Newbie looking for guidance

**Gremlin** · 1st April 2005, 23:41

couple of things have cropped up while researching:
1. What is normal mileage? Like the NSR250, 1989, 21,000 k's. That has to be wrong?? Yes or No?

2. On the same tack, at what mileage is the bike "getting a little long in the tooth"?

3. What is a sissy (spelling??) bar?

4. The road code mentions something about not loading stuff against the ^ said ^ sissy bar. Is this the rack on the back of a bike (centre same level as seat, vertically). I've seen bikes with the rack. Can it be used? Obviously its not pretty, but I'm starting as a commuter...