100,000 mile club

Sierra1

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I had 175,000 Kim’s/109,000 miles, on my last Harley. Surprisingly, it was like a Japanese bike, no break downs. tires and gas only.
They do exist. I have a buddy that his H-D has waaaay over 250k mi. But, he like to take it apart, and put it back together, just for shits-n-grins. Not for me though, proper maintenance is all my girl has to look forward to. :)
 

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Both of the above odometers are extremely impressive. But, to me....and nothing against Cycledude….200k on a Tenere is more impressive than the 544k on the S.S. Goldwing. Both are example of superior engineering. :)
 

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I logged 363,700 miles on my 1991 FXR HD LowRider and 433,500 miles on my V-Strom 1000. I could have bought a small island for what I paid over the years to keep the HD on the road. Good riddance, it now lives somewhere in SoCal.
 

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I've had really no issues in my 100K of riding except (as pointed out) tires, brakes and lots of gasoline! This is my forth bike I've reached the six digit mark. All four were Hondas and Yamahas and really zero issues on any of them. -JEP-
 

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SAIL2XXS was a MAD MAN...... do you guys remember the story I told when he left his place, road down to my shop in Fort Worth, TX (basically straight through). Then we talked at my shop for a few hours, and offered up some Texas BBQ. We had a great time talking, and I thought we might go ride the next day, he said he thought he might ride up to Oklahoma City 'that night'. (keep in mind, it was probably midnight at this point and he just showed up to visit a few hours before) Two days later he called to let me know he was back at work and appreciated the hospitality. He informed me that when he left me at midnight, he road up to Oklahoma City, turned East and road all the way back to the East Coast straight through. :oops:

So he basically road from the East Coast to Texas, we hung out and then had dinner, then he turned around and road back to the East Coast all in about 50-60'ish hours. Dude is nuts...... o_O

He is really a super great guy and friend ! Miss talking to that guy, and seeing him pile on another 100K ++ miles..... Miss ya brotha !



Side note.... Another good friend of mine just turned 108K miles on his 2012 Super Tenere ;)
 

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WOW!!! That’s incredible. Alternators are the weak spot of the motorcycle I see. ;)
the first two alternators were replaced free of charge under Honda 3 year unlimited miles warranty. The first driveshaft went bad at 200,000 miles Honda also covered that under the 4 year extended warranty.
Not sure how many free light bulbs I got but it was quite a few, shortly after 200,000 miles Honda said no more free light bulbs but I was well satisfied anyway.
Got free fork seals plus labor about 3 times.
i have always been a very well satisfied Honda customer.
 

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2002 Goldwing 546,000 miles.
12,700 gallons of gas.
36 sets of tires.
68 oil changes.
4 new alternators.
2 new driveshafts.
Its a great hobby but not as cheap as many folks think.
That is awesome! And from a mechanical, non-expendable items standpoint, the fact that you put over a half million miles on a motorcycle and only had to replace four alternators and two driveshafts is a testament to the supreme engineering and quality control that Honda puts into their motorcycles.

I have a list like yours, that shows everything I've put on the Yamaha since I bought it. The only parts that have failed are a couple headlight bulbs, but I don't even like to think about how many tires, oil changes, filters, spark plugs, etc that I've gone through. The bike is probably at least twice as expensive as maintaining my Toyota.
 
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