What would be the highest amount of mileage/km you would purchase a motorcycle at?

[Matariki]

I don't know if this poll has been done yet, but what would be the highest amount of milage/kms you would purchase a motorcycle at?
Note: the poll is in reference to kms. If a number isn't mentioned in the poll, feel free to answer below (I forgot to put a '+' sign after 99,999. So voting for the last option also includes those that would purchase a motorcycle over 99,999 kms).

[TOTO]

You do know that bikes do not seize to exist after 100 000km eh. Where is the 100 000+ km option on the poll ?

[Subike]

Bought my last big bike, now its 2nd owner, @ 378miles, just run in by its 1st owner

[actungbaby]

I don't know if this poll has been done yet, but what would be the highest amount of milage/kms you would purchase a motorcycle at?
Note: the poll is in reference to kms. If a number isn't mentioned in the poll, feel free to answer below.

it depends on the age as well i guess and the size the engine my vfr 750 done 48 thousand miles

And still runs fine id thought in 80s the bike whould be poked at those ks least smoking

Bikes have improved alot even paint jobs last, dont see many rat bikes like in old days

I guess get lowest for the kms u can afford

[Matariki]

You do know that bikes do not seize to exist after 100 000km eh. Where is the 100 000+ km option on the poll ?

Yeah, I forgot about that.
I edited my original post stating that the last option can also include numbers over 99,999.

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Would depend on the model of bike for me, as some types of bikes can last a lot longer than others.

[FJRider]

You do know that bikes do not seize to exist after 100 000km eh. Where is the 100 000+ km option on the poll ?

I know of an FJ1200 that passed 200,000 km's ... The head was taken off and no problems found.

Goldwings with 300,000 I've seen. ST1100's with over 200,000 as well.

The bigger the engine ... the more km's it is likely to travel with no issues.

And they were ones with no engine work done. Depending on what was done to the engine ... how desirable it would be.

I would say 750 cc upwards ... would mean no immediate issues with 150,000 plus ... A few careful checks maybe. But not crossed off a list because of that.

[unstuck]

If i wanted a bike bad enough, I would not worry about the kms it has on it.

[GSF]

Depends on the bike really. I recently bought an 1981 SR500 that has done 92,000km.

It's had a full repaint, chrome bits rechromed, and had an engine freshen up with new top end bits and some other goodies.
It runs really well and I'm not too concerned about age related problems as it's such a stupidly simple bike to work on, it's just a big single in a frame with a few rudimentary 'lectricky bits and a kickstarter.

[Maha]

I don't buy old shit so, less than 20,000K. Zero K's if possible, thats happen thrice out of my last five bikes.

[caspernz]

Kind of a pointless question to ask in isolation ain't it? Much of it comes down to what/where/how/when doesn't it?

I traded in an XJ900 back in the day that I'd personally clocked just over 250,000 kms on from new...and it was in better nick than many a 25,000 km bike at the time.

You can have a sportsbike with 10,000 clicks be rooted on account of a careless owner, and a tourer that's done 100,000 clicks be in mint nick for the reverse reasons.

Maybe that's why I tend to buy new bikes, no history and no drama

[Flip]

2km.

ok 5km.

[Road kill]

I bought my FLH with 80,000km on the clock and sold it with 140,000 up.
Neither I or the guy that bought it off me took much notice of the kms before buying,,but we both had a very good idea how the bike had been looked after.

My highest Kms Japanese bike was a Honda CB550/4 Super Sport that had around 75,000kms when I bought it,,,I don't remember how much it had up when I killed it "but it was after 4 years of hard use and it was still running fine right up until the sudden stop.

My Ducati DS900,,,50,000kms and it was just a never ending list of break downs and repairs.

The Saint,,,I don't know because I never got the original clock and it doesn't matter anyway because it's not a daily rider.

The bike I'm currently buying,,,,just run in at 42,000kms.

The known history makes all the difference.

[Katman]

It depends on the reason behind the purchase.

If I buy a bike that I intend to keep indefinately the kms it's done aren't an issue.

[Sable]

There's a Trophy 1200 kicking round Wellington that has close to half a million ks on it.