Normally there is some sort of thread like this floating around but I couldn't find one. Are people racking up some serious miles on their 7th Gens? I became a member of this forum when I had my 6th gen several years ago. Even helped with the donations to buy HS his bike. Anyway thnking of coming back to the VRF family with a 7th gen despite the poor mpg the bikes seems to get. I usually get about 20% more mpg than most people with similar bikes so I am hoping that would be the case with the VFR1200 as well.
Roughly 30,000 mi or 48,500 km since spring of 2012. Another consideration is that riding season here is about 7 months tops. Don't know if that is "serious" miles but it sure has been fun.
52,500 miles since I bought it new in Nov 2010. No maintenance issues at all. Completed valve inspections at 16K intervals and only had one exhaust out of tolerance so far.
140,000KM (87,000miles), purchased new May 2010, All miles racked up on secondary roads only, here in Korea motorcycles are prohibited on the highway. Change the oil 7000 to 8000 kilometers and oil filter every other oil change. Check the condition of the air filter every 20,000KM. Replaced air filter once at 94,000KM, usually just use compressed air to clean. Had a universal joint failure around 93,000KM, this stopped me from launching hard at stop lights. I had the dealer check the valves at 93,000, they told me they were fine (whatever that means), I guess I had to take there word.
140,000KM (87,000miles), purchased new May 2010, All miles racked up on secondary roads only, here in Korea motorcycles are prohibited on the highway. Change the oil 7000 to 8000 kilometers and oil filter every other oil change. Check the condition of the air filter every 20,000KM. Replaced air filter once at 94,000KM, usually just use compressed air to clean. Had a universal joint failure around 93,000KM, this stopped me from launching hard at stop lights. I had the dealer check the valves at 93,000, they told me they were fine (whatever that means), I guess I had to take there word.
That's a good amount of miles in a pretty short time. Sounds like the u-joint may have had a hard life until failure, I should be heading to Korea this winter to visit my wife's family.