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  1. #16
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    20th July 2005 - 09:37
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    Quote Originally Posted by wil2
    It was actually registered 15th october 05 so it is bloody high mileage for 4 months use. luckily i wont use it everyday only at weekends so it will even itself out over a year or two, but i am not too worried about the kms i have read articles of these engines doing 120,000 with ease with regular oil changes.
    yeah, 120km would not be unusual in well maintained bikes. It's probably been used daily to work or similar, I guess at 100kms a day it soon mounts up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wil2
    It was actually registered 15th october 05 so it is bloody high mileage for 4 months use. .
    Sounds about right to me......bikes are for use, not hiding away in a garage....my last gsxr I did 6000k in 7 weekends and thought I wasnt getting out enough!
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