How many K's does a bike last?

[vifferman]

If your everyday riding includes communtering and what not, then every 6 months for oil, and oil+filter every 12.
If you're a "weekend warrior" or fairweather rider, then go by the kilometreage, and do it every 6000km or whatever your bike manufacturer recommends.

Oh - and I dunno what mileage the VFR's done; odo says 5x,xxx miles, but it's a lying scoundrel, and shy of about 3 or 4,000 miles at least.
VFR's just lightly run in - I know of other ones that have done up to 850,000 MILEs, and many in the US of Mrka that have high 6-figure sums.

[CrazyFrog]

Okay this is a dumb question that I should already know the answer to so excuse my ignorance, but with just regular everyday road riding at what intervals do you need to do the oil and filter?

Regular road riding = 5000km
Thrashing/Track = Every meeting

Oil is cheap compared to an engine blow up.

No reason why a modern 4 stroke shouldn't easily do 100,000km given normal/recommended service intervals.

[ckai]

*touches wood*

Mate, we don't need to know that! I mean come on, this is a family show

For speed demons I would have thought "high k's" would be a similar story as a supercar, i.e. porsche, lambo etc. If one of them is considered high k's it has 100,000km on the clock. How long do they last? If it's italian, not very - they generally get written off before their useful life is over! Germans? Millions of km's (I maybe a little biased )

I've heard of bikes lasting half a mill. Now that's insane. But they don't make 'em like that anymore.

[KiwiGs]

Mate, we don't need to know that! I mean come on, this is a family show

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What can I say I really like my bike.....

[Cajun]

Okay this is a dumb question that I should already know the answer to so excuse my ignorance, but with just regular everyday road riding at what intervals do you need to do the oil and filter?

suzuki manual says every 6000.

I do mine every 5000.

[vifferman]

I've heard of bikes lasting half a mill. Now that's insane. But they don't make 'em like that anymore.

Scuzeme?
They still make VFRs, y'know (although the new ones have those camchain thingies...)
You're right in a way - many bikes have fairly high-performance engines, doing very high revs, with high piston speeds, and that takes a toll. However (but!) they're also made to pretty high standards. But (however!) even though the engines usually just keep going, if they're not crahsed, something else will let them down: gears or gearbox parts, starter motor, clutch basket or something else that makes them uneconomic to fix due to part no longer being available, particularly bodywork.
Take the VFR: most engine bits for the earlier ones (1986 through 1997) are still available, but if you crash one, you're pretty much screwed, as even aftermarket plastics are hard to come by now.

[prettybillie]

suzuki manual says every 6000.

I do mine every 5000.

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

[Cajun]

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

hmmm on suzuki its normall 1000,6000,12000,18000,24000

so you are off by only 1500.

the major service isn't until 24,000 (valve check)

this service just an oil/filter check over.

[Mully]

suzuki manual says every 6000.

I do mine every 5000.

....because you're fucked if you're gonna let those bastards tell you what to do......

[Cajun]

....because you're fucked if you're gonna let those bastards tell you what to do......

hahah nah i know my odomotor reads low, and since it does a few trackdays a yeah, and every 5000 is easy to remmeber than every 6000, easy to remember, and only cost $100 for oil & filter change, since i do the work myself.

[Cheshire Cat]

lol what a wolly thing to say!!! 13,000 jeez. I can do that in 6months.

depends what bike it is and how you ride it and how old it is etc etc.

I think yours is going to last a very long time if you keep treating it the way you do (and don't crash) lol

[crazyhorse]

Morepower's TL has done over 112,000 - so by no way is 13,500 high km's. Frankly, its still nearly new.......

[Headbanger]

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

Book it in?...to what?

Your not really going to pay someone to change your oil?,Its easier then washing the bike.

Find the bolt under the bike,undo it, engine oil falls out,put the bolt back in, fill her up with oil.


Of course, if you were just joking about booking it in.....

[prettybillie]

Book it in?...to what?

Your not really going to pay someone to change your oil?,Its easier then washing the bike.

Find the bolt under the bike,undo it, engine oil falls out,put the bolt back in, fill her up with oil.


Of course, if you were just joking about booking it in.....

Okay - that sounds easy enough. How do you change the filter?

[firefighter]

Okay - that sounds easy enough. How do you change the filter?

Unscrew it, half fill new one with oil, wipe a little oil around the seal, screw on hand tight (until you can't turn it any further/being a girl as hard as you can)

drain oil and remove filter, then screw in sump plug, then the filter, then top up oil. Undo oil filler cap when draining oil.

Oh yeah, don't drop your sump plug in the oil pan, make sure the oil is warm (not hot) 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!

A proper oil pan is about $15 and worth it. There is also a lot more oil in the filter than you think, so make sure the pan is under it when you unscrew it!

Wipe the area where the filter attaches to the bike clean before screwing on new filter.

Easy peasy.

The hardest part is choosing the oil.