whats classed as high mileage?

[rpg]

hi all, what is classed as a high mileage bike ? I know it depends on the owner and services etc. but was just wondering on average what a high mileage would be-i.e. one to put me off buying a particular bike!

many thanks

[TheShaggyDA]

In my book, roughly 150 x cc.
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[Reppyboyo]

Dunno, seems to be a wierd trend that anything over 10,000 is considered high.

Thats only just broken in to me.

[-Savage-]

my bikes sitting at 28k, i put a good 10k on her myself in 1 year.
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[McJamweasel]

It depends on the bike. For a 125 then 20k is getting on a bit, for a big BMW 20k is only just run in.
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[KTM Gordo]

My Fazer has over 45k miles on the clock, and I was offered a better deal on a new 'bike if I didn't trade it in

10k seems to be the threshold for most 'bikes - bit like 100k is for cars.

The plus side is that those of us that know 'bikes will do many, many more miles than that can pick up some right bargains.

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[MattHirst]

[slj23]

my bandit has 32k on it and still runs sweet as a nut.
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[Andy C]

ive always regarded 30k as high milage

Though this may be because i dont like buying bikes with lots of miles on
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[dodsi]

Completly depends on the bike.

40K on a VFR750/800/pan euro/dullville is nothing.

40K on a 600cc sports bike is a lot.

[fuzz]

My SV had a little over 20k on when I traded it in, and although it was in excellent condition, the mileage was what let me down on the value. I don't consider 20k a high mileage by any means, but like said, it depends on the bike itself.
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[Kara]

High Milage = (State of tune x CC)/regular servicing

Or some crap like that. I would say those are the key factors though.
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[Colin G]

Have got around 45k on mine at moment and i do anything up to 15k a year. As long as its been serviced regularly and well looked after, then mileage shouldn't be a problem.
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[woo]

My question is can anyone provide a proper technical reason why 20k is high mileage on a sports bike and NOT THEIR OPINION AS THEIR ARE TO MANY NUMPHTYS THAT THINK THEIR OPINION IS FACT!?!
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[Gazdaman]

It all depends on the bike.

50k on a sportsbike makes it nigh on worthless. Whereas a 50k bandit will still get you to work everyday. Or all the way across europe.

Personally I wouldn't buy a bike that's already on more than 50k.

Last bike I bought was on 33k and it's now on 48k. I have no qualms about that at all.

My mum ran a mile from an SV650 with 30-odd k on it. My Dad sees it as he can afford not to have a bike with a million miles on it, so why settle for one that does.

I tend to agree, I can't afford that luxury, hence I'm closer to 90k than I am to 0.

Gaz

[bambam]

someone said to me that on average 5k a year is about normal.

[feef]

FJR, 3 1/2 yrs old with 58000 miles
Firestorm 10 yrs old 64000 miles
Thunderace 9 yrs old 52000 miles

All are running fine, no poblems.

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[beckford]

Ive Got just over 19K on the clock of my R1. Runs sweet as

[Pete.]

Depends entirely on the bike, and a lot on the "era" of the bike inquestion. 30k miles on most '80's bikes would see them royally shagged. There are exceptions of course put 30k on a efe and it will still be going strong.
Improvement in modern materials, lubricants and expectations means that 30k on most bikes nowadays is nothing at all. Many bikes won't even need the valves shimming at 30K and will still have excellent leakdown results at 50-100k miles. Nikasil-plated barrels will still be showing the honing cross-hatching after many years of hard use, such is the hardness of the coating.
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[UrbanRacer]

i have nearly 22k miles on my 2004 GSXR 600. At the moment i'm looking to trade it in for a new K6 GSXR 1000. unfortunatly the dealer said they would only give me £2800 for it so i'll need to sell it myself as their would be no chance of me letting it go at that price

[krebsy]

My ZZR just topped 16k so needs the valves checking etc.... I've put 3k on it in about 9 months. The Divvy had 27k on it and I traded it in with 36k about a year later...

K.
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