11-23-2021, 01:22 PM

How did I miss this thread???

I currently have 306,000 miles on my 2006 1200R. Original engine died in May 2017 at 206,000 due to a seal from an oil cap falling into the oil tank and blocking oil flow. Until that happened I was using about a quart of oil every 5,000 miles with it all going out the breathers. It did not burn any oil or smoke.

I replaced the engine with a used engine from a 2006 1200C off ebay. It had 17,000 on it at the time and now has 117,000.

The only major issue I had was due to the mainshaft bearing on the transmission going at 206,000 miles. The cage cracked and slid inside the case allowing the ***** from the bearing to sit on the bottom half of the bearing. I split the cases, replaced all the bearings, and put it back together. It died on the test ride 2 miles from my house.

I did not baby this bike but don't abuse it either, unless you consider riding for 11 days straight covering 8-10,000 miles abuse. Most of the miles are highway miles. Oil changes were roughly at 5,000 miles, some a little less and some more, and a handful over 8-12,000 miles. I ran HD Syn3 oil in it since the odo turned 20,000 in 2009. I started doing an oil analysis at 100,000 miles and when it died 100,000 miles later the metals in the oil had not changed much.