Would you consider a > 60k mile bike?

[NutsyUk]

Im probably getting a new bike later this year and looking at the used market for one...

Found one bike in my budget (used bikes aren't as cheap as they used to be D: )

But this bike is over 60k miles on it. Its actually only a few years old too.

are bikes with that many miles dead to you? Or is it worth considering?
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[Bhud]

I would consider it, depending on the type of bike it is and how it's been maintained. What are you looking at?

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I’ve had my 66,000 mile ZX6R over 20 years and the previous owner only put 1200 miles on it. I took it off the road a few years ago to give it a deep clean, service and cosmetic tidy up because although it was riding as good as ever it was a bit tatty. It now looks youthful and still goes well. My point is mileage shouldn’t be a worry, it’s condition and history. How many owners? Price? Model?

On the other hand, would I buy somebody else’s 66k bike? Unlikely. There are plenty of affordable, lower mileage bikes.

[NutsyUk]

Its a 2015 VFR800 for £3990. It looks fine but can only see so much on a sales listing.
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Lexmoto XTR S 125 Sold!

[Weisse Schlange]

60k ? really ? why wouldn't you consider it >

It's only in the UK that this is thought of as a high mileage bike.
I was looking at buying a bike in the states for using when I go over there. Plenty on sale with 100k or more.

Most low mileage Harleys across there have 40 or 50k on them.

If it was 60k on a car you'd think it was nearly new.
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[NutsyUk]

[c_dug]

I once bought an NTV600 on about 77,000 miles for £300 and put somewhere around 15,000-20,000 miles on it in about six months (I was doing 90 miles a day commuting, plus social/domestic mileage as my only vehicle).

Generally speaking I wouldn't, but mostly because I just don't need to anymore.
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[davebike]

My last bike before the current NC750x was a Fazer FZ6 it had 80k on it when I got it and 129,900 when the ECU died
OK I knew the bike well as I had serviced it from 30k
I do not worry about miles that much more condition and having been maintained BUT I never buy a bike that done less than 1000 a year and would also avoid Garage queens
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[Skudd]

Some bikes are low mileage toys and have been ragged, I always wonder why some people change bikes so often and then I see them ride, knackered bike. A well maintained bike is more important than mileage. Even a tatty looking bike can be better than a polished bike as some spend more time with the polish for a Sunday afternoon pose than they do with a spanner for the trip there and back.
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[Polarbear]

The highest milage bike I've had was a Mk1 Goldwing, the GL1000. It had over 60000 mile on it when I bought it and over 100000 when it finally needed some serious engines work (rebore due to compression loss).

Buying a high milage bike wouldn't bother me at all especially if some one had service history or receipts and looked like it was looked after.
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[ThunderGuts]

The engine in the VFR is pretty solid and is essentially the same lump that's been in use for 20 years, albeit with a few tweaks. It's a solid motorcycle - I'd have no qualms if it's got a full service history. Biggest likely issue on a Viffer with that mileage is valve clearances; think they were due every 16k miles on that year, so I'd be looking for solid evidence they've been checked at the required intervals. It's no minor task either, requires an awful lot of dismantling to do - usually close to a grand at the main dealer. Bear that in mind, particularly as in theory the next set of checks is due soon.

It's the last gen of VFR, for me it's the perfect blend of modernity and yet still being a "bike bike", i.e. it's not totally focussed around tech. It gets LED headlights, basic traction control and that fabulous engine. RichyVida of YouTube has something like 90k on his VFR (albeit an earlier model, but still essentially the same engine).
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[NutsyUk]

Good advice guys thanks,
Yeah apparently it has a full service history, before I purchase it (if i do ) ill ask to look at its log book.
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Lexmoto XTR S 125 Sold!

[arry]

The only other thing to consider is resale value if that's important to you.

I struggled to shift my KTM on because 39k or whatever it was on was considered high mileage by the dealers so they lowballed offers. Got shot of it private but that is sometimes a faff.

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[jeffyjeff]

[NutsyUk]

[kgm]

I just sold a 2012 vfr800X for 3300, 30k miles. That bike is overpriced.

[P.]

I probably wouldn't any more, because why would I, just get a lower miles better condition example etc.

It could be a good buy, and I would gamble in the past but nah not anymore.

[NutsyUk]

[PotatoHead202...]

It's a VFR ffs. It'll still be running when we're all dead and gone.

Even my 500 has 76k on it and is fine.

As long as you budget in things like suspension refreshes it'll be fine.
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[DJP]

I know very little about that particular model but my gut feeling is this:

[Robby]

Whilst there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the idea of a higher mileage bike, they are sufficiently well built to go round the clock a few times with routine maintenance, I wouldn't do it.
Every high miles bike I have owned has been pretty knackered, because the routine maintenance didn't happen. The bike was someone else's workhorse for doing a long commute for a long time. On all the ones I have owned, that meant it got run into the ground with insufficient maintenance.

If you are going to look at it, bits I would check carefully are:
- Rear suspension. Is the shock fucked, is the linkage worn away with lots of play.
- Headstock bearings, are they notchy.
- Brakes. Do they feel wooden. A proper strip and clean sorts it out. Look for any hint of warping/scoring on the discs, are they worn thin.

The engine and fuel system are probably fine. It's all the bushes and bearings in the chassis that get worn and cost a surprising amount of time and money to sort.

Then you're left with a bike no-one wants to buy at the end of it.

[Ste]

Link to the listing?