SMD Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Just to reassure all the people whom have not had major mechanical failures but are worried, my 99 RT has been relativily trouble free for 90,000 miles. Issues I've encountered: 1. ABS front wheel censor failure 2. Final Drive pivot bearings 3. Battery 4. Clutch 5. Throttle Cables Looking forward to another 90,000 trouble free miles! SMD Link to comment
philbytx Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Yayyyyy !!!! Many more trouble-free miles mate Link to comment
smiller Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 It's bad when those front wheel censors fail... then the wheel can say anything it wants. Link to comment
SMD Posted September 4, 2006 Author Share Posted September 4, 2006 It's bad when those front wheel censors fail... then the wheel can say anything it wants. Sheesh .. am I grammatically correct now? Just to reassure all the people whom have not had major mechanical failures but are worried, my 99 RT has been relativily trouble free for 90,000 miles. Issues I've encountered: 1. ABS front wheel sensor failure 2. Final Drive pivot bearings 3. Battery 4. Clutch 5. Throttle Cables Looking forward to another 90,000 trouble free miles! SMD Link to comment
Yeeha! Stephen Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Outstanding! Hope you didn't Jynx yourself Link to comment
MotoMoose Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I'm up there with you, my 2002 r1150rt-p has 92k. Of course, it was maintained at the dealer until it went to auction. I have read the entire dealer file, and the most major repair was the clutch at 76k. Link to comment
duckbubbles Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 SMD- If you aren't jinxing yourself by disclosing the untroubled mileage of your final drive, I am sure that I am by saying that the F/D in my '85 K has almost 312,000 miles with just regular synthetic oil changes. It's a monolever, so that might make a little difference. I have had two driveshaft u-joint failures in that time, though. Frank Link to comment
Green RT Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 As another data point, my 99RT is at 80,000 miles with a similar trouble free record. Clutch cables replaced twice Battery replaced once Shocks needed by not replaced yet Otherwise, just tires, oil, plugs, brake pads and gas The gas tank seems to be the highest maintenance item. I keep filling it up and it still always seems to be empty. Link to comment
DFTB Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Great to know that a little preventative maintenance goes along ways! It seems that too many people these days are looking for that 'disposable' bike; ride it for a year or two then purchase a new one! Link to comment
bigboy Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 hey smd good news i think the rt is pretty bullet proof mine has covered 118k and like yours just had the clutch replaced at 115k and plenty of services in between. i hope you get another 90k trouble free. Link to comment
LDHack Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 70k on '03 R1150RT, and no failures except two alternator belts replaced, plus one headlight bulb and one tail light bulb. Normal fluids, fuel, and tires...and a set or two of plugs and air filters. Oh ya, and a couple fuses blown when fiddling with electric wires. I'm happy. Link to comment
BMWGreenRT Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 90K and going strong on my 1998 R1100RT Rear seal went once right after bearings had been replaced by dealer at 50K, so that may have contributed to the seal issue. Otherwise...normal constant maintenance as per requirements. dealer maintained to 36K then I took over thanks to a Ted Tech Day teaching experience. Link to comment
Mark_Turner Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Sounds like I have some catching up to do, just bought my 99 r1100 rt three weeks ago, only had 10,000 miles on it. Now I have 11,550. Hope mine will be as trouble free!!! Mark Turner Cleveland, Oh Link to comment
Albert Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Well, your subject line has you approaching a million miles and your message has you approaching 100k miles. Regardless, good on you and here's to another 900,000. Link to comment
KDeline Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I got you all beat, 122,700 only an HES failure, of course in the middle of South Dakota on a Saturday afternoon..... Link to comment
EffBee Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Glad to hear you've gotten so many trouble-free miles from your RT. My '99 Boston Green Baby turned 90K on my way back from the UnRally in Gunnison this past June. So far, other than wear items like cables and brakes, the only failure I've had is a neutral light switch. But then again, the Boston Green RT's always were put together a little better than the rest. Link to comment
99R1100RT Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 '99RT with 87k: HES Fuel Pump Neutral Start Switch (3) Clutch Throttle Cable (2) Rear brake switch Front brake hose Still runs as good as new. Link to comment
Bill Neander Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 97 RT with 85,000 miles-needed new speedometer cable at 50,000. Oh yeah-wore the rear rotor down below specs and had it replaced around 60,000. Link to comment
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