Cruiser Guys - Advice Please!

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Is 87,000 km on a 1700 cc Yamaha Road Star considered a lot in your world? Would the bike hold any value with this amount of km's if the rest of the bike was good? What is the life of one of these engines...do they go over 100,000 km's? Thanks!
 
Most cruisers don`t get ridden hard .Is the guy has proof of maintenance and the bike is clean why not .All depends on the price .
 
MLadin said:
All the cruiser guys left this forum?
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Yup, a long time ago it would seem.

What year is it? 87k is higher k bike but should still have lots of good life left in it if it was cared for properly. After a good inspection and review of service records I would not hesitate to buy it if it were priced accordingly

As far as value is concerned, even if the bike was in showroom condition the high k would greatly lower it's value. There's just to many lower k bikes out there for sale.
 
no not all of us have left. Well sort of. I now ride a FJR1300 sport tourer. But still have my cruiser which is up for sale. I put 131.000 on my Vstar since 2001 and it still runs very well, just figured it was time for a change.
 
Doesn't matter if it's a cruiser or a sportbike or anything else, if it's been maintained well that much mileage is nothing. There's a perception in North America, and worse here in the GTA, that if a bike has more that 20K on it, it is junk. In most of the rest of the world a bike with less than 100K on it is just barely broken in. There is a courier in the UK that has put a million miles on a VFR800. He did swap engines at 500,000 miles (800,000km) though.

Take it to a mechanic or take a mechanic with you to look at it. If it's been well maintained and the price is right they are supposed to be great bikes.
 
Lunatic said:
Doesn't matter if it's a cruiser or a sportbike or anything else, if it's been maintained well that much mileage is nothing. There's a perception in North America, and worse here in the GTA, that if a bike has more that 20K on it, it is junk.
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SShhhhh!!!! Don't let the secret out.

One aspect that is unique to the GTA is that most riders do not have even the most basic idea of proper bike maintenance or how to store a bike. So they run up all these big bills for stupid things like not using a battery tender or draining float bowls before storage, then they sell the bikes cheap over 30,000kms.

Any Japanese bike since the 70s will run into the hundreds of thousands of kms with basic maintenance. If something fails, they are cheap to fix yourself. If you have to rely on a dealer or aonther people to do simple things in your life, then prepare for a lost of costs and debt in your life.

I got a friend on the road on a Honda 500 for $600, all it needed was a carb cleaning and a battery.

Harley or Italian bikes...walk away.
 
CafeRay said:
Harley or Italian bikes...walk away.
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Not necessarily, but definitely be much more cautious. You would want very comprehensive service records and a good look over by a mechanic who specializes in the brand. Same thing goes double for old British bikes!
 
Thanks for the responses. Looks like the psychological 20,000 km hump for sportbikes, is 50,000 km for cruisers?

Highest I've seen on a sportbike was 87,000 on an 07 R1.
 
It all depends if the owner did the proper maintenance, and depends on his or her riding style.
Any bike that is treated properly can last longer.
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