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Is 60,000 miles too many for a bike?

It's a BMW. It's not even 1.5 years old. If you maintain it well, I bet it passes 100k with ease.

Though, you may want to re-evaluate your choices, depending on your life situation & transportation needs. 60k miles on a BMW is more expensive than 60k miles on a Kawasaki single. Of course, if operating costs are not important to you, ignore what I just said.
 
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Its now worthless, I'll dispose of it for you.



You go to Diablo or TriValley for service?
 
Andy, it's less than half of what I have on the K1200GT. You should be good for another 80k. Just don't expect anyone to be interested in buying it.
 
How in the world do you manage to put 60k miles in 15 months!?!
 
I'm pretty sure he just leaves it running in 6th, up on the centerstand, in his garage :x
 
mel3535 said:
How in the world do you manage to put 60k miles in 15 months!?!
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It's not too hard. Hell I put over 100k on my last car in under 2 years. I would do that on my bike now but my commute is super short and I don't have to travel for work.
 
Tharkûn said:
You go to Diablo or TriValley for service?
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I buy any factory parts i need from Walnut Creek, those guys are awesome :thumbup. Service I do in my driveway. This is by far the easiest bike to work on I've had.
 
BMWs aren't broken in until the first 100,000. You've got a ways to go before you should start to open her up and see what she'll do. Just keep babyin' her for a little longer.
 
Damn that's a lot of money just to pay for the gas!
 
sliverstorm said:
It's a BMW. It's not even 1.5 years old. If you maintain it well, I bet it passes 100k with ease.

Though, you may want to re-evaluate your choices, depending on your life situation & transportation needs. 60k miles on a BMW is more expensive than 60k miles on a Kawasaki single. Of course, if operating costs are not important to you, ignore what I just said.
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How do you figure? The only thing more expensive is brake pads, maybe tires. That KawaTractor would've gone through 2-3 chains by now.

Actually, little as Andy stops, he might still be on his original brakes.
 
Motech said:
How do you figure? The only thing more expensive is brake pads, maybe tires. That KawaTractor would've gone through 2-3 chains by now.

Actually, little as Andy stops, he might still be on his original brakes.
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I changed out the original pads somewhere around 45k miles. They had a lot of life left but I was prepping for the IBR and better to be safe than sorry.
I do maintenance on the bike by the book or before. I do all the work on the bike myself so shop costs aren't a factor.
 
Motech said:
How do you figure? The only thing more expensive is brake pads, maybe tires. That KawaTractor would've gone through 2-3 chains by now.

Actually, little as Andy stops, he might still be on his original brakes.
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Ok, to be fair I wasn't thinking of consumables. I was thinking of crap-I-punched-a-hole-in-my-engine repairs

(I think like this because I am prone to those sorts of repairs :teeth)
 
there's a bunch of guys running the ZRX's that are in the 100K club, several in the 200K club, & at least a couple in the 300K club. One of them has only had regular-scheduled maintenance & replacement of worn parts (brake pads, clutches, etc.) & he's at 350K+! Wowsers! He loves to rub it in too: bought his bike (1100) f/$2K, & rides it all over the country continually (adventure tourer.) Would be nice...
 
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