CB250T about 5000klm, First bike 27 years ago

GSX750 which became an 1100, 3500klm

TTR250, 4500 nearly all bush klm,

2001 FLSTC, 20,000,

1987 FXSTC, 11,000,

1985 FLHTC, 2500, (1100 this weekend Edenhope) 

Fallen off dirt bikes a thousand times,

First off on a roadie was 4 weeks ago, poor last minute decision, clipped a car, but walked away. Good crash if there is such a thing.

I dont have enough fingers and toes. Had 18 different bikes, some were restos and a quick sale but the ones i can remember were
Kwaka 81 Z 7fidy, bhp work bike about 30,000
Honda 92 XR600 6000
Honda 95 Fireblade 6000, (Got stolen from eastern creek during a stay upright course)
Triumph 97 900 trophy, 14000
Valkyrie 98 1520, 22000
Heritage softy FLSTCI 04, 9000
Fatboy FLSTF 07, 12000
Suzuki dr 650 08, 36000
Muscle VRSCF 09, 11000
And currently the 2012 Ultra FLHTCU with 3700 and counting. This ones a keeper!

Current bike (new Sept '08) just racked up its 65,000 klm this week end. Havent worried about the rest. I'm an old fart.

07 FLHX since new 133,000klms & just replaced the top end of the motor.

 Over 40 years of riding, haven't got a clue probably the same as badcooky lots,

Offs iv'e done my mandatory 3 majors 

 

 

Im still a novice compared to most of you guys.

Honda vt400 - just over 10,000k's

48 Sportster - 850k's

Met the owner today Steve , who has done 400000klm on his Sporty. Yes that is correct 400k! I did read about the bike sometime ago on the forum but cant find the article. Morgan and Wacker had the bike and story on their Facebook as well i am told. If anyone can steer me in the right direction to find the article i would be apprecitive. Lovely man who rides a victory now very quickly!

all of them

I average around 10k a year ,

So I would be 150 000 k so far

I think I did roughly 30-40,000 last year alone.

Best is 180,000 km on an '86 Softail from '86 to '94.

New kawi vulcan ,, 24000 klm
2009 -- street bob 14-15 000 klm
2009 rocket ,,, 62000 klm (still own it )
2010 triumph t bird ,, 18000 klm
2011 bonnie 14000 klm
2013 v strom 18000 klm (still own it )
2015 low rider 4000 klm (still own it

Thats since 2008 prior to that it was always high mileage second hand peices of shit , that always broke down and cost me a fortune , that i always owned , would'nt have a clue what i done most of them speedos did'nt even work .

what is classed as too many kms on a bike? ive got an 86 superglide that ive owned for 21 yrs never done a thing to the motor  { apart from the norm- plugs oil etc } and it still runs strong- im the second owner and just turned over 69000 kms .still ride it every weekend -just upgraded to a heritage softail so ive advertised the ol girl for sale [ the bike] and had no serious lookers at $ 8500 i dont think its overpriced but is it the fact that it has this amount of kms on it that turning people off which raises the question at how many kms do you sell your favorite ride to make it saleable to someone else-like to know other thoughts on this

 

Unfortunatly , 60 plus is considered  very high by many , its not after all 60000 klm is only 36000 miles in old terms , but most guys buy them and don't use them, when i was youunger has stated above i only bought high mileage  60-70000 miles  plus bikes , and had nothing but trouble  , but remember they were always  smaller cc bikes .

I'll keep my rocket till i die probably i just refuse to give it away ,  it cost   25 grand new in 2009 , spent probably 3500-4000 grand on accesories , its been well maintened , trouble free   60 odd thousand klm all highway , I was offered  5-6 grand trade in .runs better than it did new , cos its only just run in now .  and i believe them when they say , bikes with a bit of mileage on are hard to sell . Harleys well  its even worse , so many buy them put them in the shed to  show there mates what a nice bike theve got , and  don't ride them , so ita got where people think your not supposed to have mileage on a bike .

Like grandpa's axe. Last forever.

After 38 yrs of never being without a bike I'd wouldn't want to estimate the total kms done. I know it'd be a shitload.
Current bike is an 08 FLHT, bought new and just rolled over the 117,000 km Mark. I'm hoping it will be as reliable for the next .

For fuck sake, you guys with the big kms , no problem stories ,, will you stop it !!!!
I am fossicking the used bikes for sale, and looking for a late model Garage Queen , thats been sitting in the garage and owned by a stockbroker, dentist type, who thinks if they put more than 1000 kms a year on it , the motor will get to hot and explode , or the wheel bearings will need replacing , and their prepared to sell it at a big discount !!!!! Come on you guys,, this is the internet ,, it wont hurt ,, post up some stories about complete fucking disasters with Harley's that you have owed !!!!! Help me out for fuck sake !!!!!!

Go Balo Go

Over the years probably done around 600 000 on bikes, mostly on jap and euro though not many on Harleys.

That'll change.

 Ran out of fuel once,flat tyre and trailered on to the tyre shop,flat battery & pushed started it, my biggest dramas ??

The USA is the real home of the garage Queen.