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Bobbert Serious Thumper Offline CHOP IT Posts: 836 Los Angeles, CA Gender:	record for the most miles? 03/28/08 at 10:20:04 what's the highest mile~~age~~s anyone here has put (or seen) on a savage? I'm pushing 37k and wondering how much longer she's got to live.
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Re: record for the most mileage?
Reply #1 - 03/28/08 at 10:49:55

don't you mean miles, milage is a measure of fuel usage. so if you got 37k on a tank i would say you win. Grin

if this one is like my last thumper, you can expect many more, just keep up the oil...... i rode the last one for 25years before it finally gave up the ghost, or more percisely i killed it. but it did not go gently into the night.. it's gave up lots of parts to my current ride. fenders, brackes, stuff like that.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: record for the most mileage? Reply #2 - 03/28/08 at 11:24:10 I have 30k and I'm putting on 12k per year. Stinger has at last report 35k. It's been said that someone seen someone who had over 90k? a long time ago. It's up to you, have you oiled your baby lately?
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Bobbert Serious Thumper Offline CHOP IT Posts: 836 Los Angeles, CA Gender:	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #3 - 03/28/08 at 12:08:44 no, planning to do that when my brother gives the bike back to me (2 weeks?)
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skrapiron -FSO Serious Thumper Offline Instant Human.... Just add coffee.. Posts: 1456 Pittsburgh, Pa Gender:	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #4 - 03/28/08 at 13:50:44 I'm up to 22,450 and climbing.... Not a lick of trouble at all!
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #5 - 03/28/08 at 14:34:46 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1134489980/5#5 Woodworker -- 148,000 Kilometers (over 90K miles) before engine rebuild. 6000 klicks after rebuild as of Dec. '05. Lost interest in the forum and has been a no-show since Apr. '06 -- but with a 20-y-o one owner bike he's either still riding or dead..
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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #6 - 03/28/08 at 18:15:41 Saw a '02 in a parking lot with 23K on it last year, couldn't find the rider for specifics.
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stinger Serious Thumper Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 848	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #7 - 03/29/08 at 00:11:56 34,500 miles on my 02. Better last alot longer than that cause by fall I hope to have over 50,000. I have no idea where Im going, Im just going.
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Re: record for the most miles?
Reply #8 - 03/30/08 at 01:01:30

My 99 is at 28k miles and rolling. Oddly, the 87 is under 8K, and almost all of those were by to gentlemen over 70!

I could see with a good maintenance schedule and keeping an eye on the known possible failures; beating them to the punch, and a bit of luck, how a Savage could make 80k-100k miles with a couple of top end rebuilds. The only thing I know of in the bottom end that is failure prone is the counterbalancing shaft. And I've heard of some transmission gears getting thrashed. But who knows what the riding circumstances were in those cases...

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #9 - 03/30/08 at 06:09:52 stinger wrote on 03/29/08 at 00:11:56: 34,500 miles on my 02. Better last alot longer than that cause by fall I hope to have over 50,000. I have no idea where Im going, Im just going. for me, it's generally circles.
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Re: record for the most miles?
Reply #10 - 03/30/08 at 11:47:09

sluggo wrote on 03/30/08 at 06:09:52:

stinger wrote on 03/29/08 at 00:11:56:

34,500 miles on my 02. Better last alot longer than that cause by fall I hope to have over 50,000. I have no idea where Im going, Im just going.

for me, it's generally circles. Shocked

Lesson from my mom: Never go home the same route you took leaving. When we went cross-country to visit relatives when I was a kid, she'd go a long ways out of the way so we could "see different scenery" on the way home. Following in her tradition, I very often turn down roads just because I've never been down that one before. It's gotten me into some trouble a few times too... but those are different stories. Wink

What with gas prices nowadays, can't afford to run up the miles on the 4 wheel vehicles so much, but theres not much stopping roaming free on a motorcycle that gets decent mileage!

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Chench53 Full Member 2004 No Login Offline "Special Ed" rocks! Posts: 127 Suffolk VA, formerly NYC NY Gender:	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #11 - 03/31/08 at 19:55:26 25,000 miles on my 2002 Savage, all mine. Gerry
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KenGLong Senior Member Alliance Member Offline 2002 Savage Posts: 297 Albuquerque, NM Gender:	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #12 - 04/01/08 at 05:42:26 stinger wrote on 03/29/08 at 00:11:56: I have no idea where Im going, Im just going. Sounds like a good plan to me!
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Bobbert Serious Thumper Offline CHOP IT Posts: 836 Los Angeles, CA Gender:	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #13 - 04/01/08 at 14:52:13 Im itching to ride across the west, but I dont want the bike to blow up on me.
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Gary On A Savage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Only 15 mins riding could save you $$$ in Dr bills Posts: 941 Fresno, California Gender:	Re: record for the most miles? Reply #14 - 04/01/08 at 22:28:08 Bobbert wrote on 04/01/08 at 14:52:13: Im itching to ride across the west, but I dont want the bike to blow up on me. Robertomoe...why would you ever believe that your Savage would do that?
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