i'm wondering whats the average mileage (life) of bike before theres problems?

 

No answer to that one, it's to broad.

Depends on who made it, who rides it, the climate it's in, etc.

You could kill a bike in 5000 miles, or the same bike could last 50,000 miles it all depends.

Cheers,
Sean

 

A friend of my neighbor has a 95 Yamaha and he just took it to Chapparal for its 100,000 mile service. Still runs like a champ. I guess they are like any other vehicle,as long as you maintain and take care of it, it will last a very long time.

 

It also depends on how you ride it, if you revving it to 15,000 rpm on a daily basis this is gonna put alot of wear on it. If you ride the bike VERY hard i would say they last about 3 years or so...

 

not that long if you suck at riding

 

Statistiacly, and we all know how statistics work, the life expectancy of a crotch-rocket pilot is 18 minutes. i got that from the Discovery Channel. we aint nothing but mamals baby.

 

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Shucks! 18 minutes?!?! There's darwin at work if I've ever seen it.

 

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Yeah I want to know where you heard that statistic too.....thats 29,200 motorcycle deaths a year......I don't think so

 

Id believe it, i've only been riding streetbikes for 2 years and i know of 11 people that have died from them....thats one of the reasons for selling my bike...

 

a lot of bikes get written off before they get too old. that's why insurance rates in socal is so much $$$. There's like three dealers within an hrs drive from my house that specialize in salvaged bikes (dropped bikes that were fixed up and sold for cheap).