70 000km on clock; good or bad buy??
 

Im looking to buy a 2nd hand xt660z Tenere. This one has 70 000km on the clock. Although the bike looks clean and runs good, 70 000km seems too high. STock standard.

Yes or rather no?

http://www.xt660.com/C:\Documents an..._74198hf_3.jpg

I'd want to get the bike for a seriously reduced price. The mileage wouldn't worry me provided the bike has been well maintained but I'd prefer a lower mileage machine if you have the choice.

David

Hi David,
yes, the bike is clean and all. But my thinking is that I go for a while then it starts giving me wear and tear problems at 85 000kms and more. I know the engine is bulletproof, but I rarely see bikes with such high milage advertised. Should I neg a price and then use the balance to upgrade? the mileage though....yikes.

Ps- how does one post a pic on here???

How old is it? 70000Km isn't unreasonable on a well-maintained 2008 bike, but it's a lot on a 2013 bike! ;)

Just sign up to any image hosting site (such as Photobucket, Flickr, Dropbox etc…) and upload your pictures. Once you have your pictures hosted on line, they'll each have their own URL (web address) which you can then link to in your posts here.

Once you've hosted your images somewhere on the web, all you’ve then got to do is click on the "insert image" button when creating your post and paste (into the pop-up dialogue box that appears) the the direct link (URL) to the hosted image you want to display. And that's it.

These threads may be of help too:

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=10389

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=10380

What's your annual mileage likely to be? I do 15k kms a year on my bike so I'd never be able to sell it if I kept it too long. Is there a routine inspection where you live? We don't have any MOT in Ireland so bikes cam get quite raggy. You could end up with lots of repairs on a bike like that. Cush drive rubbers, bearings, bushings and other moving parts are all likely to need attention on that bike. Haggle hard!

D

If the bike is well maintained give it a go. Back in the days I was into getting bikes with low milage. But at now a days I changed my opinion. I would rather buy a bike with high milage because the engine got this far. So it will get much further. BTW my 2008 Z has 93000 km on the clock and it seems the engine's running better than when it was new:-). It doesn't consume any oil. The bearings are still stock. No rectifierer problems. My concern with low milage bikes imho is that you don't know how the engine was breaked in. How the engine was treated when it was cold (high rev when it was still cold). With a high milage bike as yours, you can be sure that the engine will last and won't crash. Just my 2 cents.

Cheers,
Marcus

I have another deal. The old engine broke and was replaced by the owner during an Africa trip. The bike has 40000km but the new engine only 8000km. It comes with alot of goodies but I cant say for sure how the new engine was broken in. Sounds like a good deal to me.....

Yes? No?

I don't think 70,000 km (44,000 miles) is that high but it depends on the age.

My completely uninformed guess would be 5,000-6,000 miles (10,000 km) per year would seem ok - at least it's been used, nothing kills a vehicle quicker than just being left tp stand.

Whether it has been well maintained or not is the more important question. I'd much prefer to have a really well looked after high miler than a 10,000 mile snotter that's been left with no attention or maintenance.

Mine�s got 100.000km�s+ on the clock, without any problems. Still runs fine&smooth(for a thumper!), no oilconsumption, even still running the OEM battery. Just regular maintenance, take care of your bike and it'll give lotsa pleasure for a long time. Only problem with these big mileages is that the value of the bike drops fast when you want to sell it or trade it in.....no one wants a bike with these mileages, unless it's a really old bike. But hey, I know my bike still runs fine, still lookin' as new and gives me lotsa pleasure to ride, so I'll probably keep it for a long time!

Your concern with this bike should be the bearings and the suspension if the bike went through Africa.

I think that should be a concern of any XT, of any age whether it's gone to Africa or not!

Dallas, I know one thing; if I buy the Ten (which I 99.99999% think I will), I will not sell it perhaps pas it on to my son or nephew. Ive always wanted a bike to keep until forever. Because the Tenere is so reliable, Im sure this is it.

Frodolin, which bearings in particular? The shocks are new Hyperpros so thats good.

Rear swingarm and linkages, steering head and wheel bearings.

Decisions decisions...
 

The one golden rule (from experience !) I've learned with buying used is if in any doubt walk away. There's been a few times when I didn't trust my instinct & didn't when I should have.
Just bear in mind high milers are tricky to re-sell so it could be in you garage for a while. Tough choice.:115:

Exactly.

Before I bought my first XT, I saw a guy riding one and asked: You wanna sell? Yes he said, in another 60 000km. Where are you now I asked? Only 90 000km. My first one started to give me propblems at 150 000 he said.

What problems? I asked.

O, I had to replace the rear wheel swing arm bearing and the valve stem seals.

I bought an XT, and never looked back. (Well, sometimes I do, when the KTM's cut out :)

I just picked one up with 62 000km. Runs and rides like new.