high mileage?
 

the sv i am looking at buying will only be my 2nd big bikea and i was wondering what is considered HIGH mileage on say an 04 650?
my r6 had 22k on it and was fine just wondered what the suzuki v-twin is good for?

Re: high mileage?
 

Mine is 7 or 8 months old now. I have 15k on the clock. I bought it brand new.

Whatever the milage, make sure it has a service history!

You can usually set your watch by my service schedule!

(you might be 200miles late for work if you did, but you get the point!)

Re: high mileage?
 

theres some real big high milers on this site! me not being one of them;)

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my 53 SV1000's has racked up 38,000 miles with no problems to speak of

Re: high mileage?
 

I got 130,000+ trouble free miles , after that, no serious troubles but noticable increase in oil consumption

compression test @ 135k service revealed 230psi compression rear cylinder and 90psi for the front. subsequent engine teardown revealed valve guides worn beyond service limits (consistent with oil consumption, only smoked a bit on startup), one exaust valve in front was not seating properly due to valveguide,

pistons & rings were not worn beyond service limits but worn enuf to warrant replacement

crank, rods & bearings all ok, but cam chains worn beyond service limits, so case will need to be split for rebuild anyway,

bike was 100% dealer serviced, per chart in owners manual, no more, no less

this bike was used as an adventure bike, at least 40,000 miles of total were gravel roads & fire trails, prolly a couple thousand miles of single track dirtbike trail, stanting on pegs slipping clutch in 1st &2nd gear, maybe 15,000 miles or so of divided highway and the rest, rural & secondary roads, less than 500 miles of urban riding

original clutch lasted 102k, at that time only fibre plates & springs were changed, still has original steel plates

voltage regulator/rectifer was replaced 2 times, nothng else except normal oil changes, tuneups etc. valve clearance only needed adjustment 2 times forts time @ 75k, second time @ 120k

YMMV

Re: high mileage?
 

good to hear i will be looking for many more years of riding on my bike

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My K5 is gonna be 2 yeas old at the end of june and has done 27,000 miles so far. It's never let me down once, I had a new chain and sprocket at about 20,000 miles, serviced it, put tyres on it and fueled it up and thats it.

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50k on omy k1

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I only ever get about 130 miles between fuel fill-ups.

I'm impressed! ;)