carbs.
I've seen a lot of bikes nearing 100,000 miles and still going strong. There is an ST1100 in Evansville for sale right now that is at 99,000+. Its a 98 model I believe and has the slightest bit of blue puff upon start up. From there on out it runs like a top and has nearly all the power it started out with back in 98.
It also depends upon how its been ridden. Riding a bike hard doesn't neccesarily mean its going to be "ragged out" but generally most bikes are ridden hard and then just tossed in the garage.
Insurance companies (know this first hand unfortunatly) and bike value price books tend to consider anything over 3K miles a year as high mileage. I think this is utterly rediculous but what can you do? On my Shadow 750 that I had awhile back I put just over 5,000 miles on it in a few days over a month and a half.
If you are going to look for a used bike try to check out what the oil looks like, body work doesn't look painted or repaired, and try to buy from older, generally more mature riders.
had over 15,000 miles on the clock, didn't smoke at ALL, and had NO issues. Go HONDA!My SV currently has a bit over 10,000 on it and has only had one shop incident which was caused by bad gas and some gunk getting in the carbs.
I've seen a lot of bikes nearing 100,000 miles and still going strong. There is an ST1100 in Evansville for sale right now that is at 99,000+. Its a 98 model I believe and has the slightest bit of blue puff upon start up. From there on out it runs like a top and has nearly all the power it started out with back in 98.
It also depends upon how its been ridden. Riding a bike hard doesn't neccesarily mean its going to be "ragged out" but generally most bikes are ridden hard and then just tossed in the garage.
Insurance companies (know this first hand unfortunatly) and bike value price books tend to consider anything over 3K miles a year as high mileage. I think this is utterly rediculous but what can you do? On my Shadow 750 that I had awhile back I put just over 5,000 miles on it in a few days over a month and a half.
If you are going to look for a used bike try to check out what the oil looks like, body work doesn't look painted or repaired, and try to buy from older, generally more mature riders.
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