High-Mileage B12's out there?

[China Greg]

OK! Whew! Long time since I last visited this post..

At this point my 1998 black B12 has at least 130,000 miles on it. Hard to tell exactly; I'm on my second speedo.

I went through a REPEATED motor-rebuild process in the past couple of years, trying to root-out naggy vibration issues, (turned out my JE pistons were worn after 90K on them!).

Great bike... +1 sprocket up front makes it feel like it has a Sixth gear...modified (flattened) Corbin to fit my ample beehind...JE 1216cc kit.. light headwork...Yosh RS-3 can.. Hyperpro shock, Progressive springs, Racetech kit... drag bars... Adaptiv TPX radar detector... NEP throttle lock... steel lines, wave rotors...

What's not to like? I just had it to the track in August...two years ago did 12,000 miles with it around the country in same config.

Now B12 has a baby brother: SV1000S, which fills-in for shorter, faster rides... ALSO modded with good suspension, etc.

A nice place to be

[EvilRanger]

My 2005 has just clicked over the 50K mark.

[China Greg]

50K... excellent. Happy Birthday, GSF!

How's it running at this point?
Issues?
Complaints?
Mods?

[RDUBandit]

I'm a hair shy of 47000 miles on my '04 B12S.  Runs great, but I just installed a Holeshot stage 1 jet kit, 5° timing advancer, and a 19-row Earl's cooler (twice the capacity of the OEM).  I believe the gas mileage is now a bit better, and it runs about 10-15° cooler.

I sold this bike at~96000 miles and it was still running like a champ.  The cam chain tensioner was at the end of its usefulness, but I replaced it with the APE manual unit and all was well.  Sorta sorry I traded it, although the FJR is a great touring rig.