How many miles can you get out of a Harley Davidson?

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joseph

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Okay so I have a 2006 Road King (FLHR) that I had bought new in 2006. After 4 years of riding I have put on 140,000 miles on this bike without a problem. Ive always changed the oil and chain case and Ive only used synthetic oil. So my question is how many more miles can I get out of this bike.
Thanks, Ive only put new pipes and regular maintains on it.
The reason I put some many miles on is because lived in Alaska and we would take the hole summer off and ride cross country and now that Ive moved to Washington I ride every day and in any weather.
 
35,000 per year?

I'm impressed if that's true.

There isn't any reason your bike won't go twice that if you do all the maintenance, keep up on the little things, and don't abuse it.

How are you managing to get in 96 miles per day, 365 days per year?
 
Damn!!!....FINALLY...someone that actually rides!!!
With PROPER and regualr maintenance, you should be good to go for over a 100k more. I had a 86 Softail with 197k in 94 on it (and the ORIGINAL belt) when the chassis gave out, the engine only had one top end job done at around 100k and it was still running strong.

You say never any problems...have you ever had the cam chains & tensioners replaced yet? I have some recommendations for this, but too long to write here. Also, injected or carbed? If injected, was the bike ever remapped by an HD "download" or injection tuner installed?...I can make some recommendations on that as well.

All models prior to 07 (except Dyna's, prior to 06), were notorious for cam chain and tensioner failure at mileage from 20-50k.

Email me through my profile with any questions you might have.
 
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