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Old 10-11-2010, 12:19 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Homeslice View Post
Nice, congrats. Just goes to show you how dumb some people are for thinking bikes are disposable objects that will blow up past 10,000 miles. Clutches and rectifiers might wear out, but there is no reason why a bike engine can't last as long as a car engine. High rpm's don't make any difference if they were built to handle them.
I would even argue that a good number of motorcycle engines are more likely to last longer because they were engineered to withstand such high RPM

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