How many K's does a bike last?

[Corse1]

Talked to a bloke racing an ST2 in bears racing. He regularly races it and puts the road gear back on and uses it normally. He has owned it since new and when doing a sevice at 100,000km he pulled the barrels off and re-ringed it. He was surprised he could still see the hone marks in the cylinders and after the pull down realised there was no need to have gone that far.
He was acting purely on mileage.

On the other hand you don't follow my mates YZF 1000 if you don't want to breath burnt oil and he's at 60,000km. I know the bikes been fanged to death and he does not believe in maintenance.

Look after them and most modern bikes will return very high mileage.

[prettybillie]

Oh shit - this means mine is overdue by about 3,500ks......eeeek I better book it in!

I am a dick. I just rang Colman's to see when the last service was. I bought the bike at 12,000k's so asumed the service wasn't done. Anyhoo, it has has it's 12,000k service so I am sweet as a butter bean for about another 1500k's - which will take me quite some time!!!!

[Cheshire Cat]

I am a dick. I just rang Colman's to see when the last service was. I bought the bike at 12,000k's so asumed the service wasn't done. Anyhoo, it has has it's 12,000k service so I am sweet as a butter bean for about another 1500k's - which will take me quite some time!!!!

I'll help haha

[vifferman]

Unscrew it, half fill new one with oil, wipe a little oil around the seal, screw on hand tight

What?
You don't need to fill it with oil - it will do that itself.
I dunno 'bout your filters, but mine is horizontal, and if I try to put oil in it, I'll end up with it dribbling out on the front left header while I'm refitting it. (Even brake cleaner has a job getting ALL the oil off, and burning il isn't the most fragrant, unless it's Castrol R.)
Just put in a bit less than the volume required for oil+filter, run it a while, then top it up again.

[bsasuper]

92 CBR900 did 170,000kms before the bottem end went, my fault for skipping a couple of oil changes though

[prettybillie]

It sure seems like the older bikes have more staying power dare I say!

[firefighter]

What?
You don't need to fill it with oil - it will do that itself.
I dunno 'bout your filters, but mine is horizontal, and if I try to put oil in it, I'll end up with it dribbling out on the front left header while I'm refitting it. (Even brake cleaner has a job getting ALL the oil off, and burning il isn't the most fragrant, unless it's Castrol R.)
Just put in a bit less than the volume required for oil+filter, run it a while, then top it up again.

I've always done it like this with cars, and just mirrored it for the bike. Yes I know it fills itself. Some put oil in it first some do'nt.

Tomato tomayto situ. I like to know I have oil in there from the time I first push the ignition. Maybe it's not common practice with bikes?

[firefighter]

It sure seems like the older bikes have more staying power dare I say!

That's because they are older and have more time to accumulate distance. I'm sure the modern bikes will last as long if not binned

[Swoop]

...and don't forget to put the washer back on. It's a good idea to change this every second oil change. If you lose it get a proper one from repco. It's a special washer!

Repco are fucking useless with sump washers. I have tried a few around the place...
Appco were good.


PB. Start gathering up the required components for a change.
1. Oil. (Refer to your manual for this).
2. Filter. (same as above).
If in doubt, go and see the good folks at Cycletreads & they'll see you right.

Then you are ready for when the change is required. Holler out if assistance is needed.

I'm sure the modern bikes will last as long if not binned

Do gixers' get to that stage? Could The_Dover shed some light on this?

[R6_kid:Me]

I recently had a friend come over and help my put my mirrors back on after a track day to take the bike up to get a warrant and rego. My bike has done about 13,500k's and my friend looked at it and said 'shit it's done high k's'

Your friend is a retard. Do they post on here?

[howdamnhard]

Hey all

I recently had a friend come over and help my put my mirrors back on after a track day to take the bike up to get a warrant and rego. My bike has done about 13,500k's and my friend looked at it and said 'shit it's done high k's'

Now realistically I know that 13,500's is not high, but it made me start thinking about how many k's do you realistically get out of a bike before it goes to the great track day in the sky?

Relax ,13,500km is nothing. My bike is over 150,000km and still going strong. Does your friend only ride on weekends?

[Cheshire Cat]

Your friend is a retard. Does she post on here?

LOL!!!! funny, BUT! that's not very nice assuming it was a female saying that.Sexist!!!

[Str8 Jacket]

I bought my FXR even though I knew that it was in second hand condition and required on going maintenance. I figured that it had done so many k's (over 50,000) and was still going strong so it must be fine. To date, it has gone through 3 warrants fine and has only had minor mechanical issues...

[howdamnhard]

I am a dick. I just rang Colman's to see when the last service was. I bought the bike at 12,000k's so asumed the service wasn't done. Anyhoo, it has has it's 12,000k service so I am sweet as a butter bean for about another 1500k's - which will take me quite some time!!!!

How often do you need to service your bike? Most bikes are every 6000km.

[prettybillie]

Your friend is a retard. Do they post on here?

Mwahahahahahahaha - it is a dude who has a blue license and no bike hahaha