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How many miles does your zx6r have?

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#1 ·
I have a 2006 zx6r, I recently purchased with 30,000 miles. It's running perfect as it should. It's a real beast and I just love it. I've often wondered how many miles can you get out of a well maintained zx6r 636. In its entire lifespan what would be a reasonable amount of miles you could get out of your zx6r? Does anyone have any experience with high mileage? How many miles does your zx6r have? Thanks everyone for the help

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Ehhh i couldn't answer that as well as others on this forum could honestly.

1) As a rider, I only average about 3-3.5k miles a year.

2) And I bought my zx6r less than a 1000 miles ago. Plus i baby her.

But i can deff speak for the reliability. The engine and tranny are teflon. Lots of powwweeerrrr!

Not a single issue. no leaks, no misfires, no popping, no overheating, no sluggishness. Heres hoping she could keep this up for another 10k miles.

I sent her to the shop for a valve adjustment just yesterday. I didn't notice but shes had a slight ticking. I found out when my guy hooked a stethoscope up to her and showed me.

that's something u might wanna check for if u haven't already.




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#9 ·
cost me $250 for the valve adjustment. ticking gone! It needed 2 maybe 4 shims, i can't remember.

The other work i did was optional. Gaskets, o-rings, spark plugs, air filter, etc.
I did it for the peace of mind since I bought a bike w/o maintenance records.

still waiting for my final invoice
 
#7 ·
Hey Sanctuary. Wats up man. That's awesome that you track your bike man. How does she do compared to the other bikes out there? And when a the track the rpm are usually sky high right? I've never been to a track. But I think it's awesome.

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Hey Sanctuary. Wats up man. That's awesome that you track your bike man. How does she do compared to the other bikes out there? And when a the track the rpm are usually sky high right? I've never been to a track. But I think it's awesome.
I've spanked plenty of litre bikes on the track and even had confused looks from their owners when they finally see it's a "little" bike back at the pits. She barely goes below 10,000 rpm so she gets plenty of spanking. One valve adjustment so far but my suspicion is that Kawi sets them too tight from factory (anyone else think so?) and I always use the good oil (Motul 7100). Go to the track mate, it's what these machines were designed for. You can push the limits with more safely than on the street and learn so much!! It's addictive.
 
#8 ·
Bought my '07 from the original owner. 41k miles at time of purchase. Currently just over 55k. Had it a little over a year. Zero issues from the bike itself. Only parts I've replaced were either upgrades, maintenance items, damaged during an attempted theft, or damaged during my low-side.
 
#10 ·
Turtleface.. That's amazing man. So awesome. 55,000 miles. And about 14k in one year. Your a serious rider man. Glad to hear dumbasses Weren't able to steal your bike. Does anyone have higher miles on their bike*?? turtleface is in the lead so far at 55k

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#11 ·
That's awesome. I wish i had a good motorcycle mechanic nearby that I could trust. Mechanics here like in many places have a horrible rapsheet. And my bike is my ONLY transportation, so I refuse to let some dumbass experiment on my ride. My bike is running like a champ. But it be nice to know a good mechanic for anything that could come up

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You would be hard pressed to find one worn out. Statistically it's just rare since as they get on up there in mileage one of two things happen:
A: you wreck it and it ends up a scrap heap. Not many people commute highway on a sport bike so the miles they do get are from activities more prone to wrecks on a per mile basis.

B: you get bored of it and sell it to get a new bike (a disease we all get) and since the price gets lower and lower with miles it often eventually ends up in the hands of a kid that rags it out or wrecks it. They also tend to need more expensive maintenance items taken care of as they age and the people buying them for cheap aren't going to throw money at it to make it right. They just ride it till it starts to go south and sell it at a loss to someone who finishes it off.
Anyhow, mines at 18,500
 
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#26 ·
Sounds like the Kawasaki are pretty reliable bikes with low maintenance. I love mine. Bought it with 2000 miles last year and it has 5500 miles now, split between street and track. The engine and transmission is butter smooth, 5 min oil changes, virtually no heat to roast your balls. Reasonably comfortable for a sportbike.
 
#40 ·
virtually no heat to roast your balls. Reasonably comfortable for a sportbike.
I ride with a friend who has a Pannigale too and he goes on and on about his heated seat. :devious:laugh
 
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#28 ·
So far Turtleface is maintaining the lead with 55k on a 2007. That's crazy cool. Anyone else able to compete with that? Someone out there has to have an insane amount of miles on their ZX6R, and we want to hear about it.

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#33 ·
Riverszzr is over 80K on his bike. My '09 has 49,121 on it as I just walked out and checked. It's going over 50K within a week or so. <<should have read the post above>>

Fresh oil, recently checked valves, fresh plugs, new air filter. I'm all set until I wear out the tires..... should be at 55K or more when that happens this fall.
 
#32 ·
Hey riverszzr. Man, Are you serious right now??? 256,000 miles and still going..... I've never heard of a such thing. That is down right amazingly awesome. Even the 90,000 miles on the 07 is outstanding. Very cool man. Thanks for sharing. That's insane mileage!

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#35 ·
Very similar. Different engine design, but that doesn't really play into it much, IMHO. The manufacturing techniques haven't changed at all IMHO. Materials are the same, too.

If they're treated right, they'll outlast the rider. The biggest killers of any engine is running them hard when they are cold, running them for extended periods at redline, and not doing the required maintenance.

Most of the required maintenance is easily done by a reasonably competent home mechanic. Keeping your ego from stressing the motor is the more difficult part.
 
#38 ·
The trick is to let the motor reach operating temp......

I see the shift light on my bike probably once every 10 operating hours. It gets to 10 - 12K , nearly every ride. It gets run up to more than 50 MPH in first, daily.

RPM is typically kept at 6.5-8K, for around 40 minutes each leg of my commute.
 
#37 ·
Not saying I don't, just saying it's rare. Not so much that I don't want to. But I have to take care of my bike, cuz besides the fact that she is my main girl and were inlove, she is my ONLY form of transportation.

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