Re: high mileage
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:34 am
Yes I just bought a 400 Burger with 38k (or 33k) miles. Can't tell you a lot more than that as its not charging and a knee replacement last week has stopped me sorting it at the moment.
What I can tell you is scoots are good bikes for achieving high miles on IMO. The CVT trans stops you from labouring the engine and limiters stop you from over revving them. Oil is the blood of any engine, so change it as required for one of the right spec and simply carry out any other required basic maintenance and it should keep going.
i've seen a lot of bikes with a FSH from a main dealer that have still been poorly maintained. Not saying FSH is a bad thing, cos it isn't, but as good as regular oil changes are, it doesn't mean things like side stand switches get cleaned or throttle return springs degreased and then regreased, lever pivot bolts don't get removed, cleaned and greased either. It's those little things, and others, that keep a bike feeling tight and operating well. Then there is the quite major things, like proper brake caliper maintenance. I can't remember the last time I've fitted new pads and been able to push clean, shiny caliper pistons back into the caliper body. They are always half stuck because they are covered with baked on brake dust. If you want a scoot, or bike, to cover big miles, then you have to put the time in.
I took a mk1 Tmax to over 70k and a SH300 to nearly 90k, bother were sold running well.
What I can tell you is scoots are good bikes for achieving high miles on IMO. The CVT trans stops you from labouring the engine and limiters stop you from over revving them. Oil is the blood of any engine, so change it as required for one of the right spec and simply carry out any other required basic maintenance and it should keep going.
i've seen a lot of bikes with a FSH from a main dealer that have still been poorly maintained. Not saying FSH is a bad thing, cos it isn't, but as good as regular oil changes are, it doesn't mean things like side stand switches get cleaned or throttle return springs degreased and then regreased, lever pivot bolts don't get removed, cleaned and greased either. It's those little things, and others, that keep a bike feeling tight and operating well. Then there is the quite major things, like proper brake caliper maintenance. I can't remember the last time I've fitted new pads and been able to push clean, shiny caliper pistons back into the caliper body. They are always half stuck because they are covered with baked on brake dust. If you want a scoot, or bike, to cover big miles, then you have to put the time in.
I took a mk1 Tmax to over 70k and a SH300 to nearly 90k, bother were sold running well.