[GlassAnkles]

i miss my 04 tdub so much im looking at buying a 01 with 9800 miles this weekend, and im assuming its will be time to tear into it right away for reliability's sake?



thx

glassankles

 

[Adam-n-nevada]

You know, TW has a pretty study engine and I think you'd be ok putting on many more miles before a rebuild. I have rings put in my at 7,000 miles, just because the engine was apart. I wish I hadn't. Another break-in period....was hell. There are members here, or at least on the previous site that reached miles into and over 20,000 miles. QWERTY, I believe, has put over 40,000 on his, w/o a rebuild.



I say put the money into good tires, steering bearings or other mods you deem most appropriate. I'm sure your TW with 9,800 miles is in good health. Unless of course, if the oil was never changed

-Adam

 

[GlassAnkles]

thats good to hear, i will give it a test run and row it through all the gears.



could be fun to send it to Maxpower RPM's and see what kind of bore and stroke he could come up with, lol



thx

 

[qwerty]

thats good to hear, i will give it a test run and row it through all the gears.



could be fun to send it to Maxpower RPM's and see what kind bore and stroke he could come up with, lol



thx

If it's been taken care of and not badly thrashed it should be good for another 20,000 miles at least.

 

[dawgs]

I just rebuilt my 07' at 30K miles. You will probably need a valve job before that so go ahead and do the rings when you do the valves. I had to bore mine because of scoring.



I did a valve job at 23k and now I'm doing the valves again at 30k because I have the engine apart for the rings.

 

[Gary]

If buying a used bike with all that mileage on it, I would rebuild it or have it rebuilt. You probably don't know the history of the bike. Besides that, you know you will have a dependable bike for a long time if maintained properly after the rebuild.

 

[jbfla]

Being the frugal sort, after changing the oil and filter, I would set the valve clearances, and check the cylinder compression. If all is OK, I would ride it until it doesn't go anymore. Then think about a rebuild.



jb

 

[TW2007]

i miss my 04 tdub so much im looking at buying a 01 with 9800 miles this weekend, and im assuming its will be time to tear into it right away for reliability's sake?



thx

glassankles

10K until overhaul ---I sure hope not. If in doubt do a compression check on the bike, and ride it to see if it's running alright.



I don't know how many miles between overhaul on a TW200 but I have had many small displacement bikes and found that around 15-25,000 miles I get some noticeable piston slap and oil consumption starts to increase. When I don't like the rate of oil consumption I go to the first oversize set of piston and rings and bore out the cylinder.



I'm not sure how many miles for the valves 40-65,000 miles maybe - unless something strange happens before--I would guess that carbon build up and/or the springs getting weak over time would be common causes for a valve job. I plan to remove the head at 25,000 miles and look at the valves. I'm hoping that they (the valves) will last until I have to go to the second oversize of piston and rings. And bottom end should go over 100,000 miles--- I would guess.



But I don't see too many people putting those kinds of miles on these bikes and I don't know if I will live long enough to see that many miles either.



That's one persons wild assed guess based on my ownership of other small displacement bikes.



Do a good pre-buy inspection and good luck.





Mike

 

[underthewheel]

10k mile is just fine four these bike.i have owened all type of bike over the yers big too small and inbetwean,and also been werkin on them bikes both profeshenal four dollers and four hobby.i say 10k is no big deals at all.buy these bike and ride it to enjoy if price is good and it wat you want.



fontintown firmarshel,

tenny

 

[GlassAnkles]

well it got sold because i was haggling to much, lol

 

[longroof]

39,700+ miles on mine. top end still hasn't been apart on my 2000 model.

 

[Dark Sol]

other than variable reliability right off the production line, it's all about where and how you ride it..



if you climb hills in a 110 degree desert or something running nearly red line I'd be shocked if the thing lasted 5k Mi. heat kills, and so does running near red line. Put them together and it's doomed.



If you run it much easier, like just cruising 40-50 down the road like I do with maybe a little off road mixed in on a cool 60-75 degree day, it should easily get to the 30k mark I would think. maybe even 50 or 100?? who knows, but I know a TW that has seen solely on-road use running the engine no higher than 6k should be really easy on it and last quite a while.



I heard the optimal running temperature (Especially for off road) would be somewhere between 35-45 degrees. It should stay nice and cool from the air even as slow speeds, and you combined that with running the engine at it's happiest cruise speed (5k flat) it would probably last virtually forever.

 

[qwerty]

other than variable reliability right off the production line, it's all about where and how you ride it..



if you climb hills in a 110 degree desert or something running nearly red line I'd be shocked if the thing lasted 5k Mi. heat kills, and so does running near red line. Put them together and it's doomed.



If you run it much easier, like just cruising 40-50 down the road like I do with maybe a little off road mixed in on a cool 60-75 degree day, it should easily get to the 30k mark I would think. maybe even 50 or 100?? who knows, but I know a TW that has seen solely on-road use running the engine no higher than 6k should be really easy on it and last quite a while.



I heard the optimal running temperature (Especially for off road) would be somewhere between 35-45 degrees. It should stay nice and cool from the air even as slow speeds, and you combined that with running the engine at it's happiest cruise speed (5k flat) it would probably last virtually forever.

Saginaw, Texas, to Saluda, North Carolina, 1028 miles in 19 hours last weekend in June. Fort Davis to Presidio to Terlingua to Fort Davis, 253 miles at high altitudes and 112*F last weekend in May. Currently 43,XXX miles on the odometer and the bike is finally starting to burn oil. TWs don't mind screaming their guts out in hot weather.

 

[ericj]

Saginaw, Texas, to Saluda, North Carolina, 1028 miles in 19 hours last weekend in June. Fort Davis to Presidio to Terlingua to Fort Davis, 253 miles at high altitudes and 112*F last weekend in May. Currently 43,XXX miles on the odometer and the bike is finally starting to burn oil. TWs don't mind screaming their guts out in hot weather.

That's great to hear, haven't had my TW long, but I love it and while selling my SV650 I was wondering what other bike to get as a second ride... might just be another TW. I like what I see of the BMW g650X Country, but they are a bit pricey and my butt is not very high off the ground. Maybe a second TW with different sprockets... more street oriented but then again I hate major highway riding anyhow and I have had my TW momentarily up to 70+ with my g/f on the back... cruising at 60 or so with her on there isn't a problem, and we are (amazingly) both more comfy than on the SV650 (although it's a nice street bike in almost every other way).

 

[qwerty]

A second TW for the girlfriend sounds like a grand idea.



I'd like to have 3 TWs, a streeter, a dualsport, and a gnarly dualsport.

 

[jimgoose]

Saginaw, Texas, to Saluda, North Carolina, 1028 miles in 19 hours last weekend in June.

Iron Butt?

 

[poweber]

Saginaw, Texas, to Saluda, North Carolina, 1028 miles in 19 hours last weekend in June. Fort Davis to Presidio to Terlingua to Fort Davis, 253 miles at high altitudes and 112*F last weekend in May. Currently 43,XXX miles on the odometer and the bike is finally starting to burn oil. TWs don't mind screaming their guts out in hot weather.

Hey qwerty - Do you live in Saginaw? I have a sister and brother-in-law there that I visit often.

 

[arrowsmith]

Iron Butt?

How about numb butt?

 

[qwerty]

Saddle Sore 1000. I never sent in the documentation--still have it somewhere. I had to be there and did what I had to do.



I don't live in Texas anymore.

 

[srs713]

Iron Butt?

How about numb butt?

Monkey butt?