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Bash On! Super Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 252 Location : Dallas, Texas Points : 3628 Registration date : 2015-08-24
| Subject: Million-Mile Honda Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:23 am | |
| Article in USAToday that caught my eye:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/08/24/hes-ridden-same-honda-gold-wing-million-miles/600339001/
Talk about getting one's money's worth. Hate to think how much money I would have saved by buying only one bike since starting riding in 1979. |
| | | Smaug Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 67 Location : Chicago area Points : 4582 Registration date : 2012-07-30
| Subject: Re: Million-Mile Honda Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:19 pm | |
| Wow. It has been his primary mode of transportation since 1976, between April and November. It helps that he's co-owner of a bike shop, so engine swaps weren't a big deal, but still! A MILLION miles!
Respect. |
| | | oldwingguy Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1935 Location : Hocking Hills U.S.A. Points : 5336 Registration date : 2016-01-29
| Subject: Re: Million-Mile Honda Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:58 am | |
| - Smaug wrote:
- Wow. It has been his primary mode of transportation since 1976, between April and November. It helps that he's co-owner of a bike shop, so engine swaps weren't a big deal, but still! A MILLION miles!
Respect. Agree But to me it's not a million mile bike .he is a million mile rider. Kind of like saying I have Lincoln's ax he used to split rails, it's only had two new handles Aside from that a great feat just for the frame and rider. |
| | | exavid Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 2658 Age : 81 Location : Medford, Oregon Points : 8375 Registration date : 2009-07-17
| Subject: Re: Million-Mile Honda Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:04 pm | |
| A friend who lives in Cave Junction, OR has a '93 Goldwing 1500 that has well over 400,000 miles on the odometer. He hasn't done any work on the bike other than the usual routine maintenance. He lives on a dirt road that gets very dusty in the summer, I've seen his bike a couple times when it looked more tan than red. I had a BMW K1100 that had 80,000 miles on it that had only routine maintenance as well and was still going strong when I sold it. Water cooling is what made the difference, air cooled engines don't last as long. |
| | | oldwingguy Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1935 Location : Hocking Hills U.S.A. Points : 5336 Registration date : 2016-01-29
| Subject: Re: Million-Mile Honda Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:15 pm | |
| Water cooled has the advantage, my last G'Wing was at the 100,000 mark when I sold it, NMP, and the guy still has it. |
| | | exavid Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 2658 Age : 81 Location : Medford, Oregon Points : 8375 Registration date : 2009-07-17
| Subject: Re: Million-Mile Honda Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:42 pm | |
| I sold my '93 GL1500 with around 185,000 miles in 2008 to a fellow who lives on the Oregon coast. It was still going strong a couple of years ago. I bought it with 57,000 miles and did nothing more than routine maintenance, and replaced consumables like brake pads, tires, fluids, a couple batteries, those kind of things. |
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