This is my first street bike,and it's new for the moment but i was wondering what's considered high miles for a bike? I know it depends on how you ride it and take care of it,but do sport bikes get 30 or 40,000 miles?

 

thirdgenxli has 105,000 miles on his 04 f4i. so i think the answer is yes.

 

wow! i didn't think they got that many. A guy that works with me has a 93 ninja 600 that has 14,000 miles and it doesn't run anymore

 

Haha cuz it's a kawi.

-Adam

 

i have a 04 cbr 1000rr with 20,000 and it still runs strong and smooth just depends on how well you take care and service your baby

 

Oh please... When I sold myZX-9 it had 23,000 miles on it and ran perfectly,didn't burn a drop of oil.And unlikemy '07 CBR1000RR, it had areal cam chain tensioner,didn't sound like a thrashingbag ofhammers, and never made me wonder if the charging system would leave me stranded. I wonder if I could get a 10R enginein my CBR frame...

 

Haha easy...i don't have anything against the Kawi's, but you have to admit that reliability isn't something that they were exactly known for as one of their strong points in the past.

-Adam

 

Well I'll be the first to admit that my memory can be a bit selective, but I thought Kawasaki's in general hadgood engines. I know theirfit and finish has been rather poor on some models,but mechanically I thought Kawasaki was pretty solid.

 

The 1986-2006 Kawasaki Concours very rarely had things wrong with them. You just need to adjust the valves every 6000 miles and if you don't well engine problems arise. Carbs also usually need cleaning if you store it for any time. The Cam chain adjuster is probably the noisiest on the planet too. The bike definately sounded like it ran on diesel fuel.
BUT
Many of those bikes are going over 100000 miles and some have gone over 200000 miles. It depends on YOU keeping the service intervals up and maintaining your bike. It is more important than on a car because you usually don't park your car every winter for storage and the engines in most normal cars are not as high performance oriented. Although some of the smaller engines are getting up there.

 

Hell I have an 05 R1 with 32000 miles. Still runs like a champ. I purchased brand new. I dont see why you cant run 100,000 miles with proper maintenance.