What Is A Lot Of Kms/mileage For A Motorbike?
November 24th, 2009 | 
Author: I don’t know much about them, but I wanna buy one. The ones I have seen in my price range have mostly done around 50000 kms. Is this a lot for a bike?
I don’t know much about them, but I wanna buy one. The ones I have seen in my price range have mostly done around 50000 kms. Is this a lot for a bike?
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this depends how much the speedo can accumulate,my old bike goes up to 99999 and then starts again at 0.
so i dont know how many times it has gone over.
if your prospective bike goes higher than that it,s not so much in mileage,but what else has worn.
there are mechanics that do prepurchase inspections and these will come in handy for you.
It completely depends on the make and model of the bike in question. If its a BMW, then 50k is nothing, If its a CBR1000RR Honda, then I would be wary. If its something from China, I would laugh and run away.
You really have to take each bike on its merits
Well I think 60,000 miles is really about all you will get out of a lot of bikes. If you totally take care of it then maybe more. Some get a lot more. You start to get in to a lot or repairs after about 40,000 miles usually.
40, 000km is a lot for dirt bikes and 125 road bikes and 80,000km is a lot for bigger road bikes.
but that said my 125 road bike has 42,000km and is still good
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikesforsale/searchresults/detail/?R=NXGN-7534957&mfy=
It is quite a bit. Whether it is worth buying depends on how well maintained the bike has been. A bike can be in excellent condition with this mileage, or trashed at 20,000kms or less.