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What is the typical mileage for a used motocycle (Sportsbike)?

I am interested in buying a motorcycle, but I am unsure of the typical mileage on them. I know that for a car the typical mileage to look for is usually less than 100,000 miles before you start getting into any problems. What is a good number of miles to look for when I'm shopping for a sportsbike? -Thanks!

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Sportbikes are usually totaled before there are major engine problems :). As a rough estimate, I'd say 20k on a sportbike is like 100k on a car. sportbikes generally run higher compression than a typical car motor, and they can easily rev twice as fast. Those things add up to quicker wear than a typical car motor.
its a hard question to answer i fix and tune engines on bikes its not about the mileage its what has it done in them miles before u had it some people us shit oil don't service or look after it and rev the ass off it but most super bikes i had about 35,000 on it get somebody who knows about bikes to go with u when u go to buy one good luck bud
Just about any mileage is good, especially if the bike looks and sounds good. Get up close and smell it-hot. Even cold works. LOok at the tires and see how big the "chicken strip" is out there on the edge rims of the tires.. High mileage and high speed champs will have the miles and the road dings to go with it. Hits on the windscreen and definite marks on the headlight beam covers. All good. Check the frontal area as a rule. Finally, its got to sound right. If exhaust system was installed there may be issues with the ECU. good luck. I usually get tired with a bike after about 24,000 mi. Although the XS1100 got up to 72.000,but I let a friend borrow it...sold it to him for $400. Pd $1000 at the 4000 mi pt. Yea the friend fried the battery and blew a tire. yet he was into it.
Maintenance and condition have a lot more to do with my decisions than mileage. I have seen bikes that were pretty much junk by 10,000 miles and bikes that looked and ran like new at four times that. There are many bikes out there that have gone 100,000 miles with nothing but basic wear items needing to be dealth with. You can get killer deals on well maintained bikes with slightly higher miles. You can also pay way too much for a bike just because it has really low miles. Since there are tons of bikes with 10,000-20,000 out there, you can probably find one in that range. That would be barely broken in if it was properly maintained. Avoid older bikes with really low miles. They can be way more problems than ones with an average number of miles. Disuse can hurt a motorcycle a lot more than being out on the road. Good luck. It you don't know much about motorcycles, bring a friend who does when you are out shopping. That's the best advice I can give you.
I've had 2 shaft drives, one was a viargo and the other an early gold wing. Both had high miles and ran fine. All the chain drives I've had were a problem over about 20,000. Look under the bike at the frame for deep scratches which might indicate it went down hard and they fixed it. Flash lite the gas tank and see if there is a lot of rust or varnish in there. Smell the oil for burned yuck that might mean it was over heated or the oil filter cover was put on wrong and choked off the oil supply. Put up on the center stand and spin the rear tire to see if the chain is stretched indicating more repairs or sprockets. See if the chain is slack across the back of the sprocket. What does it sound like cold and when warmed up? Is the noise just loose valves or something more sinister. Hope you do well as they are a lot of fun to run.
It depends what year round climate you live in if you live in a warm climate where a motorcycle can be used all year round then you can expect 20K miles on a 3 or 4 year old bike if you live in a cold climate where a motorcycle can be only used 5 months outta the year you can expect around 5K miles on a 3 or 4 year old used bike.
it depends on make,model,gearing ,and riding habits
if a squid gets ahold of them, not much. you can tell by the broken mirrors and chewed up plastic. theres a reason they mount the turn signals on rubber.