C-14 approachs the 150K mile mark

[stevewfl]

The pow-ah of KiPass is amazing.

[lather]

That's awesome. Is he a iron butt guy?

I don't think so. He just loves to ride.

[Awaz]

Brain fart Jim.....

I almost read it as 'Brian fart...' ! 

[JamminJere]

I almost read it as 'Brian fart...' ! 

That could concievably be worse....

JJ

[Barry]

And to think I was mildly amused when I realized a week ago that I had 41K on my 08.

Barry

[Spanky]

On my way, Bri... I should be close to 85K in a few weeks..   Now that its cooling off a bit... riding season has started again..



JJ

The impressive part of those 83k is how many are off road .

[scootertrash]

The pow-ah of KiPass is amazing.

Has anyone heard of the new kickass security feature? It involves the 'trunk monkey' and a sap!

[twowheeladdict]

Interesting thread.

One observation I have had over many years is that when miles are accumulated over a relatively short period of time the majority of those miles are from highway or interstate riding which produces less wear on the overall drivetrain.  If the rider was using the bike for inner city courier service I would not expect to see the high mileage with more repairs.

I've seen Voyager XII with over 200,000 miles, Ninja 650 parallels twins with close to 100,000 miles, Voyager 1700 V-twins closing in on 100,000 miles.  What they all have in common is steady running down the highways and byways of America, and constant use without abuse.

[B.D.F.]

My very favorite one was Anti- Theft version Trunk Monkey. After the monkey thrown the thief off the bridge the caption reads something to the effect: Because sometimes just getting you car back in not enough.

<ROFLMA>

Brian

Has anyone heard of the new kickass security feature? It involves the 'trunk monkey' and a sap!

[B.D.F.]

Yep, it would seem that way. Most of my miles are either outright highway or fast, nice secondary roads (highways of the 1950's really). City traffic is hard on any vehicle.

Brian

Interesting thread.

One observation I have had over many years is that when miles are accumulated over a relatively short period of time the majority of those miles are from highway or interstate riding which produces less wear on the overall drivetrain.  If the rider was using the bike for inner city courier service I would not expect to see the high mileage with more repairs.

I've seen Voyager XII with over 200,000 miles, Ninja 650 parallels twins with close to 100,000 miles, Voyager 1700 V-twins closing in on 100,000 miles.  What they all have in common is steady running down the highways and byways of America, and constant use without abuse.

[lather]

Here's an article about my friend Denise and her FZ1, also an MSTA member.
http://www.sporttouring.us/content.php?97-An-Oklahoman-and-her-Odometer
There are a couple guys in our club who have gone over 250,000 on Hondas.

[cablebandit]

Around these parts, secondary roads are much quicker since the popo like to stay on the highway.   

[ridingfar]

Last year I met a fellow on the road that had 297,000 miles on his '98 ST1100, and it had no major components replaced!

I don't think 100k, 150k, 200k or even 300k miles is an unreasonable service life for modern motorcycles, and the C14 appears to have the "genes" to go these distances.

[Bourne2Ride]

My bike mechanic buddy (they're good to have around) said that motorcycles need to be used. As long as its run regularly and maintained properly you can ride your bike forever. You'd most likely buy another bike because you want a new feature or updated styling. I'm looking forward to racking up the miles on my C14. 

[Boomer]

Yup, 169k Miles on my 1989 C10 and he still starts first prod of the button.
He needs new tyres and some fork springs to be road legal but I've never had a serious problem on Otto in the 84k miles I put on him over the last 9 years. Worst one was a snapped throttle cable.

Vivian (2007 C14) is at near as damnit 50k Miles.
Now that I am no longer commuting 160miles per day in VERY heavy traffic I actually want to go for rides at the weekends and some evenings. I am enjoying riding rather than enduring it. 

[stevewfl]

Here's an article about my friend Denise and her FZ1, also an MSTA member.
http://www.sporttouring.us/content.php?97-An-Oklahoman-and-her-Odometer
There are a couple guys in our club who have gone over 250,000 on Hondas.

Nice!