hairnet Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 THANKS BILL willswitchengage and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 So you've now got me hoping that my ER5 explodes so that I have an excuse to buy this. Thanks although I have now fixed its stupid deafening leaky exhaust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 id swap for er5 and cash your way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the judge Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Bikeshite. Love it. These go forever on a whiff of fuel abd are super reliable. Worth every penny (and a few more) Know what you mean about twins, took ages to get used to my gs after jap 4 cylinders. Bounced off redline all the time until I was used to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 id have another single if i didnt do so much motorway - went to weymouth to buy a f650 - ooh it wont start throttle is jammed open - train down - start it didnt make odd noises - clouted the cable that was stuck between carbs and rode it home - cheaply v twin just no done lots of fours and the odd triple prefer para twins willswitchengage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Fark me, that's some mileage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 That is good going for a bike. These do tend to be quite long-lived though if they're looked after properly - not a particularly highly stressed engine. I had a 600 Diversion with 82K on the clock which was still sweet, but never had anything with six figures. The most knackered bike I've ever ridden was a Mobylette AV50 with 35K on its original engine. Would barely pull 25 on the flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 never bought a bike with that much miles - was worried but it wasnt as worn out as i thought itd be although i was looking at cbf 500 and 600 with 70+k on them for less than a thousand have put 26k on a new hornet in 18 months in 2003 - have done 14k+ a year since 2002 (the insurance love me ) and ive never been a courier last 18 months with this bike 6k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtd2000 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Back in the early 80's, I remember the general concensus was that if a small capacity bike made it to 10,000 miles it was considered pretty much FUBAR'd. Now you see folks selling 10 year old 125s with 30,000+ miles for over a grand... It would have been worth about a fiver back then It looks like that NTV has seen a bit of action in its time! Is this engine a variant of the Honda Shadow engine? I'm sure I was reading an article the other month that suggested those motors were good for 150-200k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 not sure about shadow but this engines been around for a looooong time in 600 form for the deauville then 650 then 700 and they only stopped making it last year bit like cbr6 four been made for 20+ years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtd2000 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Should be plenty of life left in this old girl yet! As the title suggests, if you see an NTV with high mileage don't be put off! I recently bought my neighbours old bike off him and it has 151,000 YES 151,000 miles. Source: http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikereviews/searchresults/Bike-Reviews/Honda/Honda-NTV600650-1988-1997/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 bump bike now on ebay 300 bin 250 to shiters (or billy) just waiting for youtube link to load to show running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 I'll get back you after about it Mark, stuck at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 the pipe to fix the leak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 vid of it running from cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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