Long-term motorcycle ownership?
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1983 Laverda RGS1000 - mine for the past 35 years.
It's been taxed, MoT'd and ridden every year. Now showing 156000km, so just short of 100000 miles and, aside from normal maintenance, the motor has never been apart - still on original bores, rings, valve guides etc.
It still puts a big smile on my chops!
See here en route to it's 'home' in Breganze, Northern Italy.
028
I think I'll keep it a bit longer....
It's been taxed, MoT'd and ridden every year. Now showing 156000km, so just short of 100000 miles and, aside from normal maintenance, the motor has never been apart - still on original bores, rings, valve guides etc.
It still puts a big smile on my chops!
See here en route to it's 'home' in Breganze, Northern Italy.
028I think I'll keep it a bit longer....
twibs said:
PurpleTurtle said:
wow some commute, how long does that take you ?Commute is a round trip of 50 miles daily, and the Viffer has racked up 43k miles doing that and a few European tours.
SAS Tom said:
This is the bike I’ve kept the longest. I’ve had it 6 years now and plan to keep it forever as it’s something I know I’ll regret selling as I’d never find one in such good condition.
Other bike was Tiger 800, 5 years on that one.
A14RGS said:
1983 Laverda RGS1000 - mine for the past 35 years.
It's been taxed, MoT'd and ridden every year. Now showing 156000km, so just short of 100000 miles and, aside from normal maintenance, the motor has never been apart - still on original bores, rings, valve guides etc.
It still puts a big smile on my chops!
See here en route to it's 'home' in Breganze, Northern Italy.
028
I think I'll keep it a bit longer....
That's absolutely lovely. Surely a thread winner!? It's been taxed, MoT'd and ridden every year. Now showing 156000km, so just short of 100000 miles and, aside from normal maintenance, the motor has never been apart - still on original bores, rings, valve guides etc.
It still puts a big smile on my chops!
See here en route to it's 'home' in Breganze, Northern Italy.
028I think I'll keep it a bit longer....
24 years and counting........
one big rebuild about 15 years ago when the engine died and I bought a later one that had been down the road and swopped the engine, loom black box's over.......other then that good as gold has taken me round Europe in the past but it rarely gets used now only doing a couple of hundred miles a year
if's truly immaculate and still only worth half a mars bar so no point in getting rid.......although i fondly look at Ducati scramblers lately
one big rebuild about 15 years ago when the engine died and I bought a later one that had been down the road and swopped the engine, loom black box's over.......other then that good as gold has taken me round Europe in the past but it rarely gets used now only doing a couple of hundred miles a year
if's truly immaculate and still only worth half a mars bar so no point in getting rid.......although i fondly look at Ducati scramblers lately
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