[naked6]

i love to hear about bikes that get put to the test. These bikes are meant to be ridden and its quite a shame when it seems like a vast majority of these machines don't survive past 10k miles. props to all of ya'll who keep on clickin off miles.

 

[02CarbonR6]

I have a 2003 with 12K on it. You guys talk about preventive maintenance; what do you mean by that. At twelve thousand miles, what should I do to make my bike run strong for a long time. Thanks.

 

[Chip]

Change your oil when you you are supposed to, and take care of any problems quickly. If you hear any strange noises, don't just hope they will go away. I have put just under 40k miles on my '03, and it runs just as well as when it had 10 miles.

 

[R6Riffic]

2005 r6 going on 13000 miles.

 

[stockton]

Hey I want to try to get the award for least amount of miles. I just picked up my second R6 last spring.. It's a 99 blue with only 7,500 original miles.... I think right now I have about 8,000 on it..... not to bad for an original 99

sorry i beat you. i have a 02 when i bought the bike it only had 1600 on it. that was last spring. it now has about 4400 or so. i dont do a lot of long driving. just to work, school and around. i'll be riding it a lot more this year for sure.

 

[wrparrish]

03 with 32k

 

[sunofwolf]

My 02 R6 has about 10,400 miles now and runs great. I do work on it more than ride it right now -winter too cold to ride, I use syn amsiol or mobil one 10-40 and a extra long bosche 3323 oil filter and change it every 1,000 miles. I don't have dough for another bike,so I will just ride it till the engine blows up or when i can get a new bike but the 02 is all i really need this Summer as its in great Shape. I did a lot of supension work and the bike goes over bumps like they are nothing now. :blahblahb

 

[Reverend]

Current:
06 R6 - 5900 miles
06 Hayabusa - 392 miles
00 Silverado 132,000
75 super beetle - ?? on the body, 60k on the engine
Previous:
98 EX250 - 19,000, bought it with 13k
90 GMC Sierra - 346,000
93 Mazda b2200 - 220,000

97 VFR - 32,000
74 Honda CB 360 - 47,000
78 CB 750 - 89,000

Last three are my dads commuting bikes he had when we lived in the bay area. The 750 got 69,000 miles on it before he put a new motor in it, motor wasn't bad, but he came across a fresh one for cheap. Put another 20k on before he sold it.
Like everyone is saying, anything will last as long as it's taken care of. I proved that with my first truck, 350k miles on a GM 4.3 V6 is pretty damn good, but I took care of it, you tend to do that with things that you've invested your money into. Well, people should at least, some people just don't care.
I agree that most sportbikes don't see 10k miles, but I've always been a believer in taking care of things that cost me money, but when you don't have that much money you tend to have that attitude.

 

[liquidr6]

dude my buddy had a 96 gixxer 750 with around 60,000 miles on it when he sold it and it was running like a champ still. Bike engines can be just as reliable as a car egine what taken care of properly. My 03 r6 had 17,500 miles on it when i sold it and not a thing wrong with it

 

[shaggy]

2002 R6, 64.000+ miles, about half of those are at Palomar mountain (aka palomar international raceway) or the track. Still runs like the day I bought her new. Still whoops a LOT of azz on the newer bikes at the track too! sub 1:30's at willow, 1:22's at streets of willow, 1:55's at buttonwillow, 1:47's at pahrump...don't need a new bike till people with new ones start getting faster!

 

[The Real Homeslice]

had an 02 SV with 52K miles that I got rid of last spring..........Engine was bulletproof, all it needed was a new clutch

 

[DesertFlower]

2002 R6, 64.000+ miles, about half of those are at Palomar mountain (aka palomar international raceway) or the track. Still runs like the day I bought her new. Still whoops a LOT of azz on the newer bikes at the track too! sub 1:30's at willow, 1:22's at streets of willow, 1:55's at buttonwillow, 1:47's at pahrump...don't need a new bike till people with new ones start getting faster!

That is SO awesome! :thumbup

My 2002 R6 has 41, 6xx miles on it! Mainly piled up due to commuting to work (40+ miles one way for a while).
Regular oil changes and the thing runs great! Checked the valves at 36k and still in spec!
On the street I never rode it hard. On the track, a bit, but it was retired from race track duty at the end of 2004.

 

[Black Eye]

Obviously the key factor here is what type of mileage it is, not so much the number.

Assuming they had the same mileage:

I would much rather have a bike that was a weekend warrior 200-300miles per trip than to get a bike that was a city stop/go commuter for someone.

 

[dsteele10814]

99 R6 around 33,000 miles running good