05-04-2016, 10:46 PM
(05-04-2016, 09:42 PM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Quail, you are not going to find many owners that put over 50,000 miles on the same motorcycle. They get the wantsies for a new one long before they reach that plateau. Since the average motorcycle owner rides 1900 miles a year that would take close to 25 years. And to complicate matters, most of the bikes that are "beat on" for lack of a better term are liquid cooled bikes, not air cooled like the CB.
As long as you don't take a cold motor and run it at redline for a sustained period, or not change the oil and filter at the recommended times, I doubt you could hurt this motor just riding it.
Personally I break mine in fairly easy, just like I ride, and change the oil and filter every 4,000 miles. I have 71,000 miles on my ST with no issues, but again, it's a liquid cooled motor. I have 20,000 on my CB and don't anticipate any issues in the next 80,000 miles. Hondas are well designed, well manufactured, of good materials. Honda has a lot of experience building reliable motorcycles. Barring something wierd, I wouldn't expect any problems for basically my lifetime. Don't know that you could wear one of these out. Suppose it's possible, but highly unlikely.
Ok 50 k was a bad qualifier. I just want good solid info without wading through all the "wife's tales". I have wenched cars all my life, and they are night and day different animals. I work for myself (my boss is a total a$$ and never lets me off early) so I seldom get more than an hour. maybe 3 times a week to ride. I just want to know can I ride this and bump the 3500, 5000 rpm range without thinking that I will shorten its life. I would hate to be 75 years old and need to replace the primary chains, or something else major just because I failed to break it in properly. At the rate I am going it will be fall before I get it broke in.