Well at 5400 miles I'm informed my FB is worn out. I didn't even know. Good thing I was told about it this morning cause I was actually going to ride it today and had planned an overnight trip on it for next weekend. Man, that was close. Guess I'll call a salvage company Monday morning to get it out of here.
What has prompted this thread is a guy who had some very, very mild interest in buying m 09 SE FB emailed me saying because the bike is out of warranty and the mileage, it killed the deal for him. Warranties are nice and I can see how that could matter. No problem with that. But saying the mileage was an issue? 5400 miles is too many? Neither of my bikes are garage queens. My wife and I ride. Just got back from California where I we did 3500 miles on my 08 SG which already had 29,000 mies on it. How stupid was that. I think there are people who own motorcycles and then there are MOTOCYCLIST'S. We are the latter. The Motorcyclist, I think understands the modern motorcycle is a reliable, let me repeat that, RELIABLE, well engineered and comfortable piece of wonderfull machinery. I never leave my house with my fingers crossed, hoping I'll make it home. And let me be clear, there is nothing at all wrong with using your bike for occasional weekend rides. I understand fully you don't have to cross the country on a motorcycle to enjoy one. However, to get a full understanding of the capabilities and reliability of modern bikes it would help if you actually rode them a little bit more than occsionally................Sorry, my wife just walked in and reminded me that we took our 38,000 RKC and our 04 VTX with 17,000 to Nova Scotia...........I guess however there was a time in my younger days (I'm almost 62 now) when I to thought a motorcycle should be trashed at 2,000 miles or so. I could go on but let me leave this piece of info for those that own a motorcycle and and are not yet a MOTORCYCLISTS, don't worry about mileage. QUIT WORRYING and start riding. You will enjoy your bike a lot more. You take care of it and it will take care of you. BTW, my wife and I have seen so much of this country on our bikes. If I was worried about mileage on our bikes, I would still be looking at pictures in books. If your bike isn't under warranty or you have more than a few thousand miles on it you better hang around the house. If you don't give a damn about warranties and milage then I say to you, Nova Scotia late July 2011. Anybody's welcome.
Gary
P.S. I will concede that last year in the Arizona desert for three hot as heck, desolate days and with a toothache I did hope I didn't break.