anyone here have a good idea of the avg life span of a motorcycle

 

It really depends on how you treat it. You can easily go over the 100k miles and have something to play with. IF you look through some of the older bikes sections, you'll see that we have bikes 20 years old and still going strong.

 

Well said Don! Treat it like a rocket and you will get rocket life, quick and explosive, care for her and she will be like a tank that will go for years and miles! Obviously the difference comes into play with the RPM's you travel at and the crack on the motors. Do your maint. and upkeep and she will treat you right.[8D]

 

cool cool

 

depends on the owner....

 

I bought an old Yamaha XJ600 from a courier and it had done over 150,000 miles, I blew the engine up after 10,000 and re built it replacing the cam chain and tensioner and its still running today!.
My mate had a 96 GSX and it had a hole in the petrol tank what was patched with anything handy, anyway it caught on fire!, he put new clocks tyres and electrics, tank etc back on it and turned it into a street fighter.
You can smash the ever living poop out of bikes and blow up the engines but its ok cos you can just fix it if the frames boned buy a good 2nd hand one.
If you want a bike and minimal maintenance go for a big Honda and look for something with under 20,000 regularly serviced miles.

 

Regular maintenance and you're golden.

 

My 550 Nighthawk is 23 years old and has almost 77,000 miles on it.Still riding it on a regular basis. Had to replace the exhaust (rode in the rain a lot!), the ignition lock, and a head gasket. Have been religious about maintainence
Terry