Originally Posted by Hapa DC5

Damnit Killer now you have me all up on the Victory site drooling over a High-Ball.....

Originally Posted by teranfon

I have to disagree. As someone who has ridden one form of bike or another for almost fourty years, and puts on far more miles that what most riders do (some years 25 000 miles or more), I don't consider the miles on a motorcycle to be of greater detriment when compared to a car. Not for the last twenty-five or so years anyway. Many motorcycles, particularly the Japanese products, are constructed of such close tolerances and built so well that they often require less maintanence than a car. Valve adjustments are so easy they can often be done in less than an hour, and I've personally seen many motorcycles that have never required an adjustment even if they are approaching 100 000 miles. The majority of my riding friends ride the adventure style bikes, and many have traveled far greater distances with these bikes that their cars. Many of the their Africa Twins, Varaderos, Transalps, V-Stroms, and the odd GS have well over 200 000 km. on them. I have an Africa Twin sitting in my shop that has over 200 000 miles on it. It's been throughout the world several times and is still on it's original engine.