CB1100 forum miles

[the Ferret]

Thank you sir, and updated

Might even catch Haystack before he updates his and stay ahead of Kenny another day or two

[ride4now_imp]

Ferret, why do you intentionally try to ride the ST more than the CB?

[the Ferret]

3 reasons (1) The ST it is getting heavy for me and will need to be replaced with something lighter sometime down the road plus it's 10 years old now so it needs to be the first to wear out. (2) I'm trying to put 100,000 miles on the ST (have 21,000 more to go). (3) trying to not wear out the CB because I would like it to last until I quit riding.

I average a little over 20,000 miles a year sometimes close to 30,000 and the miles have to go onto something. I'd rather they go on the ST. Believe me, I love riding my CB, but I know every mile I put on it is 1 mile closer to it's demise. NOthing lasts forever, and even though it should go 100,000 miles, in 2 years I am already more than 1/4 of the way there, so I need to slow down putting the miles on the CB, for both our sakes.

[Cormanus]

Ferret, I suspect that, with love and care, the CB1100 will see you out, even if it has 200,000 or 300,000 miles on the clock. If it doesn't, would you derive a certain perverse pleasure from it crumbling gracefully underneath you and being able to dance around, punching the air and saying, 'Yes! Yes! I won!'?

[4 Paws_imp]

Ferret,
Had 90k plus on my ST1100 and it didn't even drink a drop of oil when it left home - my mistake.

My experience with air cooled 4 cylinders, from 35-40 yrs ago, was they needed a bit of rejuvenating around 60-70k miles but I'm sure engineering has advanced tremendously in that time. Heck, everything has.

[Elipten_imp]

The good news is CBs are cheap.


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[kmoney_imp]

Ferret,
Had 90k plus on my ST1100 and it didn't even drink a drop of oil when it left home - my mistake.

My experience with air cooled 4 cylinders, from 35-40 yrs ago, was they needed a bit of rejuvenating around 60-70k miles but I'm sure engineering has advanced tremendously in that time. Heck, everything has.

I've been wondering about this a bit too. My 1981 XJ650 gave up the ghost at 145,000kms. Bottom end bearings still seemed good, as it made good oil pressure and no noises, but it definitely needed at least a re-ring, or likely an overbore, and the head rebuilt as it basically had no compression or power.

I'm somewhat expecting the CB to need this same thing at around the same mileage (yes, I plan to own it that long). Not a massive expense really, if the rest of the bike is still in good shape and I've got that much mileage out of it. I just hope it's possible to get oversize pistons and rings for the CB in 5 or so years.

[kennyw]

Thank you sir, and updated

Might even catch Haystack before he updates his and stay ahead of Kenny another day or two

The only problem with that plan is the part where you bump the thread and remind us it is time. However, my mileage seems to have dropped off a bit for the month of September.

[curlyjoe_imp]

Only 1510 miles for me in September but I did break 10,000 miles for the year.

[the Ferret]

September was another good month for me having ridden all 30 days in the month making it 231 out of 274 days ridden for the year. Sept numbers: 2,788 miles on the ST and 421 miles on the CB for 3209 miles for the month and 18,659 miles ridden YTD. Should meet my 20,000 miles yearly goal with no problems. (knock on wood)

2 for 2 in October for 118 miles (63 on CB, 55 on ST) and will be out there this afternoon racking up some more lol.

Dang I love riding!