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How did you solve the woeful electricals on your GS's? The Stators and Diode board issues were troublesome and one reason I (stupidly) sold my '81 BMW R80GS. I rode one years later ... really liked it! A great dual sport bike!
All of the electrics except the bean can ignition pick up on my 91 GS are original, from what the first owner of my 83 G/S said so are most of those on that one, I have never replaced anything in the 15 years I have owned it.

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I don't think it's a really big deal these days, cars or bikes with 100 000+ km on the clock running still good are quite common ...

100 000 km without any work on it, that's much more interesting.
My GS did 160,000 kms without any work on the engine, new valves, timing chain and piston rings then, it has now done 275,000 km with nothing more done and the gearbox untouched. Several of my friends have high mileage airheads with similar histories.
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My KLR 650 has 213,000km on it and is still going strong. It commuted for the first 130,000 of those and has been my travel bike ever since - 52 countries so far and the America's coming up later this year. It has been relatively trouble free but at the end of the last trip had got very ratty so currently it's getting a decent rebuild. The engine is being done mainly for safety but the biggest signs of wear are in all the peripherals - brakes, suspension and wiring - and that's wear most of the work is needed.

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My KLR 650 has 213,000km on it and is still going strong. It commuted for the first 130,000 of those and has been my travel bike ever since - 52 countries so far and the America's coming up later this year. It has been relatively trouble free but at the end of the last trip had got very ratty so currently it's getting a decent rebuild. The engine is being done mainly for safety but the biggest signs of wear are in all the peripherals - brakes, suspension and wiring - and that's wear most of the work is needed.
Smart move! Many do the engine but neglect the rest of the bike. I would have a look at:
1. Swing arm bearings
2. Head bearings
3. Wheel bearings
4. Rubber brake lines

Renewing all above bearings will really help "tighten up" the feel of the bike. Makes a big difference on an older bike. We did this on a friend's Wee Strom and was like night and day riding the bike after all new bearings.

Also, on the KLR, check your frame and sub frame for CRACKS. Weld them up and re-enforce if required. Bike now ready for another trouble free 200K kms.
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I have a 2011 BMW GS 1200 that I have ridden 150000 kms since new
It has been maintained and serviced properly and hasn't presented any mechanical problems
I am confident with its reliability and completed a five month trip through Europe in 2016
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Seriously impressive distances done here. I sold my first F800GS with 120,000 hassle-free km's to a mate of mine who has taken the 800 to 160,000k's. I then have a mate down here in South Africa who has 195,000k's on his 1150GS...
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I have three, a '79 Triumph T140 with 110,000 miles which I have had from new and have had to do a lot of work on to keep on the road and am not sure I would go too far on it.
Wow, that's one of the most impressive things I've read on this site and I promise I'll never say anything disparaging about old British bikes again (or for at least a month anyway )

I don't know if you saw Bill's 250 MZ at Baskerville Hall last month. It was in the "bike show" and he won a calendar for highest mileage. Then it had over 220,000 miles (about 350,000km) on it but the amount he rides it it could be a bit higher than that now. He has a second one (the "new one") and that has around 80,000 miles on it!

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One guy has a Honda cbx (6-cyl) who has done more than 700k kms.
That is something I find unbelievable (although I'm sure its true). I only have about 30k kms on mine and my impression is that the engine is slightly on the fragile side so to get close to half a million miles out of one is staggering. If there's any more info - a website for example, I'd be interested to see how he's done it. In the meantime I really need to use mine more and have confidence in it.
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