Riding home last night...watching for the magic 100,000k reading (all mine) and.........

Back to 0 and counting... ( and a flashing one on the left of the screen).   

Was looking forward to a screen of zeros.

Wonder of anyone would buy an 02 Monster with less than 100k on the clock 

God knows what's on the little Ducati single - it's off to NDR this weekend. 

Congrats!

big (Nice to see you've got it run in now... Let me know how the second 100,000 goes;-)  )

Well done...... 

I think we need pics of the 100K bike....  [moto]

Ooohhh and the "Big" question.... How many times have you washed it??

So did you stop to take photos?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigiain/437343417#

big (that was it's second time around)

firstly, well done!

secondly....it's strange the mentality that seems to permeate motorcycling culture about second hand bikes with k's on them....I've been told that anything over 20,000 and people just don't want it....by the time it's 50k it's seriously difficult to sell....yet we have engines that can easily get 200,000.

Is there a history of bikes dying back in the day? and modern day design has increased longevity but the concern still remains?

Quote from: Spider on May 14, 2009, 12:42:57 AM
firstly, well done!

secondly....it's strange the mentality that seems to permeate motorcycling culture about second hand bikes with k's on them....I've been told that anything over 20,000 and people just don't want it....by the time it's 50k it's seriously difficult to sell....yet we have engines that can easily get 200,000.

Is there a history of bikes dying back in the day? and modern day design has increased longevity but the concern still remains?

personally i think its a hangover from the old days the older riders might back me up here but most bikes were totally shot at that mileage , English less than than that then the japs bikes depending on how hard you flogged them , and cars where no different , but today with better metal and tighter tolerances and good design and of corse good  maintenance thats all fine now 

Quote from: bazz20 on May 14, 2009, 03:05:11 AM
personally i think its a hangover from the old days the older riders might back me up here but most bikes were totally shot at that mileage , English less than than that then the japs bikes depending on how hard you flogged them , and cars where no different , but today with better metal and tighter tolerances and good design and of corse good  maintenance thats all fine now 

I reckon that's part of it, but I think it's also because at least for sportsbikes, there's _always_ low mileage ones for sale, so whether a 50,000km old one is "used up" or not there'll almost always be a much lower mileage one the next ad down, so you'd either get that one instead, or screw the price down on the guy selling the one with high miles.

A guy I know spent over a year trying to sell a 4 year old VTR1000 with 70,000km on it - he eventually "let it go" to a friend for $4000 - the same year bikes with under 20,000km on them were still going for 8 or 9k, but he wasn't getting any calls advertising a 6 or 5...

big (lucky for me, my Monster's only showing ~46,000km, that's OK for a '99 model, right? ;-)  )

Hmmm ??
Old Pommie stuff??........Not unusual to have had the top off the motor by 20k-30k. 

Old Harleys (pre AMF) would just about run forever. My '59 FLH was rebuilt in 1991 and the internals according to the rebuilder had part numbers that hadnt been around since the 60's. 

My K1 Honda 4, had 130,000k's on it when I sold it to a knob who abused it to destruction. 

So I dunno, yes the new vehicles are built with a lot more precision and better(?) materials, so potentially they "should" last longer? But, are they more highly strung, and so does that to some extent balance it all out??    [moto]

Will we see todays bikes as Vintage, Veteran, Classic and Post Classic racers and Club bikes in the future??

Only time will tell!! 

Firstly, good one on reaching 100,000 k.

Hope this is not a threadjack, but can't help thinking: How many K can you reliably expect from a modern 2V motor (ie before a complete rebuild is required with new rings, bearings etc.)?

My dilemma is that while I only use my S2R800 as a "toy", have still put 12,000 K on it in 11 months. I really have no preference for another model, so should I sell it soon while it's still under warranty & less than 20,000 K on the clock just to get a reasonable price for an upgrade (that I don't really want). Or, if I can expect 200,000+ K, why not accept that it will be worth $0 at the end, keep it forever, ride the wheels of it & put the money saved into some mods!

These are probably dumb questions, but am new to Ducati, so can anyone offer advice?

One of the reasons I decided on the 2V Duc was its rebuildability, our 750 has done 75K and after sorting out a couple of niggles early in the piece, its fairly humming and a bucketload of fun to ride, and really prompted me to sell my SV1000S and get my M1000DS.  [moto] 

If you like your steed there is no reason why you cant/wont rebuild it when its necessary. Whereas the jap stuff is probably regarded as more of a "disposable" product and gets chucked when it gets long in the tooth?? 

I reckon the Duc is "Ducs Guts" ( Sorry) and I'll keep them and rebuild them if and when it needs  it.   

Quote from: wayne800 on May 15, 2009, 03:43:39 PM
Firstly, good one on reaching 100,000 k.

Hope this is not a threadjack, but can't help thinking: How many K can you reliably expect from a modern 2V motor (ie before a complete rebuild is required with new rings, bearings etc.)?

My dilemma is that while I only use my S2R800 as a "toy", have still put 12,000 K on it in 11 months. I really have no preference for another model, so should I sell it soon while it's still under warranty & less than 20,000 K on the clock just to get a reasonable price for an upgrade (that I don't really want). Or, if I can expect 200,000+ K, why not accept that it will be worth $0 at the end, keep it forever, ride the wheels of it & put the money saved into some mods!

These are probably dumb questions, but am new to Ducati, so can anyone offer advice?

shit your bike not even run in and ask big how many Ks hes has done if my memory serves me write  big turned over 200,000 a while ago and listed what he has done  

you probably only have another 15 to 20 years left on that bike!

enjoy the  [moto]

Quote from: bigiain on May 14, 2009, 07:21:11 PM
..... (lucky for me, my Monster's only showing ~46,000km, that's OK for a '99 model, right? ;-)  )

46,000km in 10 years, that bike must be made of sugar dude 

Quote from: goldFiSh on May 15, 2009, 08:53:42 PM
46,000km in 10 years, that bike must be made of sugar dude 

rumour has it that he doesn't want to get it dirty! 

holy sheep shit batman that means big,s bike has done 246,000 now  now that for any bike is big mileage