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Highest mileage bike you've owned

Highest mileage motorcycle you've owned

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strictlyJDM

strictlyJDM

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Lets make it fun, and list

year
make
model

of that motorcycle

and to start controversy...the engine oil you were running :laughing


Go !
 
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strictlyJDM said:
engine oil you were running :laughing
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Hah! That's a fun poll. So here goes:

113k on 2001 Suzuki Bandit, still commute on it. Many types of oil over the years, some better than others. Bad gasket leaks with full synthetic, currently Motul 5100 semi-syn.
 
2001 BMW R1100RS
96K miles (not all of it mine)
cheap 20W50 O'Reilly brand oil
 
2002 yamaha fz1 sold it with 88k miles on it. Still ran great. It was absolutely the most reliable bike I've ever owned.
 
77k on my '04 Honda VFR, had 0 when I bought it 3.5 years earlier. Rotella T6 for most of it's life. Never had a valve adjustment, either.
 
2012 DL650
Mostly Rotella T6
106,000 and still my daily commuter.
 
17k miles for me on my first bike lol, my coworker has his bmw GS with over 200k on it now lol
 
1998 Ducati ST2 - made it past 38,000 miles before selling it.

2008 KTM 990 Adventure - around 24,000 miles before selling it.

2001 Honda XR650L - will hit 24,000 miles in the next month or two. I WON'T be selling that one.

I used to sell bikes when they hit 10,000 miles back in the 70's and 80's, so I'm making progress. :laughing
 
01' R6. Bought brand new and totaled while parked by a guy in a lifted truck in 05'. It had 47k miles on it.
Replaced with a 01' R1 that I bought with 5k miles on it. Sold in 2010 with 32k showing.
Also owned a 07' DRZ400SM between 07' and 2010 that I put 18k miles on.
 
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2003 Honda VTX1800R running Rotella T6 5W-40.
Bought at 51k in 2010
Currently at 110k and climbing (ridden every couple of weeks)
 
2001 R1150GS

Odo has 133,000 on it.... Except that I broke the odometer in Feb of 2018. Probably closer to 155-165k.
 
I had a customer in the shop today who has had the same Harley since 1994.
He has over 425,000 miles on it.
Yeah, it has been rebuilt a few times. It's now a 103ci.
He keeps extensive records (he's a mechanic) and was in buying his 39'th rear tire. He "usually" gets about 13,000 per rear tire.

My highest mileage bike was my (bought new) '04 DL1000 which got crashed at 88,888 miles.
 
Im glad to see oilhead BMWs on the list

My main moto is a 1100GS with 44k miles.

Shes a teenager compared to you guys

Motul 5100 15W-50
 
road

2002 FZ1 I bought with 1800 miles on it, sold it with 104K. Should have kept it. Never had to adjust any valves on the motor. Ran like stink
 
my 2006 zzr600 has 161,000 miles on it
all of them mine
 
2002 R1150RT. Bought it with 44k, sold it last night with 84,144 miles.

Shell Rotella T6 5w-40 FTW!
 
01 f4i with 90k. never ran right but I could't kill it. had been dropped like 5 times by 5 different people. recently passed it onto another friend. absolutely the most reliable vehicle ive ever owned. even the battery refused to go bad. ran whatever oil i had on the shelf, rotella if i felt generous.

recently bought a 675 with 45k. runs and shifts like new - i plan on running it into the ground. we'll see how far it goes.
 
2009 Multistrada 1100S with 56k miles (53k mine, in the last 4.5 years). Mobil 1 oil.
 
04 Yamaha FJR 1300...
Put 96,000 trouble free miles on her and traded her in on my 13 Honda F6B which is right around 58,000 so far.
a1scoot :ride
 
94 Vfr 80k miles when I sold it last week.
95 vfr 77k miles when I sold it 4 years ago
 
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