What is Considered High Mileage on a Sports Bike?

When it comes to a high performance machine like a Honda CBR600 sports motorcycle, what is considered to be high mileage on it? And does the mileage really matter?

Partzilla’s motorcycle expert John Talley livestreams Q&A sessions on our YouTube channel every Friday at 3pm Eastern. In this session, John was asked what could be considered high mileage on a sports bike like a 2015 Honda CBR600 RR.

Sport Bike High Mileage Q&A

What's considered high mileage on a sports bike?  I have a 2015 Honda CBR 600RR.

John Talley: I’m of the firm opinion that the mileage doesn’t matter if you really maintain it. I’ve got a car with 234,000 miles on it and we’re just getting started. That has demanded a lot of work. It’s a performance machine, a BMW M5 if you’re curious. But if you maintain them and stay ahead of the maintenance curve, it wouldn’t scare me to pick up a sports bike that’s been maintained properly with over 40 or 50 thousand miles on it. I had a mechanic friend I worked with at a dealership level and he had a Yamaha R1 with over 100 thousand miles on it, and it was his primary ride. He rode it to work every day, whether there was rain, sleet or snow. … But we’d go on trips, 200 or 300 miles away and he would be on his R1. So as long as you maintain them, you’re good to go. 

Watch the video below to see how to change the oil in a Honda CBR600 sports bike. 

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