high milers

Hi Guys what is the highest milage bike in the club or out there on the road, regards J

My retired one is 145,615 which I expect to be near the highest but not quite...

Mine has a mere 114700. I bought it with 90,000 and no history whatsoever. I rode it to Paris and back in a day and it'll do a few laps of the TT in June. Brilliant bikes!

you will enjoy it over there there is some fantastic scenery and good riding roads

Unverified - but one was seen on ebay with 3000000 or so miles on it.... don't think anyone on here has quite got to that... mine has only got a paltry 56000...

I won't be winning this with 13000 on a '99!

peatrich wrote:I won't be winning this with 13000 on a '99!

I remember an old urban myth (it may've been true) from many years ago when I was a courier. A rider had a Kawasaki Z550GT that was relatively shiny and he decided to 'clock' it before moving it on. According to legend, when he opened the clock binnacle he found a wee note inside that read, "Oh no! Not again!"

Maybe your 13k '99 bike's actually been to the moon and back........

FRIGHTNING you just never know who has been rooting about in there

badseeds wrote:
... According to legend, when he opened the clock binnacle he found a wee note inside that read, "Oh no! Not again!"

Maybe your 13k '99 bike's actually been to the moon and back........

:)

This idea has interested me too. From the garage receipts I got with my bike it certainly did a large number of miles in a short amount of time, plus, sometimes the numbers on my odometer don't quite line up the way they should - it is very subtle, but I have wondered if it has done 156,000 rather than 56,000 miles.

I have never looked inside the clock-housing to see if there is any evidence of tampering... the bike wasn't in fantastic condition when I got it (I also haven't done much to help this!) so it could have gone around the clock.

Mine's still a baby, 89,000 miles but it's all mine

peatrich wrote:I won't be winning this with 13000 on a '99!

Nor me with 21 on a 96

badseeds wrote:

peatrich wrote:I won't be winning this with 13000 on a '99!

I remember an old urban myth (it may've been true) from many years ago when I was a courier. A rider had a Kawasaki Z550GT that was relatively shiny and he decided to 'clock' it before moving it on. According to legend, when he opened the clock binnacle he found a wee note inside that read, "Oh no! Not again!"

Maybe your 13k '99 bike's actually been to the moon and back........

A random guy in a pub relayed this story to me yesterday, claiming it was him who found a similar note, but in different circumstances! Now I don't know what to believe!

alvamiga wrote:A random guy in a pub relayed this story to me yesterday, claiming it was him who found a similar note, but in different circumstances! Now I don't know what to believe!

Ha ha! It must be an urban myth, then!

I dare say there are plenty of these little notes in clocks since the urban myth started.

I remember a courier company I worked for had a couple of ER-5s as 'pool' bikes. These were bought very, very cheaply in Europe and had KMH clocks. One got written off and went for auction.

The new owner contacted us to ask how it had covered 24,000 KMS in just 18 months. I had to break the news that the clocks had been fitted with a converter, so those numbers were actually miles.....

badseeds wrote:

alvamiga wrote:A random guy in a pub relayed this story to me yesterday, claiming it was him who found a similar note, but in different circumstances! Now I don't know what to believe!

Ha ha! It must be an urban myth, then!

but it just makes you think though

There has been a british courier CBF500 a few years ago that has done more than 500,000 kms. According to the owner the engine hasn`t been overhauled but needed some oil.

skyrider wrote:

badseeds wrote:

alvamiga wrote:A random guy in a pub relayed this story to me yesterday, claiming it was him who found a similar note, but in different circumstances! Now I don't know what to believe!

Ha ha! It must be an urban myth, then!

but it just makes you think though

There's always the chance people started doing it because of the original myth and that it now happens because of it.

This happened today.

Where the hell do people go on these bikes

Stu9 wrote:Where the hell do people go on these bikes

Ha ha!

I stopped on the way to work to snap this..

Got a way to go to catch Badseeds!

sullivj wrote:I stopped on the way to work to snap this..

Got a way to go to catch Badseeds!

Oh wow! What are the chances of us both taking pics, eh?

Haha.. Twins separated at birth I reckon!

Exactly 100k though.... At least you know that cossetted Tango has lots & lots of life left. I haven't touched the valve clearances or balanced the carbs since getting the bike at 90k (with no history) and it still returns 200+ miles from 15.5 litres of fuel. If it aint broke.......