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How many KMs are a lot of KMs

Freak

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Hi,

I am new to the motorcycle world here. Am looking to buy a Kawasaki Ninja 250 soon(hopefully this week). So how many kilometers are a lot of kilometers. What would the KM threshold be ideally? Some bikes have 1000Km while others have 25000Km, one even had 68000km(not a Kawasaki 250). If the motorcycle was well maintained, does it matter? I am pretty sure its not the same as cars as i have never seen any motorcycle cross 100,000Km. Help me out here. If you are looking for a 2nd hand Ninja 250, how many Km would be enough to say No.
 
I just saw a guy on a forum reach 70K MILES on a KTM SMC. That's a thumper, so I bet the I4s can go a lot longer.
 
Age (KMS) is just a number.

Mind you higher kms = more issues that might need to be resolved.
 
Freak said:
Hi,

I am new to the motorcycle world here. Am looking to buy a Kawasaki Ninja 250 soon(hopefully this week). So how many kilometers are a lot of kilometers. What would the KM threshold be ideally? Some bikes have 1000Km while others have 25000Km, one even had 68000km(not a Kawasaki 250). If the motorcycle was well maintained, does it matter? I am pretty sure its not the same as cars as i have never seen any motorcycle cross 100,000Km. Help me out here. If you are looking for a 2nd hand Ninja 250, how many Km would be enough to say No.
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There were a couple threads made here where the rider crossed the 100,000km mark.
A properly maintained bike with 25,000 > unmaintained bike w/ 5000km. The chance that a bike with low kms isn't properly maintained is obviously extremely low and you would usually assume that the 1000km maintenance has not been done yet.
Personally if I were buying a bike from an unknown seller I would be looking for around 10,000km or less.
 
i'm about 25,000 or less...depending on how many owners- and what the person who currently owns it is like..
 
I would much rather buy a higher mileage bike that was meticulously mantained then a bike from some kid wanna be stunter / or someone who doesn't maintain it at all and just beats the hell out of it.

Edit: There is a guy on my other forum that has 200,000 Miles (320,000kms) on his SS with original engine and tranny.

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I got one of my bike with 42,000 miles with 2 previous owner and its now at 60,000 miles without any problem except for wear on the turn signal control and hi beam button. My other bike is at 70K+ kms and no issue except for change in parts like brake pads, chain /sprocket.
I am personally more comfortable to buy a bike thats ridden at least 3K / year.
It all comes to how well the bike was maintained. Have a mechanic friend to look at the bike whatever the mileage is, as long as the price is right.
 
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I have a ninja 250 I bought end of summer last year. I put 8500km before storing it, but all of them are done on day rides. I have done 6 oil changes one every 250km while breaking it in for the first 1000km, one at 4k and one at 8k. chain has been loobed and cleaned every 500-700k.

I would think 8500kms of my kind of riding would be better than riding in the city stop and go while putting only 20-40km every time.

My bike runs like new. Don't even need to use the choke...ever!
 
I'd have no problem buying a higher mileage bike as long as the seller can prove the maintenance history. I've got 45,000 on my bike and every maintenance receipt I've spent on it. The bike looks and works as good as new. I've had a 600 in the past with only 15,000 on it and the previous owner obviously knew nothing about bikes and it was in sad shape compared to my bike with 3x the mileage.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
I'd have no problem buying a higher mileage bike as long as the seller can prove the maintenance history. I've got 45,000 on my bike and every maintenance receipt I've spent on it.
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How do you proove the maintenance was done? If you do the work yourself then how do you proove it? The receipts just show something was bought.

OP...as others have mentioned it's how it is maintained that is more important than the number on the dash (to an extent)
 
I have been the only owner of my gsxr and I'm at about 44k on it now. It pulls harder today than the day I bought it. My bike has been extremely well maintained. I wouldn't mind higher km bikes if the owner is pro active with preventative maintenance.
 
Ok, Let's use some generic assumptions. Take the kilometers, and multiply by rpm at 100 km/h * 60 seconds per minute.

So 40,000 km, times say 6000 rpm for a typical 600 SS.

So thats 40,000 * 6000 * 60.

That is 14,400,000,000 revolutions. The engine has turned over 14 billion times.

What do you expect, it to last forever, should it last a trillion revolutions?

Be realistic.
 
It's funny how many people think their bikes are well maintained, and when you look in the manual it requires things like fuel lines, brake lines, fork oil, and coolant hoses be replaced every couple years and they never have been.
 
murf said:
It's funny how many people think their bikes are well maintained, and when you look in the manual it requires things like fuel lines, brake lines, fork oil, and coolant hoses be replaced every couple years and they never have been.
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+1

regular maintenance =/ oil changes, tires, chain, and washes
 
I've got 32,000km on mine and it runs like a top. I actually think it runs better than when I bought it, since I've done some carb work on it since these things are so lean from the factory in the first place.
 
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Ok, Let's use some generic assumptions. Take the kilometers, and multiply by rpm at 100 km/h * 60 seconds per minute.

So 40,000 km, times say 6000 rpm for a typical 600 SS.

So thats 40,000 * 6000 * 60.

That is 14,400,000,000 revolutions. The engine has turned over 14 billion times.

What do you expect, it to last forever, should it last a trillion revolutions?

Be realistic.
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what if they cruise around at 10,000rpm like many of the riders i see around...
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