100k mile bikes...

[Blue636]

I never brought up riding, you did. I merely referenced riding type with mechanical failure. Oh, I'm sure you ride as well as you think you do. Since this is the internet and you're obviously full of BS, I'll go so far as to say I can ride 20 times better than you.

Want to race or do a trackday? Why don't you head out to California. You see, it's easy to talk big when you're thousands of miles away and doing it over the internet.

Get a life.

 

[rugerman1]

Chill-Out guys.Keep it civil.

 

[Blue636]

Sorry about that rugerman. It's just that I don't appreciate people hijacking threads and making completely irrelevant statements.

This thread was supposed to be about 100,000 miles bikes. The reference to squids was that many of them (not all) do wheelies, burnouts, and stoppies all the time. Some of them are constantly revving their engines to the limit - this is the reason why I said none of their bikes make it over 40,000 miles. And they don't, I always see abused sportbikes at the dealerships with under 10k miles on them. You can race a bike and do all kinds of stuff with it and still make it last, but my point was that the squids abuse the bikes and don't take care of them.

Suddenly you have an imposter claiming to be a surgeon or whatever and suddenly gets all defensive about that comment. What does it have to do with bikes lasting a long time? Accidents? Track days? I mean, if you get all defensive my first impression is that you're a squid defending yourself. Next, if you're challenging people online my impression is also that you have serious ego issues.

Let's get back on topic here... 100k miles bikes. 2003TRD, if you have nothing to contribute then leave this thread alone. Start your flame wars elsewhere.

 

[2003TRD]

The point I was trying to make was that you sounded naive, that a non-"squid" rider will not wreck there bike (with all the squids ridding blah blah blah). Also, I never said i was a surgeon, I am a M.S. prepped PA-C.

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[2003TRD]

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[Blue636]

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[Blue636]

Finally! Can we get back on topic now?

Anyhow, I never knew the Moto Guzzis were built to last that long. As a matter of fact, I had no idea any Italian bike can make it through that far. That info about the Harley was definitely interesting as well, but I think that may have been a 1 time or 1 case sort of thing. What do you all think?

 

[Fasteryoufool]

My dad's Concours, which I recently purchased from him, has 81,000 miles on it, and it runs like a top. It's had no major work done on it. The only thing my dad's done has been normal maintenance - oil changes, valve adjustments, shaft splines lubed, tires, etc.

Oh, he did put a new clutch in it once.

 

[Blue636]

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Originally posted by Fasteryoufool:
My dad's Concours, which I recently purchased from him, has 81,000 miles on it, and it runs like a top. It's had no major work done on it. The only thing my dad's done has been normal maintenance - oil changes, valve adjustments, shaft splines lubed, tires, etc.

Oh, he did put a new clutch in it once.

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That's impressive. Does tweek know this? You know, I think he got or is getting a Concours as well.

 

[Motorbike]

There is a guy over at the Maxima-Suzuki forum that rode his Zuki Bandit 1200S at his job as a small package courier .....over 220k on that one .

Another went 175k on a older GSXR 1100 " same engine " was still running well when sold . Deal is there those things are brutal on the body ...175k of torture

 

[Blue636]

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Originally posted by 2003TRD:
The point I was trying to make was that you sounded naive, that a non-"squid" rider will not wreck there bike (with all the squids ridding blah blah blah). Also, I never said i was a surgeon, I am a M.S. prepped PA-C.

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Well then, I guess you must enjoy putting words into people's mouths as I NEVER said that non-squids won't wreck their bike. Then it's funny how you went off on your little rant!!! This is what I was talking about and this is exactly why bikes don't usually last more than 30k miles in the hands of squids... if you can picture bikes like these lasting over 100k then that's good for you.

http://www.d-aces.com/videos/Trailer-1-2-broad[1].wmv

 

[garyb80]

In the April 2004 issue of American Iron Magazine,page 14, there is a small article on a guy who got 451,775 miles out of an 1988 FLHTC Electra Glide. He donated the bike, it's sidecar, and his extensive maintenance records to Harley Davidson. He wanted to get a full 500,000 miles out of the bike, but he failed his eye exam when it came renew his driver's license. He did 33 cross country road trips.

 

[Blue636]

Wow, nearly half a million miles from a Harley. Miraculous!

He must really know how to take care of a bike.

 

[fuel tanker man]

That 410K mile Harley was a "Tour Glide" which is a lot like a Road Glide these days.

The rider was Dave Willet from High Point, North Carolina. The bike was a 1987 model which, as stated now belongs to Harley Davidson and is now in their museum.

Willet is still riding. Harley Davidson traded him a new bike of his choice for his '87 model and he now has over 200,000 miles on that one. It's a twin cam 2002 model Road King--I think it's a Road King anyway.

The Tour Glide was torn down at 240 thousand miles by Tilley's Harley Davidson near Statesville, NC--according to the mechanic--"just out of shear curiosity." At that time the cams were replaced but only as a preventative measure. A new drive belt was also installed. It's uncertain how far the bike would have gone without the new cams, but the mechanics believe it would have easily passed 300 thousand, probably more.

I know one of the guys involved in the teardown at 240K of this bike. He is the chief mechanic at Curly's Harley Davidson in Winston Salem, NC.

Not sure where the "failing eyesight" info got started. Willet is far from through riding--at least according to the guys at Curly's.

Dan

 

[garyb80]

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That 410K mile Harley was a "Tour Glide" which is a lot like a Road Glide these days.

The rider was Dave Willet from High Point, North Carolina. The bike was a 1987 model which, as stated now belongs to Harley Davidson and is now in their museum.

Willet is still riding. Harley Davidson traded him a new bike of his choice for his '87 model and he now has over 200,000 miles on that one. It's a twin cam 2002 model Road King--I think it's a Road King anyway.

The Tour Glide was torn down at 240 thousand miles by Tilley's Harley Davidson near Statesville, NC--according to the mechanic--"just out of shear curiosity." At that time the cams were replaced but only as a preventative measure. A new drive belt was also installed. It's uncertain how far the bike would have gone without the new cams, but the mechanics believe it would have easily passed 300 thousand, probably more.

I know one of the guys involved in the teardown at 240K of this bike. He is the chief mechanic at Curly's Harley Davidson in Winston Salem, NC.

Not sure where the "failing eyesight" info got started. Willet is far from through riding--at least according to the guys at Curly's.

Dan

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I think the guy your talking about is a different person than the one I'm talking about. I don't rembember this fella's name but there was another article about him and his bike on the American Motorcyclist Association website. It pretty much repeated what was in the American Iron Article.

 

[garyb80]

I found a copy of the article.

H-D Archives Gets Heartfelt Donation

The Harley-Davidson Archives recently received an impressive donation: A 1988 FLHTC Electra Glide Classic, which was donated by Albert Ver Cruysse, of Salem, Oregon. In addition to donating his bike, Ver Cruysse, who rode the bike a total of 451,775 miles, also donated the bike’s sidecar and its extensive service and maintenance records.
Ver Cruysse received the Electra Glide Classic after meeting Vaughn Beals, Harley-Davidson chairman emeritus, at a rally in 1987. Beals was so impressed by the nearly 100,000 miles on Ver Cruysse’s Evo engine that he asked Ver Cruysse to send the engine in for evaluation. As an exchange, Beals offered Ver Cruysse the Harley-Davidson motorcycle of his choice. Thus began the journey of 451,775 miles.
Ver Cruysse, who began riding at age 62, has owned six Harley-Davidsons, ridden more than 775,000 miles in 25 years, and served as a goodwill ambassador for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Earlier this year, at age 87, Ver Cruysse failed a vision test for his driver’s license and decided it was time to hang up his helmet. Although he hoped to reach his personal goal of riding 500,000 on one motorcycle, he instead gave the motorcycle back to Harley-Davidson, along with a photo album and written accounts chronicling his 33 cross-country road trips.

 

[fuel tanker man]

Gary,

Well I guess that explains it. We're talking about two different folks here.

I didn't think Dave Willet was an octogenarian just yet.

I guess there are at least two 400K + mile HD's out there...

Dan

 

[olympic]

I had a Kawasaki 125cc dirt bike when I was a teenager. Drove the snot out of it every day for years. It had somethng like 40k miles when I sold it and it still ran like a champ. The engine was never opened up, even the clutch was original.

I tested the fuel mileage once and it got 80mpg...lol! And a tank of injector oil seemed to last forever.

 

[deepsquat]

Okay , I own a Honda PC 800, do some searches on it and you will find that it has a bullet proof engine..people on the Yahoo group I belong to say thaey haven't found anyone that has worn out an engine or tranny on one ...I believe this guy Leland is the moderator ..this is how he ends his posts

'94 Pacific Coast, "Black Beauty", 191,000 miles
'89 Pacific Coast, "Shadow Dancer", 79,000 miles
'90 Pacific Coast, "Red Baron", 55,000 miles
Canyon Dancer Harness: 25,406 miles and climbing

 

[Stavros]

Hallo everybody!

I am new to this forum, I own a BMW R65 ´79 and I have many questions to ask you in the close future...

Meanwhile I discovered in the following site http://store.motolit.com/bwm600k.html another BMW owner that has done 600000 miles with his faithful R60/5...Now that is something to be proud of!!!

Great forum,
Ride safetly
Stavros R65´79