68,000 miles on an FJ?

[Bminder]

My bike hit 68,000 miles yesterday.
Occasionally I'll have a friend or someone check out my bike and be shocked how many miles it has on it. Their attitude is like, "It's a miracle!" or "It's got to be so worn out!" or "Is this the second motor?"
Being new to motorcycles, I really didn't know much about the longevity of them. I figured it's not like a car, but come on, 68,000? That doesn't sound like that much. 
The thing starts and runs great, (thanks to you all)  it doesn't smoke or burn or leak oil, has all kinds of power, gets decent MPG's.
Is this unusual for a motorcycle to have that many miles on it and still run like new?

[pdxfj]

A number of people are members of the 100,000+, 150,000+, 200,000+ miles club on their original, untouched engines.

Change the oil, keep the valves adjusted.. you'll be fine.. If you're concerned do a compression check.  My FJ has over 50k on it and is totally fine..

[Pat Conlon]

In human terms, assuming a well maintained bike, your 68k mile FJ is in it's mid twenty's....the best mileage is in front of you.

Of course, same a humans, it depends on how well she has been taken care of....

I know some humans (as do you) that are absolutely trashed in their mid twenty's.

We have a old timer in Denver, CO. by the name of Lee, and he has over 300k on his '84 and has never opened the engine. He has been very particular on his maintance. He logs everything.

I do wish Lee (if you don't limp, you ain't shit) would pop in here and say hello...

[rktmanfj]

I do wish Lee (if you don't limp, you ain't shit) would pop in here and say hello...

Ah, there he is...   

[rlucas]

I do wish Lee (if you don't limp, you ain't shit) would pop in here and say hello...

Ah, there he is...   

I've said it before and I'll say it again...

I wanna be Lee when I grow up.


rossi

[Bminder]

Lee is just down the road from me if he's in Denver. I should roll down and see him.

[roverfj1200]

I have 85000 mile on my 88 and the valve cover has not been off for 65k Runs great.

Cheers

[1tinindian]

My free 93 FJ has over 180K.
Sure doesn't show it.
Ride on and enjoy!

Leon

[Vsekvsek]

There was some swedish guy on you tube (its come done recently)that has rode the world on his fj that 500k miles on his fj

[rusjel]

My 88's first motor went to 200ks before the clutch died and lost comp in no3. A broke uni student at the time I transplanted a motor with 120k on the dial into it and ran that one up to 200k before I sold it.

Tough bikes, but then I think people stress too much about miles on modern bike engines. My 955 Tiger has 150k up and my Blackbird 110, apart from a little oil use in the Tiger both run perfectly.

[Dads_FJ]

Lee is just down the road from me if he's in Denver. I should roll down and see him.

I met Lee in Gunnison '05.  What a guy - lots of knowledge in that head.  He told me about the nifty place under the carbs to heat a can of food or whatever.

[Bminder]

Haha and no drain on alternator either!

[Burns]

I'm thinkin' I could cook up a batch of pinto beans for dinner that-a-way!
Gonna study on it some.

[movenon]

I'm thinkin' I could cook up a batch of pinto beans for dinner that-a-way!
Gonna study on it some.

If there in a can don't wait to long they will explode and that dried crap is hard to clean off.. Don't ask... 
George

[novaraptor]

Just a bit of Americana trivia.. In the early days of auto travel, a lot of the tourists heading down the east coast to Florida had a metal roaster attached to their exhaust pipe. They would prepare the roaster with the meat and potatoes before the drive and have it ready by dinnertime..