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baird4444

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on: July 27, 2007, 01:23:00 am
I just turned 20,000 miles on my 2003 Bullet.
What is considered "high" mileage??
How many miles do you have?
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Reply #1 on: July 27, 2007, 01:27:27 am
I have no where near that - but that is not high mileage yet. The old Bullets used to need a bit of work, when they got to 50,000, with the Indian models I would assume a little less, before rebuilds are needed.  But, it all depends on how you treat the bike - I have seen one, cleaned regularly, but mechanically ignored, that needed a complete rebuild after 12,ooo miles.  The most I have heard of, on the same engine, is a guy in Madras with 190,000 miles.
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Reply #2 on: July 27, 2007, 03:00:03 am
I just turned 20,000 miles on my 2003 Bullet.
What is considered "high" mileage??
How many miles do you have?
- Mike

11,233 miles on my '04 (purchased July '05) and running strong.

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Reply #3 on: July 27, 2007, 12:32:10 pm
I just turned 20,000 miles on my 2003 Bullet.
What is considered "high" mileage??
How many miles do you have?
- Mike

I just turned 1600 miles.

20k is great - keep on thumpin'!


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Reply #4 on: August 03, 2007, 02:12:53 pm
HEy...I have covered almost 35000 kms on my bullet 98 model .... got it rebuild once....


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Reply #5 on: August 05, 2007, 06:16:49 pm
My 2000 RE500 Classic has 5800 miles on it since I bought it new. Going for top-end rebuild at 10,000 just like the guys did it in the old days. Am going to hop it up some also, hoping for about 30 blistering horsepower. Dew.
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