if your bikes 'R reg' it's an ex press bike.

[winny]

If we assume that each of the press bikes was shown no mercy, when out for reviewing...................

................ and uses very little oil between services now -

Going easy in the first 1000 miles - wouldn't appear to be the best way to run the bike in??

Al

Correct. A lot of early bikes suffered from glazing of the cylinder bores and subsequent oil loss due to not having been run hard enough in the early stages. I don't think anythings changed with the later models but stand to be corrected.

Wasn't being totally serious earlier with the age thing, just having a laugh.

I agree with you TT about the quality of the bikes. How many Jap bikes would have run for 10 years with virtually nothing going wrong?

John

[The Teutonic Tangerine]

"How many Jap bikes would have run for 10 years with virtually nothing going wrong? "

Funnily enough......My Old Diversion that I had for 5 years and 30k miles (taking it to 60k) only ever had ordinary service items and never refused to start (same battery).

Perhaps that was a good-un?

[Archie]

I agree with you TT about the quality of the bikes. How many Jap bikes would have run for 10 years with virtually nothing going wrong?

More than you'd think. It has a lot to do with the owners.