how many miles on a bike?

[curtis rosche]

Curtis,

Do yourself a huge favor and look at a 21st century Triumph Bonneville if you can.

The real reason to look askance at a bike with 50k on it is that there are many, many bikes out there available with much lower mileage. Why buy the higher mileage bike when you can almost certainly get a lower mileage bike for the same cost?

Id love a new triumph!
I was mainly looking at it cause it was cheap, and came with sissy bar, saddle bags, and a ton of extras, thought it might be worth a shot. clearly wasn't .

[Scott Shepherd]

I've seen posts by Gold Wing owners that put 50,000 miles in them in a couple of months. I think I saw some guy that put 100,000 miles on it in 3 months time. Those guys ride those bikes like no body else.

[Jerome Stanek]

I've seen posts by Gold Wing owners that put 50,000 miles in them in a couple of months. I think I saw some guy that put 100,000 miles on it in 3 months time. Those guys ride those bikes like no body else.

That would be about 10hr a day every day so I think you are wrong

[Scott Shepherd]

That would be about 10hr a day every day so I think you are wrong

I think you might want to visit the Gold Wing forum. People ride them more than you can even imagine. They have the "Iron Butt" program and it's certified. I read a post the other day, a guy rode 10,000 miles in 10 days to get his certification.

Here's the paper work he had to support it :

ironbutt.jpg

[Art Mann]

My 1997 GL1500 Goldwing had 89,000 miles on it when I traded it for a new Wing. I would have had no anxiety about taking a cross country tour on that bike the day I sold it. I am expecting my GL1800 Goldwing to surpass 200,000 miles (if I ride that long).