How come those Beemers on Trademe have such high K's?

[blackdog]

He has seen mine and knows about it. I think his has done about 120,000, mine about 80,000.

plenty o' life left in em both then

[junkmanjoe]

The bike you posted jmj keen on one of those myself, I like the specs, hope to ride the sports version this weekend.

They look good with the hard cases added.

post up what you think of them.

when they come a bit cheaper and more avalible and theres a bit of spare moneys in the honey pot,,,,just might be tempted....

cheers.

JMJ

[JATZ]

We had an old F650 "funduro" with about 125000 k's on it when we got it. Absolutely reliable machine, had been a BMW rental for most of it's life and was serviced by profesionals.Actually I was talking to guy we sold it to last night and it was still ticking along nicely when he sold it.

[JATZ]

They look good with the hard cases added.

post up what you think of them.

when they come a bit cheaper and more avalible and theres a bit of spare moneys in the honey pot,,,,just might be tempted....

cheers.

JMJ

Umm.... yeah..... nah....
Nice bikes if thats what ya into, but not my cup of tea

[junkmanjoe]

might be tempted...........not will be, till then im married to the KTM..

JMJ

[Eddieb]

plenty o' life left in em both then

Yep, have had 2 R80G/S's, one had over 250,000 when I sold it and still ran like new.

[dino3310]

they should last that long with the bloody price you pay for one

[NordieBoy]

Any one know why the Beemers on trademe have such high K's?
There are lots of f650's on there with well over 100.000km on it!!!
Never seem to see any other brands with that high kilometers.
Are beemers stronger???
Not that I want beemer tho..
Savin for new Transalp.

Actually 10,000km's.

BMW single owners have the shakes after a while...

[BMWST?]

He has seen mine and knows about it. I think his has done about 120,000, mine about 80,000.

i get the impression mine has done more than that too..

[talbertnz]

So what i'm curious about is, compared to some of these high milege beemers,
What sort of milege are you expecting to get out of KTM 950/990, Transalps, or what ever
without maaaajor surgery.

[junkmanjoe]

im up to 56,000km, and no major surgery, have been told a 950 in nz was rebuilt around 110,000km mark, but was only needed warn parts replaced..
still going to day, as a daily rider.

JMJ

[buggsubique]

My RD04 is up at 86000km (certified) now. Fucked if I know if it runs like new or is tired. Runs not bad for 20 yrs old. Another 14000km and the 5 digit speedo will have ticked over. It will run just like a brand new one then! ha

[Eddieb]

My 950 adventure is up to 70,000k. I have full service history and there's no record of any heart surgery. It's in the shop at present to sort a seized adjuster on the rear shock but thats about it. And that could have been avoided if regularly sprayed with crc or similiar.

[BMWST?]

My 950 adventure is up to 70,000k. I have full service history and there's no record of any heart surgery. It's in the shop at present to sort a seized adjuster on the rear shock but thats about it. And that could have been avoided if regularly sprayed with crc or similiar.

so the adjustor is seized onto he threaded shock body(preload) or is it a damping adjustor?

[Eddieb]

so the adjustor is seized onto he threaded shock body(preload) or is it a damping adjustor?

It's a rebound adjuster and threads into the lower shock mount/base/thingy. While it's fixable it's a messy fix as it involves drilling things out and would cost about the same in labour as to just replace the whole lower shock mount. So I'm now waiting on parts from Austria.