How long will a CB engine last?

[Cormanus]

It would help us all, PowerDubs, if you could stop delivering lectures. By all means express a view, but leave it at that. You object to people who tell you how you should live and spend your time. How about extending others the same courtesy?

For example, leaving out the last sentence of your previous post would have made it more acceptable.

Wait, what? Leave out facts?

Big difference than telling people ‘how to live and spend those time’.

Acceptable in this place is subject to odd interpretation.

Guy comes in to a motorcycle forum and starts talking pollution- I respond with appropriate videos - not politics fed news agenda- and somehow Im the bad guy.

No need to tell me to leave… I’ve had enough.


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Wait, what? Leave out facts?

Big difference than telling people ‘how to live and spend those time’.

Acceptable in this place is subject to odd interpretation.

Guy comes in to a motorcycle forum and starts talking pollution- I respond with appropriate videos - not politics fed news agenda- and somehow Im the bad guy.

No need to tell me to leave… I’ve had enough.
Perhaps do me the courtesy of reading both your original post and my request more carefully. Not once did I object to your facts or to your posting them. I objected solely to the final sentence in your post. To remind you, it said:

Peter- heat itself does NOT equal more pollution, nor more NOx.

You can certainly tune an engine to run clean & hot. In fact cats run MUCH better hot.

But this is not the forum to get political. If you are an staunch environmentalist- you would only own a bicycle- live on solar power- use NO plastic (which is MUCH worse) and certainly not have 'drop a gear and disappear' in your sig.

Anyone selling such narrative to you- are not only truly unaware- but getting paid on the back end to feed spoonful's of soup to suckers.

The reality is- NOTHING any of us common folk do will matter. Do you know what a private jet or ship pollutes?

Do you know that 'recycling' is B.S.?

Mods- wasn't me that took this off topic into fantasy land...but here is proof-

AND

The truth is - just like smoking, drinking- plastic- burning ANYTHING- chemical ANYTHING- cleaning water - cleaning air- the ONLY solution is a COMPLETE and FINAL stop doing ALL of it. Now and forever on.

Unless TOTAL worldwide understanding and stopping of ALL that stops- the problem is still there. SO- live your life and stop making posts on the internet that aren't reality.

No facts in there that I can see; just an instruction on how to behave.

 

[Wisedrum]

Well I think we already have 6 figure mileage on some CBs here on the forum. I'm approaching 60k myself, but I guess it depends on what you mean by a Major repair?

The German CB-rider itsme rode 300.000km with his Honda. He suddenly dissapeared and his website is somehow down. He posted a protocol about his CB. As I remember, there were no major but some repairs and of cause here and then needed maintenance work. He damaged his CB in an accident and planned to restore his Honda. I guess he didn't do it because he switched to an African Twin.

For me he has set the benchmark for how long will a CB and it's engine last. Probably the CB will last much longer. He couldn't find it out. Maybe I will do it, but I'm right now only at 72.000km and ride 3 motorbikes.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

Well I think we already have 6 figure mileage on some CBs here on the forum. I'm approaching 60k myself, but I guess it depends on what you mean by a Major repair?

The German CB-rider itsme rode 300.000km with his Honda. He suddenly dissapeared and his website is somehow down. He posted a protocol about his CB. As I remember, there were no major but some repairs and of cause here and then needed maintenance work. He damaged his CB in an accident and planned to restore his Honda. I guess he didn't do it because he switched to an African Twin.

For me he has set the benchmark for how long will a CB and it's engine last. Probably the CB will last much longer. He couldn't find it out. Maybe I will do it, but I'm right now only at 72.000km and ride 3 motorbikes.

Interesting statistic.

I have come across at least a couple of German Africa Twin riders who have accumulated over 300000 kms on their rides (not recently either). I wonder if he was one of those owners. Nonetheless, no major powertrain work required, and very few valve adjustments that I recall. Hondas still seem durable.

 

[the Ferret]

This all bodes well for our bikes, seeing as how they are no longer being made. They may last us old guys until we are worm bait.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

This all bodes well for our bikes, seeing as how they are no longer being made. They may last us old guys until we are worm bait.

:rofl:

 

[Gone in 60]

As long as it keeps running into perpetuity without me having to do anything but change the oil, I'll be happy. I do not plan to crack the valve cover open.

 

[Wisedrum]

Me neither.

 

[Jurlie_imp]

As long as it keeps running into perpetuity without me having to do anything but change the oil, I'll be happy. I do not plan to crack the valve cover open.

You guys don't check your valves?:huh:
I check mine every 24k (twice as many miles than what manual says) and every time at least 4 valves are out of spec.


Question to those with high mileage: don't your transmission whine on an aggressive acceleration? My 1st gear does noticeably, and 2nd is quieter, but still does. I'm wondering, should I order bearings and learn how to rebuild it or it's still fine for another 20-40k?
Current mileage is 63k miles.

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

As long as it keeps running into perpetuity without me having to do anything but change the oil, I'll be happy. I do not plan to crack the valve cover open.

You guys don't check your valves?:huh:
I check mine every 24k (twice as many miles than what manual says) and every time at least 4 valves are out of spec.


Question to those with high mileage: don't your transmission whine on an aggressive acceleration? My 1st gear does noticeably, and 2nd is quieter, but still does. I'm wondering, should I order bearings and learn how to rebuild it or it's still fine for another 20-40k?
Current mileage is 63k miles.

Hey Jurlie - Do you have no side-effects with the out-of-spec valve clearances?

Like pops on hard acceleration, harder cold starting, rough idling, and symptoms like that and maybe others?

 

[Jurlie_imp]

As long as it keeps running into perpetuity without me having to do anything but change the oil, I'll be happy. I do not plan to crack the valve cover open.

You guys don't check your valves?:huh:
I check mine every 24k (twice as many miles than what manual says) and every time at least 4 valves are out of spec.


Question to those with high mileage: don't your transmission whine on an aggressive acceleration? My 1st gear does noticeably, and 2nd is quieter, but still does. I'm wondering, should I order bearings and learn how to rebuild it or it's still fine for another 20-40k?
Current mileage is 63k miles.

Hey Jurlie - Do you have no side-effects with the out-of-spec valve clearances?

Like pops on hard acceleration, harder cold starting, rough idling, and symptoms like that and maybe others?

None of these, as they were not more than 0.02mm out of bounds.

 

[peterbaron]

As long as it keeps running into perpetuity without me having to do anything but change the oil, I'll be happy. I do not plan to crack the valve cover open.

You guys don't check your valves?:huh:
I check mine every 24k (twice as many miles than what manual says) and every time at least 4 valves are out of spec.


Question to those with high mileage: don't your transmission whine on an aggressive acceleration? My 1st gear does noticeably, and 2nd is quieter, but still does. I'm wondering, should I order bearings and learn how to rebuild it or it's still fine for another 20-40k?
Current mileage is 63k miles.

Hey Jurlie - Do you have no side-effects with the out-of-spec valve clearances?

Like pops on hard acceleration, harder cold starting, rough idling, and symptoms like that and maybe others?

None of these, as they were not more than 0.02mm out of bounds.

None of these, as they were not more than 0.02mm out of bounds.
0.02 mm out of specs
:beerchug:

 

[GoldOxide_imp]

As long as it keeps running into perpetuity without me having to do anything but change the oil, I'll be happy. I do not plan to crack the valve cover open.

You guys don't check your valves?:huh:
I check mine every 24k (twice as many miles than what manual says) and every time at least 4 valves are out of spec.


Question to those with high mileage: don't your transmission whine on an aggressive acceleration? My 1st gear does noticeably, and 2nd is quieter, but still does. I'm wondering, should I order bearings and learn how to rebuild it or it's still fine for another 20-40k?
Current mileage is 63k miles.

Hey Jurlie - Do you have no side-effects with the out-of-spec valve clearances?

Like pops on hard acceleration, harder cold starting, rough idling, and symptoms like that and maybe others?

None of these, as they were not more than 0.02mm out of bounds.

None of these, as they were not more than 0.02mm out of bounds.
Curious: Did you perform the check+adjustment yourself, or have a trusted service garage perform the procedure? If the latter, how much was the job?

 

[mattmcuomo@yahoo.com]

I'm 500 miles shy of 120,000. I've never checked the valves. Regular oil changes with Honda oil and filters. She still runs like a top....

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[GoldOxide_imp]

I'm 500 miles shy of 120,000. I've never checked the valves. Regular oil changes with Honda oil and filters. She still runs like a top....

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This reads sooo heart-warming MMC.

 

[the Ferret]

what GO said

congrats on approaching 120 that's awesome

 

[DAC]

Impressive mileage! And good news on the maintenance.

On the valve checks, I did the first myself at something like 9,500 miles and all were right at spec. I don't plan to do another check. I'm a low mileage guy compared to some here with just over 30k miles.

Only problem I ever had was at very high altitudes. Bike didn't easily start on Pike's Peak. But it did eventually and never had another problem with that.

 

[emullick_imp]

It would help us all, PowerDubs, if you could stop delivering lectures. By all means express a view, but leave it at that. You object to people who tell you how you should live and spend your time. How about extending others the same courtesy?

For example, leaving out the last sentence of your previous post would have made it more acceptable.

I agree, thank you cormanus

It would help us all, PowerDubs, if you could stop delivering lectures. By all means express a view, but leave it at that. You object to people who tell you how you should live and spend your time. How about extending others the same courtesy?

For example, leaving out the last sentence of your previous post would have made it more acceptable.

Wait, what? Leave out facts?

Big difference than telling people ‘how to live and spend those time’.

Acceptable in this place is subject to odd interpretation.

Guy comes in to a motorcycle forum and starts talking pollution- I respond with appropriate videos - not politics fed news agenda- and somehow Im the bad guy.

No need to tell me to leave… I’ve had enough.


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Wait, what? Leave out facts?

Big difference than telling people ‘how to live and spend those time’.

Acceptable in this place is subject to odd interpretation.

Guy comes in to a motorcycle forum and starts talking pollution- I respond with appropriate videos - not politics fed news agenda- and somehow Im the bad guy.

No need to tell me to leave… I’ve had enough.
Have a nice day, Mr. Powerdubs

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[curated_imp]

Should last at least 100k miles with no issues.

 

[Jurlie_imp]

As long as it keeps running into perpetuity without me having to do anything but change the oil, I'll be happy. I do not plan to crack the valve cover open.

You guys don't check your valves?:huh:
I check mine every 24k (twice as many miles than what manual says) and every time at least 4 valves are out of spec.


Question to those with high mileage: don't your transmission whine on an aggressive acceleration? My 1st gear does noticeably, and 2nd is quieter, but still does. I'm wondering, should I order bearings and learn how to rebuild it or it's still fine for another 20-40k?
Current mileage is 63k miles.

Hey Jurlie - Do you have no side-effects with the out-of-spec valve clearances?

Like pops on hard acceleration, harder cold starting, rough idling, and symptoms like that and maybe others?

None of these, as they were not more than 0.02mm out of bounds.

None of these, as they were not more than 0.02mm out of bounds.
Curious: Did you perform the check+adjustment yourself, or have a trusted service garage perform the procedure? If the latter, how much was the job?

I did it on my own.
My friend recently did the valves on his triumph tiger in the shop, and he paid $1k for it, it that helps.

 

[Jurlie_imp]

I'm 500 miles shy of 120,000. I've never checked the valves. Regular oil changes with Honda oil and filters. She still runs like a top....

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Would be curious to see how far the valve clearances from specs...

Do you notice any whining from transmission on acceleration on lower gears?