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I've been thinking as end of warranty approaches later this year will i or won't i trade in or sell ect when that time comes once the warranty period is over.

Imo the motor should last 100,000km if serviced and looked after , but seing the gsx650f is new no one knows how long the motor ect will last.

It's a calculated gamble on which way to go. For me i will decide that as the day approaches.

Is an extended aftermarket warranty an option and worth the expence ?

What are you guys going to do ?

I'll keep it. The moment the bike starts showing problems, I will fix it and get rid of it... Seeing as it's more or less a bandit (which have been around for quite a while) with fairing, I doubt there will be a lot of problems that can't be overcome though.

I don't quite understand why people get rid of bikes so fast? Am I just crazy, or are these things designed to explode on the freeway at 20k like everyone says?

I agree that a lot of people have a weird attitude to bikes, and have a distorted idea of their lifespan. I suspect a lot of this comes from the fact they are cheap enough to be bought as weekend toys by many people. This means there are lots of low-mileage bikes around, far more so than with cars.

The number of life wear components on a bike is pretty small which makes actual life fairly unimportant. You can sort wheel bearings, discs and chain/sprockets fairly cheaply and if the motor is old and worn out, a replacement will not be too expensive from a breakers. There's not really much else to wear. Bikes can go as long as there's the interest to make them do so. For an inline 4 I'd consider anything over 50000 to be well used.

Personally, I don't think that extended warranties are worth the money. However, if you need that piece of mind, otherwise you will trade the bike, I'd say go for the warranty. It will cost you less money then you will lose on the bike right now.

notice how not one person said they will sell it

Voted yes. I would like to keep this bike indefinitely because I have found it is one of the better riding machines available for the $ and the fun factor is very high. But my goal would be to also have a larger cruiser (2nd bike) such as a Vulcan or Vstar and ping pong between the two. But right now my finances can only support one and the 2nd will probably be used.

Hell, i had my last bike for 20 yrs. before i sold it for the GSX 650 F . The only reason i even got rid of it in the first place was it was a one year only production bike and parts were getting extremely hard to find . Glad i did though because the F has been a pleasure ever since i bought it. Gonna ride it until it dies !

The 650F is probably a fairly overbuilt motor. Much of it is the same as the Bandit 1250 and designed to handle that much more powerful output. I'm guessing that the 650F has the potential to outlast many other motorcycles, if properly cared for. It certainly isn't a high strung race motor made to be as light as humanly possible.

I'll almost certainly keep mine for another season. There really isn't another bike out there that has me itching to trade right now. But at some point in the next two years, I'll probably get bored with the 650F and move on to something else.

hey judd what did you have before?

I had a 1982 Honda FT 500 Ascot. Only had 25,000 miles on it but it was getting old and i was starting to use it as daily transportation and that was starting to take it's toll. Great little thumper but i had to move on. I do miss it but had no room for two bikes , plus the wife said she wasn't going for having two bikes either so it was bye bye to the old friend .

When I was new to bikes {really I still am after 4 years} I thought a car was good for 200,000km before I would sell it and get a new second hand car ,NEVER buy new.
But when I brought a bike I wanted new as I did know how a motor or km's are good for or to tell a good one from a abused one.
But know after seeing my mate 1996 CBR600F with 100,000 km and its still going strong .
So know ,if the bike serviced and looked after ,I'd go over 70,000km before I'd start to worry if some thing "might go wrong" that could cost abit to fix.
So 5 years or 70,000km ,I'd consider getting rid of it.
Not that It would be no good after that time ,just that it might need money spent on shocks etc and its starting to wear ,might as well spend the money on a new or newer model ,and after buying 3 new bikes ,I don't think I would ever buy new again ,there is alot of second hand bike with very very low km's.

Heck, I have over 330,000 (205,000 miles) kilometers on my truck now and I have never had any mechanical problems. Will probably drive it another 150,000 miles and then rebuild it. I know several guys that have got bikes with well over 100,000 miles on them. I will still have my bike in 5 years if I don't have major problems.

Thought I'd pipe in on extended warranties. The math is just like insurance. Over the life, you'll likely pay more for it than you get back in claims (which is how they can make money offering them).

The only smart case for getting one is if you're continuously so low on cash that you couldn't afford a major repair yourself if you needed one. In that case, you're accepting that overall you'll pay more, but the higher value to you is knowing that if you need it, you can have a repair paid for that you otherwise couldn't afford.

Personally I don't need that safety net and so it's a bad gamble for me. Your mileage may vary(tm).