Suggested Miles on Used bike

[Blitanicle99]

I keep seeing these high mileage bikes tho. Ahh. It drives me insane. I just don't want to have to work on it other than changing the oil and such.

[civic95]

A lot of misinformation in this thread. As someone else said any bike from the big 4 will last 100,000 miles maintained properly. I would not have a problem buying a bike with 20K miles that was taken care of, vs a bike with 2K that's been stunted or wrecked a couple times. There's a guy on www.georgiasportbike.com with a CBR that has over 100K on it, and he hasn't had to do anything but change the oil, tires, air filter, and chain. It still looks better than a lot of bikes that are 2 yrs old. Because he takes care of it. Inline 4 motorcycle engines are not far from a 4cyl car engine. Just smaller in displacement.

Most bikes don't make it that far because they get wrecked first, and with frames that are so vulnerable, all it takes is 1 scratch on the frame to total a bike. Even if you ride defensively, odds are someone else in a car will take you out before you ever reach 100K miles. It's pretty hard to reach that mileage unless you ride every day, and have a long commute. The guy I mentioned above rode it over 100 miles a day. When it was raining, and when it was 20 degrees. And then he rides on the weekends.

[Blitanicle99]

Well damn. Thats a lot of miles.

But reason I am concerned is, a buddy of bought a sbike TODAY. Its got decent miles on it like 9-10ishk. So hes learning to ride, we take him to a parking lot and he needs to really learn the bike and what not. Not even riding 3 miles after he bought it (used yes) the damn bracket that the brake bar pivots on snaps. Just snaps, and its decent sized aluminum too.

Thats why I want low mileage, I just dont want to have to fix things. I am shooting towards under 5k miles. Price to me is not a huge concern, Im not gonna get ripped but I don't mind paying a few more bucks for something I can trust more.

[David88vert]

Thats why I want low mileage, I just dont want to have to fix things. I am shooting towards under 5k miles. Price to me is not a huge concern, Im not gonna get ripped but I don't mind paying a few more bucks for something I can trust more.

Then buy brand new with a warranty. Case solved.