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600 Tenere. Sold it with >160kkm on it. Hard to say exactly how much more, because the odo was broken for a long time. Apparently, my mate who is a mechanic says the bike is still running 12 years later and he sometimes does some minor work on it.




My RD07 Africa Twin - sold it with >200kkm on it. Again, hard to say how much as I ran without an odo for a while, and then also a Stealth electronic odo for >30kkm.





Love to say it was trouble free, ut both required some rebuild along the way...
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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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I have a 2000 KLR650, which I bought new in 2001. It currently has ~98,000 miles on it, and is mostly original, i.e. no rebore or head work. I went through it at 70k and replaced steering head and wheel bearings, clutch discs and water pump seals, but these were all preventative. It does use a fair amount of oil, since it hit 85k or so. These bikes are cheap enough that I don't see myself doing any major work on it anymore, I could buy a 6 or 8 year old one with 10k miles for $3,000. After it hits 100k, I will likely push it into a corner of the garage and get another mid sized dual sport. Probably an XR650L Honda, just to try something different.

This bike has mainly been used for long trips, and I ride conservatively when in foreign countries, so a lot of those miles are pretty low stress. Interestingly, its fuel consumption continues to get better the more miles it has. I regularly get over 60mpg (US), which is ~20% better than when it was newer. I am planning to go to Guatemala in January, and am undecided whether to take this bike, mainly because it is a great souvenir from my trips, and if it did break down, it wouldn't make financial sense to ship it back.
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1978 Kawasaki KZ650, 150,000+ miles.
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Yes:
Thanks, Grant.

So, here's my contribution to this thread: 1993 R80GS, nearly 180,000 km on the clock. Still running smooth. About half the kilometers done in southern Africa, OZ and Middle East. Lots of dirt roads. No major repairs yet.
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Add me to the over 200 000 Klm club. I did a RTW on my 1988 Dr 600. I still have the bike in my garage somewhere....
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somehow I don't see anybody reporting his KTM with high mileage....
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If you know how to ride, you dont need the modern electronic nonsence anyway ...
Yep, the last German emperor (Kaiser Wilhelm) was also convinced that the stupid invention of automobiles would soon be binned. He favoured horses.
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Yep, the last German emperor (Kaiser Wilhelm) was also convinced that the stupid invention of automobiles would soon be binned. He favoured horses.
actually I favor horses as well, not on the highway though


Speaking of highway, which bike would you prefer to get - one with 100k highway miles on it or one with 10k miles ridden in dirt? My points is mileage alone doesn't count much.
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