When does an Airhead become High Mileage

[brewmeister]

Keeping good records of your high milage bike is vital to keeping it going.A older bike has all the problems associated with that particular model figured out by now so its easier to maintain them knowing that.Regardless it costs money and time that lots of folks may not have time of money to put that many miles on there particular model bike.A long sitting bike takes alot to get it running normally again so regular operating is your friend.My 81 sat for 22 years and went through many heat/cold cycles while in storage in the unheated garage. It's tough on seals ,and many other things that work better with regular use. High milage is not per say a bad thing as long as your maintenence is performed,and recorded so you don't loose track of what and when maintenence was done.

 

[ANDYVH]

I'm with Paul on this, as my 94 RS "only" has 170,000 trouble free miles on it and the engine has never been opened other than routine maintenance. So I would say, like the Airheads, 100,000 is a minimal "high miles" checkpoint.

I agree too, that bikes that get ridden regularly/frequently get in the 7,000 to 10,000 miles per year range. So a 1980 Airhead could easily have over 196,000 miles on it if driven 7,000 miles per year. Defintely high miles.

 

[lkchris]

Tongue in cheek ... don't explode.

If it's a pre-1981 bike, it's when it needs new ignition points.

 

[r100rt_mark]

Here's an alternative from my observations of airheads that have actually sold on ebay over recent months. An airhead has to have less than 50,000 miles on the clock to gather a lot of buying attention. I am not saying higher mileage bikes do not sell, just that they appeal to a market segment that is knowledgeable and prepared to work with their bike than many who equate low miles with a guarantee of providing a reliable "Sunday" rider. Take solace - for 40 year old BSA/Triumph twins miles have to be no more than 20,000, and probably less than 10,000, to get a lot of buyer action.

 

[PeoriaMac]

Considering your bike is 18 years old with that mileage I would agree with you that your bike is low mileage.

Considering that it's 26 years old, that's even more remarkable....