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Just wondering how many miles we can expect to get out of my RG before having to tear it down and do a rebuild? I realize there are alot of factors, but just curious too see how many miles some of you got on your baggers. Also, would you be able to just rebuild the top end at whatever mileage, or should you go through the whole motor? Just out of curiousity, I have only 18,000 on mine right now, so hopefully it will be a while before I have to do anything like this!!!!!!
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2008 Road Glide
Mirage Orange Pearl
with ABS
Just wondering how many miles we can expect to get out of my RG before having to tear it down and do a rebuild? I realize there are alot of factors, but just curious too see how many miles some of you got on your baggers. Also, would you be able to just rebuild the top end at whatever mileage, or should you go through the whole motor? Just out of curiousity, I have only 18,000 on mine right now, so hopefully it will be a while before I have to do anything like this!!!!!!
Guy I know with a 02 road king rolled over 90k last month.
That's almost a trick question. It all depends on how you ride your bike. I bought my bike used with 18K, and at 45k the rings were shot. The previous owner did a lot of parades and skorched the cylinders. My indy says I should get another 100k with this build. Only time and miles will tell.
If you maintain your bike you should get a lot of miles out of it. This last winter I had my motor completly rebuilt at 120,000 miles. I wanted to see the condition it was in so I did the complete tear down and found that eveything look good and a compression test I did before the tear down showed 170# in both cylinders. I could have driven it longer, but wanted to go to a 103 for more power. I run Mobil 1 15-50 from Wall-Mart and change every 4000 to 5000 miles with a new filter.
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2009 Road King - Red Hot Sunglo - 4-point docking kit w/accessories, Reduced Reach bars - bone stock otherwise - 26,000 miles since Dec '08
Average mileage of rebuild??????
DragonRK
