I,m thinking about buying a new bike next year. My Kawasaki Versys has done 50,000 miles in the last four years, and I want a change. I,d like a Bonnie but haven't met anyone whose got one whose covered that sort of mileage and can tell me how the bikes put up with it.
I bought a new Bonny last year, and I love it... unfortunately I haven't done that many miles on it... only 2.500 miles in the last 10 months, so cant really comment on the amount of miles youre thinking off....
What model is your Bonnie Lynn? I haven't found anyone who has one and does big mileage on it. I spoke to a guy in Melford who has a ten year old Speedmaster and had only just over 7000 miles on the clock.
Bought my 2009 Bonnie at the end of July with only 4500 miles on the clock, since then I've added another 2500! Too early to comment on long term reliability but they have a reputation for being pretty bulletproof. If you do get one budget for improving the suspension though, the standard shocks are crap!
I had an 06 Scrambler, I had a few issues with it, brake disk warped (turned out to be the carrier) engine casings rotted ( I believe that has been improved ) loved it, but couldn't handle all the cleaning ( loads of chrome ) wheels will rot if not attended to ( spoked ones that is ). The engine was a peach, changed the filter, pipes and jets for a bit more go and noise. Covered 20K and a trip or two around Caldwell never let me down nor disgraced itself. Interestingly I replaced it with a Versus, personally I prefer the Versys.
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