Honda reliablity

[bigjoe87865]

I honestly cant see any thing hard to believe about any of the 4 japs reaching high miles without issues

just maintain the bike properly... and dont abuse it... (abuse and riding hard are 2 different things)

I had a honda that I sold with a little over 20k....

and now I have a suzuki..which I dont see it exploding anytime soon... even though I dont ride her as much and I doubt ill see high miles on it

those asian engineers know what they are doing and are getting paid very handsome for it.

[was92v]

I have an F4i with 22+K. The only real problem has been CCT noise. I changed the CCT to an APE manual and fixed that.

[tached1000rr]

Have any of you found your valve clearance off any when checked? A friend just had his 25,000 mile valve check and all were dead on spec.

[derf]

Any of the big 4 are great bikes. The reason you don't see too many high mileage bikes is that they usually get wrecked. And if they don't get wrecked, they wind up laying on their side at one point in their lives and it eventually causes engine issues.

I mean really how many bikes has anyone here seen, never dropped, that just got too old that it was ridden til it died? I can only say I've seen a handful of examples. Every other bike I know gets passed down from owner to owner until it gets to some newb who has a liter bike as a learner bike and wrecks it.

People talk about high mileage bikes, 25k, 36k, high mileage is over 100k. Go ahead, there are plenty of folks out there who ride their bikes forever.

[tached1000rr]

My brand loyalty is basically "whatever is the best deal I can get at the time I'm looking" I agree that all of the big fun makes great machines.

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by derf

Any of the big 4 are great bikes. The reason you don't see too many high mileage bikes is that they usually get wrecked. And if they don't get wrecked, they wind up laying on their side at one point in their lives and it eventually causes engine issues.

I mean really how many bikes has anyone here seen, never dropped, that just got too old that it was ridden til it died? I can only say I've seen a handful of examples. Every other bike I know gets passed down from owner to owner until it gets to some newb who has a liter bike as a learner bike and wrecks it.

People talk about high mileage bikes, 25k, 36k, high mileage is over 100k. Go ahead, there are plenty of folks out there who ride their bikes forever.

I'm planning on putting 100k+ on the 600rr I'm buy'n... my goal is 36401 miles by the end of December this year... as it has 1401 miles on it now. so 4 years... over 100k... should be doable. not that I plan on selling the bike in 4 years anyhow...

Originally Posted by tached1000rr

My brand loyalty is basically "whatever is the best deal I can get at the time I'm looking" I agree that all of the big fun makes great machines.

Freudian slip?

[tached1000rr]

LOL that's one if there ever was!

[pickle.of.doom]

Got 30k on the superhawk so far. All from me. Still runnin strong

I'm going to check/adjust the valves this spring.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by pickle.of.doom

Got 30k on the superhawk so far. All from me. Still runnin strong

I'm going to check/adjust the valves this spring.

Manual CCT?

[tached1000rr]

Originally Posted by was92v

I have an F4i with 22+K. The only real problem has been CCT noise. I changed the CCT to an APE manual and fixed that.

HOw many miles TYPICALLY before the CCT noise rears it's ugly head?