Quote Originally Posted by bowtiewagon View Post
You get what you pay for. I have over 25,000 miles on mine.But not without replacing many items.. easy stuff, typical of replacing, but for better quality. My first motor lasted over 20,000 miles before the Transmission blew up. Found a replacement not real happy with it but it does get me around.
Anyway. I also recommend a magnetic oil plug. Best thing for this bike as it breaks in. Better to collect the metal shavings than for them to gum up the innards.


Welcome to the show. I love my bike. I work on it alot, but it is by choice to maintain her. Have fun and ride safe.
and sometimes you don't get what you pay for...
I'm often perplexed you got 20k + before any real problems set in.
don't get me wrong I'm very glad for you, but I've had so many unrelated engine problems and just 3k miles that I'm genuinely surprised when I first heard you got that far...

dropped valve, bent rod, and all the damage that goes with at not 1000 miles, burnt valve (admittedly my fault) at 2500, and a blow by seize today.
each and everyone a top end rebuild required.
then there was the failed master cylinder that failed mid ride, and a myrad of other things,the bike has spent as much time out of commission as in.

I've genuinly enjoy working to improving things, it helps justify my basement machine shop, but I'm genuinely tired of it as well, things just gone wrong far too often for my liking...
and it's not like it's my daily driver, I have 5 other vehicles I drive a whole lot more often.

that said I love the piece of shit and looking forward to the day the engine is beyond my repair and have no choice but to investigate an upgrade