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Fazerjon

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Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« on: 17 January 2012, 07:34:43 am »
I know the fazer 600 can handle a good few thousand miles, theres one on eBay sitting at 68,000 miles and apparently still going strong. Anyone clocked over 100,000 yet on the same engine without any major catastrophies??? I'm a firm believer in regular oil & filter changes with good quality oil, and as Ive just bought my 1999 Fazer with only 9,000 miles on I'm hoping its going to last me a good few years yet!!!! :) 
 

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #1 on: 17 January 2012, 09:04:20 am »
There's a 1999 model in Ireland with 130000, still going, cant confirm if it was miles or kilometres unfortunately. Hadnt had valve clearances checked apparently(!)

Don't believe the dealers bullsh1t - they've created the idea that an engine is finished by 20k.....do regular oil changes and it'll last 10 times that amount.
According to Bike magazine, there's a middleweight inline 4 on the uk's roads still running with over 500000 miles, and just by sticking to a normal maintenance schedule. Warm your engine before you cane it & it'll last until you're bored with it....and it be still be running   

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #2 on: 17 January 2012, 10:16:15 am »
mine is a 1998 and  :eek 70,000 miles on her  :b still going strong  :)

Fazerjon

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #3 on: 17 January 2012, 12:44:33 pm »
Looking good so far..... :)

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #4 on: 17 January 2012, 02:03:16 pm »
Mine's currently on 138,000 miles, though I changed my first engine a couple of years ago at 115,000. Not that there was anything terminally wrong, just a bit of piston slap... it would probably have kept going fine, I got fed up with it sounding like an old London taxicab. :lol

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #5 on: 17 January 2012, 02:48:40 pm »
Used to service one for a despatch rider that had over 150k and was still going sweet. 

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #6 on: 17 January 2012, 03:30:40 pm »
Mine's on 57,000 and rattles a bit when started up but this quietens down once warm and pulls well enough. For the cost of a 2nd hand engine it's not worth sorting the noises.

I find it's maintaining the brakes that take most maintenance time.

Baz  :)

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #7 on: 19 January 2012, 06:42:25 pm »
mines on 137,000 still runs good its all the other bits that go wrong, i despatch mine,

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #8 on: 19 January 2012, 07:03:41 pm »
59k for me and still sweet as a nut and all i've done since 20k is change oil / filter on schedule :)

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #9 on: 20 January 2012, 07:23:20 pm »
65K here, has died temporarily once or twice,

wouldn't know what to replace it with if it ever
dies for good.


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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #10 on: 27 January 2012, 10:19:56 pm »
Mine's on 57,000 and rattles a bit when started up but this quietens down once warm and pulls well enough. For the cost of a 2nd hand engine it's not worth sorting the noises.

I find it's maintaining the brakes that take most maintenance time.

Baz  :)

 
Thats the cam chains. I got mine replaced right about the same milage.

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #11 on: 29 January 2012, 09:15:03 pm »
Don,t know about a fazer 600 but my fazer 1000 has done 112,000 with full service history.and is still sweet :)

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Re: Whats the highest recorded mileage on a FZS600??
« Reply #12 on: 30 January 2012, 08:53:41 am »
Thats not bad going!!  :)