Should I be nervous about buying a BMW with 75,000miles on it?
I'm in the process of looking for and buying a used BMW r1100r or r1150r for a European road trip. I am looking at a '99 r1100r that's pretty clean and has 19,000miles on it. Problem is it needed clutch work. But the owner took a healthy amount off of the price to allow for the repairs.
Now the day before I go and check out this bike with a mechanic, I find a 2002 r1150r that is super clean, well maintained but has 75,000 miles on it. I haven't looked at it just yet, but it is supposedly very well maintained and the miles are all from touring miles. This is a turn key bike for a decent price. My problem is the mileage. No major work has been done to this oilhead, aside from the typical maintenance. Also the tires, brakes and shocks/springs have all been recently redone. Is this a bike I can ride worry free, given that it has been maintained well? Or with the general wear and tear of having such high mileage not be worth it? I've often seen posts about BMW's with well over 100,000 miles on them, but not sure how common it truly is? will I need to be doing an overhaul 5,000 miles into my trek?
any help would be appreciated, I will be making a decision by tomorrow so any help I can get sooner than later would be greatly appreciated.
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