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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: Martin on April 03, 2016, 11:16:38 PM
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I got ambushed by a guy who has a K75 he reckons he has done 560,000 K's on it. He has done this with only servicing and two problems, water pump shaft and clutch disintegrating. I have also heard of bikes in Europe supposedly having done 800,000 K's. The highest I've ever verified was 300,000 K's. So fellas what is the highest mileage that you have actually seen on a speedo?
Regards Martin.
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I have 383k showing at the moment. Not all by me and it's in kilometers, not miles but afaik all on the original engine and gearbox. But i read an artcle once about a retired German gentleman who managed to do over a milion on the original driveline... Can't find said article though, sorry about that...
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mine sez 183,188 miles at the moment, all by me. Actually more because the odo was flaky for a while. Original fuel pump, splines, only non routine maintenance was a bent shift fork and bad shift drum around 100,000.
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I would guess that my highest mileage was in the 1980s, on my R90/6. I rode about 190 miles that day, in a hurry to get to a "Who" concert. When the Motocop stopped me and asked why I ran the red light, I explained that my bike was much lighter than his, and would not set off the traffic signal I was stopped at.
He said that he also would be in a hurry if he had tickets to the Who concert, and promptly let me go.
Proof that MotoAngels exist.
tom
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greetings...
i had 1 final drive go 120 thou miles...
i had 1 final drive go 110 thou miles...
i had 1 final drive go 95 thou miles...
j o
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My parts bike had 180,000 miles (close to 300,000 kilometers). It was running well, but the transmission was shot and PO said head could not be rebuilt again. It had gone through a few final drives. On disassembly, I found a torched bearing deep in the block and that oil/coolant had mixed. Otherwise, there were still lots of useable parts.
My keeper bike has only about 45,000 miles, but it's fun to know that many parts have almost 4 times the mileage.
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My 85 K RS has 203,000 miles on it all but 380 miles are mine.
My 93K LT has 73,000 miles, only had this for 2 years it had 52,000 when i bought it.
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Here's said article and whoops! I stand corrected!
He's on his fourth engine and 2nd transmission allready....
How did he manage to wear out 3 engines?
Anyways....
http://www.motorradonline.de/vermischtes/15-millionen-kilometer-mit-zwei-motorraedern/336934
Yep, sorry, it's in German....
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Here's said article and whoops! I stand corrected!
He's on his fourth engine and 2nd transmission allready....
How did he manage to wear out 3 engines?
Anyways....
http://www.motorradonline.de/vermischtes/15-millionen-kilometer-mit-zwei-motorraedern/336934
Yep, sorry, it's in German....
Try this:
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.motorradonline.de/vermischtes/15-millionen-kilometer-mit-zwei-motorraedern/336934&prev=search (https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.motorradonline.de/vermischtes/15-millionen-kilometer-mit-zwei-motorraedern/336934&prev=search)
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Got ambushed by a guy who wanted to talk Bricks. He has got a rather rough example with 390,000 Ks on it, only problem he has had was having to replace oil/water pump. :2thumbup:
C.heers Martin.
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He has got a rather rough example with 390,000 Ks on it, only problem he has had was having to replace oil/water pump. :2thumbup:
C.heers Martin.
Nice to know I'm not trailblazing this at 250,000ks,any more.My Guzzi has also done farout milage,which slowed me done on the brick...a bit.Ive just replaced cam chain,guides and seals,oh,and frame bearings and,,,, 'trouble is after 30 od years I forget....where's my service record?Whatever.
I originaly and still am aiming for a nice round million,but the effein odo's let me down.I actually think it will do it,barring any fatal accident. :falldown:
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1.2 million mile 3/4 brick. Just saw this in a magazine at the Dentist I got called in before I could read it all. When I came out I couldn't find it but I had taken the name and number of the magazine. https://www.mymagazines.com.au/backissue/old-bike-australasia/issue-41 (https://www.mymagazines.com.au/backissue/old-bike-australasia/issue-41) Does anybody have a copy.
Regards Martin.
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Is this what you're looking for?
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/canley-vale/collectables/old-bike-australasia-41/1142759628 (https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/canley-vale/collectables/old-bike-australasia-41/1142759628)
I recall hearing about this bike a few years back. I think it was actually something like 1.2 million KM that it had on it and it was still running.
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Dave Swisher on a K100RT? Here's another article. You have to go all the way to the bottom.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/g121/million-mile-club-the-worlds-longest-lived-cars/
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Thanks Gryph I can order a back copy, but as I didn't get to read the whole article I was wondering if somebody had actually read it. I was curious to see if it was done on a single engine. :dunno I've made another appointment for the Dentist, if I can't find the magazine next time I might order a back copy. It's got to be cheaper than keeping going back in the hope of finding it. :hehehe
Regards a cavity free Martin.
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If the article was about an elderly gentleman from Germany (and i think it is) then no... From the top of my head it was his third or forth engine, and his second or third gearbox... Would've been great if it was all on original gear, right?
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It is an OZ bike an K75 RT BMW 1.2 million K's that's as far as I got. If I can't find it I'll order one.
Regards Martin
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Now i'm getting currious... [emoji4]
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Now i'm getting currious...
A German K75 rider with a million kilometers on his bike is described a little in this article (http://www.motorradonline.de/vermischtes/15-millionen-kilometer-mit-zwei-motorraedern.336934.html). The rider is rugged, for sure. The bike has used up some engines and transmissions. The fuel tank cap is the original, I think. :giggles
I used Google Translate to make an English translation of this article.
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I knew that one Laitch, but Martin said there should be an OZ bike with over a milion miles, too...
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Dennis did you look here. https://www.mymagazines.com.au/backissue/old-bike-australasia/issue-41 You can order the particular magazine and they will send it to you. I am not going back to the Dentist until the 24th of April and will try and find the magazine, if the article looks interesting I will probably order the magazine. However copy write laws will prevent me from scanning and posting the article so you might want to order one.
Gryph also found one on a site called Gumtree https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/canley-vale/collectables/old-bike-australasia-41/1142759628
Regards Martin.
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Thanks, so it's in there somewhere? I'll snap it up if i ever come across it. Ordering a back copy will be easier, but expensive by the time i have it here... Hey i'm Dutch, remember? [emoji3]
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However copy write laws will prevent me from scanning and posting . . ..
You could read the article aloud, Martin—kind of like a bedtime story for gearheads—record it digitally and post the audio file. Sound and voice effects would be appreciated. An occasional YEEEEHAW would work, too.
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I could also read it in Swahili or even better Klingon, which would be easier to understand than my Ozian accent ( new word invented by the honorable Laitch to describe inhabitants of the Antipodes) . :hehehe However I could just relate the general gist of the article without breaking any copy write laws. :deal:
Regards Martin.
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Just got back from the Dentist so make allowances for my typing, anesthetic makes me slur and dribble.(more than usual).
The brick is a K75 RT low seat first reg 28th Jan 1994 used by BMW as a press bike. Then sold on with 3000km to a guy in Sydney, for the next 15 years he used it as daily transport doing 250 km a day, plus other commuting and touring throughout NSW and Vic. By 2009 the bike was showing adverse signs of 1.2 million Km it had done. He was thinking about upgrading it and getting a K1200, this decision was taking out of his hands when he hit a diesel spill, that had caused an accident he was passing through. He managed to catch the rear but dropped it when the front let go. Fairings screen and tragkorbs were heavily damaged. He bought the K1200 and eventually passed on the bike to a mate as a project. the mate couldn't cope with the weight and passed it on. The current owner then got it in a partially dismantled state with broken bits of fairing and tragkorb. His first task was to clean the wheels which he thought were black but when hit with a pressure washer they were revealed as pristine condition silver. The fairing and tragkorbs were pieced together by plastic welding and fibre glassing, steering head bearing rollers had embedded themselves into the races due to the high mileage of freeway work, and were replaced. The bike was repainted in black two pac the windscreen was replaced the seat redone as well as the rear shock being rebuilt. The bike is currently being used on a semi regular basis . The magazine is from 2014. Nowhere in the article does it say any engine or gearbox rebuilds were undertaken.
Regards Martin.
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I have found another mention on the 1.2 million km Brick and from what I can gather the engine has not been rebuilt.
Regards Martin.
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Doesn't surprise me when I look at mine's lack of deterioration over a quarter's worth of the above milage.Mine's on track...
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The mileage is impressive
The southern highlands to outer sydney is easy freeway riding
But to ride the bike every day!
I think HE needs recognition for his commitment.
There must have been some tatty weather in all of that. And how cold must it have been on some days?
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I have found another mention on the 1.2 million km Brick and from what I can gather the engine has not been rebuilt.
Regards Martin.
I don't think it's possible to not burn through valves in that many miles, even with regular maintenance. There aren't shims thin enough for that.
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Valve wear is a lot less if you don't cruise at high speed or use high revs. Apparently in Germany they have to adjust the valves more frequently if they run a lot of autobahn miles. But unless somebody knows the guy who owned it originally, who's to say what has actually been done to it.
Regards Martin. :dunno