RE: old design was oilheads-digest V1 #47

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I used to ride and tour all the time on a Suzuki GSXR1100. It can be seen here:

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/emoto1/gsxr.htm

and here

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/emoto1/motorcyc.htm

It currently has something like 55,000 miles on it, and has never needed anything more costly than a headlight bulb. Unlike my BMW.

It would have 100,000 miles on it by now, if my body could still bend as easily as it used to. 

> <<< -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Eckhard Grohe
> 
> How many 200,000 mile R1's are there out there? >>>
> 
> 	None. They get wrecked, trans. blows up one too many times,
> something new and better comes along... before you know it,
> you have an old "tired" bike sitting on the back porch
> rusting. Usually a part that is broken costs 1/2 or more
> than the bike is worth. Replacing 2nd gear for the 3rd time
> gets to be a pain in the ass, so the bike sits.
> 	Young kids ride these bikes mostly. One too many (more like
> 100 too many) wheelies, accidents, flipped over wrecked
> bikes, no insurance, reality hits you can't afford a new
> bike, so you take up fishing. Engine mileage doesn't usually
> come into play it is the kind of bike, how and how you ride
> it. R1's are in the class of driving it like you want to
> kill it. Most do kill bikes like these, but is it the engine
> that holds up the show? I doubt it.

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