What's "High Mileage" for an FJR

[David Morrow]

This may be a question without an answer but I'm interested to hear some opinions.

I just turned 130,000 Km's / 80,000 Miles on my 2003 FJR. I think I'll keep it until I hit 200,000 Km's, maybe more - 2 more years. I have had absolutely no problems so far. (I sold my 2000 Concours with 175,000 Km's and a friend had 525,000 Km's on his Concours.) My thinking is that there are very few parts that really wear out and it would be cheaper to replace even those more expensive parts as a preventative measure to maintain reliability than to buy a new or lightly used bike. A few years ago, a friend sold his Concours just before it hit 100,000 mile because his thinking was that after that point, it would take a huge hit in term of selling price. My feeling is that the first owner always takes the biggest hit per each mile ridden in terms of selling price.

I have yet to find a bike a perfect for my needs as the FJR.

 

[Murph]

Definitely a question without an answer. You're going to get alot of opinions.

I agree with you that the original owner takes the biggest vehicle depreciation hit and I think you would be wise to keep riding the bike for another two or more years. The more miles you put on the bike, you continue to get better value for your purchase dollar.

Besides, there are riders on this forum with 120,000 miles and more. At 80,000 miles, your bike is just getting broken in! :thumbsup:

 

[GalaxyBlue]

SkooterG is our reining Mileage Whore on here, With in excess of 150,000 miles on an '04...

YMMV...

 

[FJReady]

Mine just turned 39,000 mi. I think it's almost broken in now.

 

[Ignacio]

Ugh.

I can't stand the prospect winter with yet another thread of what is considered high mileage....or worse a run down of people's mileage. We've got too many people to keep doing that. It will drive me and others batty as it shows up in View New Posts perpetually.

David, PLEASE either look through through the often discussed threads of this subject or draw your own subjective conclusion. There's even the FJR Registry to gather information.