GSTwin.com,
I know this is a very general question and not specific at all, and that different riders and owners will put different miles on thier bikes, but what is the usual amount of miles where you start to say "whoa thats a lot of miles"?
I'd like to buy a GS500, but i want to know if i can get a better price because of mileage.
So, if a bike were one year old, at what number of miles would you start to think the bike was worth less because of the mileage? For a bike five years old? Ten years old?
Or is there a usual per-year mileage that i should be thinking about?
Thanks for hearing me out
Matt Rosenfelder
I bought my bike with 7000 miles and 6 years old. I put about 4-5k miles on it in a year.
Mileage shouldn't matter a whole lot as long as the bike is taken care of and all the maintenance is done. I might shy away from a bike with over 20,000 miles, but that's just because I know there are a lot of bikes out there with about 10,000 miles... doesn't mean that the 20k mile bike is bad, maybe it is in better shape :dunno:
When a bike starts to get to 40,000 miles, that's when it'll start using more oil and probably need more attention, but again, it depends on how well the bike was taken care of. At that point it may need to be rebuilt or maybe it'll go another 40,000 miles
the first two to three years 3-4000 miles then about 1000 per year, if it's a recreational bike. if it's a daily commuter expect alot more miles, but better overall condition.
I've got a 2001 model GS, combined mileage from the previous owner and myself, it's now upto a total of around 31,500km.
1500 miles per year to know that it's being ridden enough.