How many miles on your GS?

[codajastal]

IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FUCKEN FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jestercinti]

My 09 has 60,000kms (37,500m). I've put all of them on the bike. Valves get check every 12,000kms - 12, 24, 36, 48 and are due at its 60 thou service in the next few days.

No issues with it. No oil leaks. Nothing. Stock jetting, stock sprockets, stock everything.

Michael

Umm, I have a 2009 and have just over 10,000 miles.  That's a lot of miles.  Of course, I did purchase mine new in March/April 2011.

[gsJack]

I bought my 97 GS new in 99 and put a little over 80k miles on it myself until it was totaled in July 03 and replaced by my current 02 GS.  Restored the 97 and got a new title and it mostly sat for a couple years until my son JP took it for a commuter bike.  It burned quite a lot of oil when used for high speed freeway commuting and he replaced the engine with a low milage used one at 88k miles and ran the bike up to about 130k miles total.  He posted these pics when the odo turned over:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/jpaul54/DSCN0772.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/jpaul54/DSCN0773.jpg

I bought the 02 GS with about 4k miles on it and it turned 97k miles last week and I expect it to go over 100k miles as is.  It burns some oil and also leaks a little oil but it has been mostly trouble free all these years and miles.  It's become a contest now to see which of us lives the longest, me or the GS.   

I never touched the carbs on either bike so they went the 170k+ miles I used them stock.  Have said many times don't mess with your carbs and they won't mess with you.  I averaged around 60 mpg overall on both bikes.

One of the exhaust valves on the 97 GS ran at a minimum clearance for many miles and was down to a minimum 215 shim by 80k miles.  When this started to repeat on the 02 GS I increased exhaust valve clearances and it then ran for tens of thousands of miles after that without further shim changes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v443/jcp8832/GSvalvelogs.jpg

[GSF500]

WOW....!!!  It's nice to see these bikes can go that far....I take care of everything I own and I hope to turn the odometer over Time will tell. Thanks for the posts..

[RossLH]

IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FUCKEN FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fix it until it's broke!

[codajastal]

IF IT AINT BROKE DONT FUCKEN FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fix it until it's broke!

LOL

[Bluesmudge]

My GS went its first 20,000 miles w/o a valve check. Poor bike was running like shaZam!, but it took me awhile to get the nerve and mechanical aptitude to do the valve check myself. Obviously, the bike runs a lot better now. I will be crossing 27,000 miles in the next week. I've only put on 14,000 of those miles myself.

[twocool]

my 2009, had it since new...29,850miles......


Cookie

[Loki76]

. At 67000+km

[Toogoofy317]

30,399 but a top end rebuild at 25000  I thought valve checks were included in the maintainance package guess I was  to think that would be routine maintainance. Time for a valve check and I've got to get a pair of calipers.

Now Flick is a dream!

Mary

[vinny]

42k on my 97. Ive put about 9-10k on in the 3 yrs ive owned her.

Minimal maintenance, mostly just fuel and oil.
God knows when the valves were last checked.
Lives outside in the rain, still starts first time after a week or two of sitting.

Im hoping to get her to 50k, thne i'll decide what to do..

[GSF500]

I bought the tools to do the valve job myself It will be a couple months before i can get it done