Miles - How many is "old"?

[Commuter_Tim]

When buying a bike, how many miles before you consider the engine near the grave?

I'm in the market for a big boy bike, so it's ready once I pass and I have a reliable bike for work.

Most examples near me seem as this one https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda-motorbikes/honda-ntv-650/1081695920
Around 40,000 miles.

I assume big bikes can run for longer without dying compared to 125s?
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The above post is most likely nonsensical.

I ride a Bandit 600... badly.

[P.addy]

That is alright miles for an NTV, however I dislike the price.

[gorillaonabik...]

Depends on the bike.

I bought a blade with 17,000 miles on it and because it had been ridden hard, it was really suffering. Ditto with a zxr750 back in the day when the engine let go.

Have a Honda CB1300 and at 50,000 miles it just keeps going.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Depends on the model to me. Goldwing/Deuville/NTV/CB500 are just run in at that sort of mileage.
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[Itchy]

It's an NTV, old 90s dispatch riders favourite shaftie.

NTVs cannot be killed and in a mad max future post apocalypse biker gangs will be riding them.

I rode mine to 138K, I also strongly suspect it had been clocked and was closer to 238K. Usual wear and tear though as parts eventually fail. I also tended to bodge and neglect it and ride it through winters.

Sickpup's NT400 (based on the same engine) was sold to bella with 215K on it and it still ran fine.


The only things to watch out for are:

The collector box where the downpipes join, they are mild steel and rot.

The starter relays rot inside out (look for green gunk)

The reg/recs die (but it is a Honda).

Also radiators are NOT available for love or money, a VFR750 rad fits nicely though.

2nd gear jumpiness (which means a clutch basket change) which means put into 2nd give it the beans. You should NEVER go over 3500rpm in 1st or 3nd.

It's expensive btw.
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[Rogerborg]

There are so many low mileage bikes out there that you'd really have to be a beggar rather than a chooser to go for something high mileage.

I've had my GS in to 5 dealers as a potential PX and each of them has said a variant of "Oooh, 13,500 miles, need to ding it for that, average is 3,500 a year."
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[rideslikean00...]

[Commuter_Tim]

So I'm getting a general theme of "It's all relative, wait it out and go as low as possible".
Message received and understood.

In effort to keep the forum tidy of extra threads.

What is the most comfortable >400cc bike?

This was my backup idea bike, as its easy to service, single cylinder n all.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/suzuki-motorbikes/suzuki-xf650-freewind/1082486394
https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/VWcAAOSwRLZUJUFf/$_86.JPG
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The above post is most likely nonsensical.

I ride a Bandit 600... badly.

[haroman666]

Given that some geezer in 'Murica has run his CBR600f to over 250,000 miles and counting give's me confidence that my measly 52,000 miles is nowt to be worried about.

But then I don't take it that easy so mine is probably an impending disaster within the next 50k.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Searching for a GSXR1000 K5, (because Paddy. said so ) and found this gem.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-GSXR-1000-STUNNING-BIKE-BE-QUICK-LOOK-AT-THIS-WOW-750-600-BARGAIN-PX-BIKE-/151420111372?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item2341578a0c

Yes that's 155k from a Superbike. So I don't think mileage is really an issue if it's been looked after.


(Well aware I courier has a GSXR1000 K5 that's probably well north of 200k by now.).
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[Shaft]

[rideslikean00...]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[MC]

[Busa1340R]

Not sure whether the mileage in the summary box is correct......says under 16k in the listing text

Edit: Dammit too slow
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[rideslikean00...]

[Val]

[CBRMAN94]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[sidewinder]

The divvy is now approaching 79'000 mls and still feels good in the engine and mechanical departments.but then again I was owned from new by a yamaha technician with a folder of receipts and full service history...

[P.addy]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[P.addy]

Only on the clock... TRE removed the limiter

[Rogerborg]