Modern Day Bike Mileage

[anonymous-user]

So having had my eye on the MT09 Tracer the past few days I am thinking it might be my next commuter bike. Problem being I have to wait for my current commuter to expire first. In the interest of not being wasteful with money I want to allow it to do this naturally and not neglect it.

The question being what kind of mileage are we likely to expect from modern jap bikes that are serviced as per the schedule before they start dismantling themselves and becoming triggers broom?

Last year I bought a new 2014 CB500x which now has around 31,000 miles on it and apart from the chain expiring on me a few times its not really showing any major signs of wear. My worry is that its going to last years and years and i am going to be stuck with it. Not that i dislike it, I just get bored quick.

Can any dispatch riders or big commuters comment on the life span of these bikes or is there a prime mileage to get rid of them at to move on? I suspect i may have missed this boat!

[anonymous-user]

Ohhhhhh!! I might put another year in on it then - 60k mile 2 year old bike will likely be worth chicken feed!!

To be fair its saving me £12k a year on a train ticket so if I look at it that way i should treat myself yearly to a new commuter. Also a bit of justification is that i could fully track my R1 and use the MT09 as an all purpose bike. The CB is too slow to do that...hmmm

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 24th April 16:07

[anonymous-user]

Going to book a test drive on the MT09 Tracer for tomorrow.

I just need to keep in the back of my mind that it may just be the fact i sit on the motorway constantly on the CB that may be planting the seed of me being bored of it. Not sure any bike is going to resolve that...but i can sure try

[anonymous-user]

Mr OCD said:

mckeann said:

No point not being on the bike you want for 30K a year. Sell it, take the hit, buy the bike you want.

This.

That's why I do 12k pa on a superbike

Fair point. I was doing 20k PA on R6's then R1's but after you get past about 25k its silly uncomfortable and very very expensive! So now i keep my R1 for the 5-10k i do per year on the road and track in the sun

[anonymous-user]

Mr OCD said:

yammyfan said:

Fair point. I was doing 20k PA on R6's then R1's but after you get past about 25k its silly uncomfortable and very very expensive! So now i keep my R1 for the 5-10k i do per year on the road and track in the sun

Good man!

Can't be done with these people who barely do a thousand miles year... Buy it, use it then buy another ... Taken my last three bikes from low four figure mileages to 35k in two years ... . Doing the same with this Fireblade ... Two years and will punt it on...

Guy at work has 4 bikes and did 850 miles between them last year. Think he just likes to look at them an polish them up. Each to their own.

I am doing approx 32,000 miles a year now and actually find commuting quite peaceful (until I hit London) and it gives me time to think of ideas that I wouldn't normally have with my face buried in a phone/laptop/tv etc. Then I hit London and its all guns blazing traffic filtering.

I know i am going to love this MT09 but im concerned about the extra 4" on the bar width. The CB won others because its so thin! We will have to see.