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
17-01-12, 11:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 17-01-12, 11:18 AM by bikerboys.)
mine is a 1998 and :eek 70,000 miles on her :b still going strong
full licenses don't come in cornflake packets!
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
Used to service one for a despatch rider that had over 150k and was still going sweet.
Later
mines on 137,000 still runs good its all the other bits that go wrong, i despatch mine,
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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