It’s a Ducati you have to adjust the valves every 3k or at least that’s how the mid to late 2000s ones were. Pretty much if it gets an oil change it gets a valve adjustment. You might want too look into it would be damn shame for a bike like that to go early.
I can say it's not in the manual. There's no scheduled service in the period of time I expect to own it, other than fluids and tires. It's pretty reliable and I don't put many miles on it. It has only been something like 800 miles this year. I won't own it more than five years.
It's really only fun for about 120 miles, about 2 hours of ride time. It kinda sucks after that. It's not comfortable, at most any speed. The furthest I've been is when I brought it back from VT, after buying it. The missus was in the truck behind me and I took two days to do something I'd have done in just a single drive in a car.
So, it doesn't get many miles. Today was my second longest trip of the year, and we just went down into Skowhegan, the back way (out through Eustis and on 16, if you want to see it on a map). They hold their value very well, and I doubt I'll keep it for very long. It's just not comfortable and it is kind of absurd. I don't actually enjoy riding it as much as I did the previous bike - or even as much as I liked the Goldwing. It's stupidly fast but it's not even a little comfortable.
Well the day you are done with it you let me know first. I can’t wait to get back on two wheels and that would be a hell of a way to do it.
Alright, but I'll be asking fair market value. I'll be able to sell it and pay for another BMW, probably. My previous bike was an R 1200 GS and I really loved it. I'll probably get another one. I really don't like this bike as much as I should. It's just not a lot of fun. More often than not, it wants you to throw it around. It wants you to dig in to the corners - and it will, don't get me wrong. It's a fantastic bike for that. It pretty much sucks balls for everything but that. 'Snot a bike I'd want to commute to work in, even if it's a fairly short ride, or anything like that.
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