There's certainly an interesting trend going on there! Either it's 50k-70k, or 100k+
30,000 - 40,000 Km
40,000 - 50,000 Km
50,000 - 60,000 Km
60,000 - 70,000 Km
80,000 - 90,000 Km
90,000 - 100,000 Km
100,000 Km +
Hardcore Biker
There's certainly an interesting trend going on there! Either it's 50k-70k, or 100k+
Honda Racer
IMHO It really depends how it has been treated. And talking 250s is a different kettle of fish. I reckon for a 500cc plus bike 100+ would be considered over the hill. For a 250 single or twin possibly the same BUT the little 4 cylinder 250 sportbikes about 60-70. The reason I believe this is that they are high revving, hard working motors. The reason they get "thrashed" is because most riders can quickly wring most of the potential out of them. On the other hand bigger sportbikes rarely get pushed anywhere near their limit, and if so certainly not very much (bearing in mind wringing the shit out of them in any gear other than first, pushes you way past LEGAL!)Originally Posted by WildBoarMouse
There's certainly an interesting trend going on there! Either it's 50k-70k, or 100k+
Hardcore Biker
Nice feedback Steveo! That's pretty much the opinion I'd come to, but it's good to hear someone else word it better.Cheers
Immature and proud of it.
I know of a Bandit that did 100,000 k's without any more than routine maintenance.
Look after them, they'll look after you.
Speed doesn't kill people.
Stupidity kills people.
com-mute
If it is a BMW or Honda, then unlimited, they go forever...
whilst we are on the subject, anyone want to buy:
BMW F650 only 110,000kms NZ new and 2 careful(ish) owners.
or
CBR600 50,000 miles recently re-built history unknown (was donated to the XP@ bike pool)
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Ta
Definately a trend here, I fully agree with most that has been said, but we as we are talking about a 250, the other consideration is, you will most likely get rid of it in twelve months, how good does it need to be?
If it's a four cylinder job, if it don't rattle or smoke, it's likely to last the distance you need, and when you sell it, long as the plastic is ok, you still gonna get good coin.
In the case of the single, i.e. a GN, they will stand up to more arseholes than anything else, dirt bike based motor and all that.
Hope this helps.
Hardcore Biker
Very helpful! Thanks... The poll trend is definitely a bit on the weird side... not at all what I expected. Well... I expected the 50k-70k figure, but the 100kkm threw me. I'm guessing those are from the people that didn't read I was asking about 250's.Definately a trend here, I fully agree with most that has been said, but we as we are talking about a 250, the other consideration is, you will most likely get rid of it in twelve months, how good does it need to be?
If it's a four cylinder job, if it don't rattle or smoke, it's likely to last the distance you need, and when you sell it, long as the plastic is ok, you still gonna get good coin.
In the case of the single, i.e. a GN, they will stand up to more arseholes than anything else, dirt bike based motor and all that.
Hope this helps.
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Yeah - well from my experience 100k is fine! That's not saying that I'd ever buy one with that on the clock, but mine just went round the clock (250 4 stroke, 4 cylinder) and it's still great. Does 180kmph, is pretty good acceleration-wise, and doesn't make any I'm-getting-old-and-about-to-die noises. Apart from the usual stuff, the only thing that I've ever done to it in the 65,000kms that I've had it (guts/engine-wise) is bung in a new alternator. Oh - and new clutch fibres (although I'm not convinced that I definitely needed them anymore - long story). Actually I don't think I've ever changed the spark plugs either - just cleaned them twice and closed the gap a bit! I just reckon it's great (esp for a student!) and I've totally got my $'s worth. Must be cause it's a Honda eh?!
I don't know if I'd pay that much for a bike with 80,000km on the clock though. I'd expect it to be at least under $2,500, but then again it is a ZXR and people seem to always ask more for them. I dunno.
liberi minutalem amant
Highway Biker
Remember that all bikes, even 250's, started out as fairly expensive pieces of kit, built to last. There are basically two reasons that bikes don't usually get up to the high kms that cars do, firstly they are written off - it doesn't take much to crash a bike to the point of it being cheaper to buy another one (especially fully faired sports bikes), secondly bikes tend to get left in the garage and ridden only in summer and often only on weekends, not unusal to see bikes that are two or three years old with less than 20,000 km's on the clock. Many bikes just don't get the opportunity to do high km's.Very helpful! Thanks... The poll trend is definitely a bit on the weird side... not at all what I expected. Well... I expected the 50k-70k figure, but the 100kkm threw me. I'm guessing those are from the people that didn't read I was asking about 250's.
Don't worry too much about how many km's, due to the high cost of 250's (in terms of first bikes, many are around the 4 grand mark), having a cheaper bike with high km's might actually help you when you sell it - as you will have a larger pool of potential buyers. The condition (both physical and mechnical) is far more important than the number of km's the bikes done.
Best of luck.
Forum whore
Am I the only one who is sceptical about some of the mileage figures one sees. I see 1985 models with 30000 km claimed. That's 1500 km per year, EVERY year. Surely no-one runs a bike that little? Even on the T500 when I was not using it much, I would have had more than that.
Highway Biker
You're not alone. My '91 grey import FZR250 had 30,000km's on it when I got it in 03 or 04 (forget now). Hmmm less than 3,000km's a year, maybe if we put a 1 at the front of that figure it would be closer to true. But it ran well and looked good.
Hardcore Biker
That's a good piece of advice
Look Ma, no hands hehehe
When I brought my bike back 5 years ago...
It only had just under 3,000 km on the clock.
It was already 3 years old and had one owner.
The guy never rode the bike, so I got a good deal.
It was like a brand new bike that had just been run in.
Plus I got the bike at a really good price.
Now some 250cc are only brought for the purpose for the rider to get there full license on.... therefore the km on the clock are really low...
I saw many bikes at the time I was buying my bike with really low kms.
Some shop owners even mentioned thats what was happening.
So these guys buy it for a couple of months, do the full and then go out and buy a huge bike... with no or little exp[erience on riding.
I sure do hope that people arent doing that today.
So there can be some bikes with geniune low kms on them.
Look at the dudes that only take their bikes out on a really hot summers day or only in the summertime. Those bikes would have reasonably low kms on them.
^^^^^
Just my opinion, I think KM's aren't as important as how the bike has been mantained.
No point getting a bike done 15,000km if it wasn't run in right or never serviced or only travelled that amount of 10 years!
You want a bike that has been mantained and regularly serviced etc. That bike should be good for 100,000+ if looked after.
Just my thoughts.
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