Of you higher mileage guys, wondering how many miles y'all are getting up to these days?

2017 has about 30k, but I use 2 other bikes to add miles on them. So rotation is the Kruzism.

2017 has about 30k, but I use 2 other bikes to add miles on them. So rotation is the Kruzism.

Ha! That guy's a sport bike collectin' maniac!

2015 - coming up on 47,000 miles. Last weekend I replaced the front and rear sprockets and a new DID chain. First time doing this myself and it was pretty easy thanks to Rook's tutorial on the subject. Thanks Rook!

@doznkoz I love a gold chain on a bike!

I had 50,000 miles on my Gen1. I recently saw something somewhere about a ZX-14 with 200,000 miles.

45,000 miles for my 2013, on sometimes challenging Indonesian country roads... (two wheelers are not allowed on toll freeways here)

As of this morning 32,554 miles on my '06 ZX-14...

Rook Wrote: "I had 50,000 miles on my Gen 1. I recently saw something somewhere about a ZX-14 with 200,000 miles."

I'm just hoping to make 50,000, mine is burning a lot of oil these days....

* Last updated by: Kruz on 5/19/2026 @ 10:09 AM *

Are you sure it's burning in the engine? Mine burnt a reasonable amount on the exhaust manifold before I changed over to the updated ring-os and head cover gasket. Change spark plug gaskets while you're in there too. I was needing to add oil between 2500 mile oil changes.

Take the fairings off, Pull back the engine heat blanket. If you see an oil leak from the LH side of the valve cover, that's it.

I have tutorials on these.

Unlike yours, mine sat for 8 months until summer. There was time for the oil to run down the head pipes and I saw it. This was after two years owning the brand new bike.

I wouldn't bother with the washer fix although I did that and it helped. ..a bit. Get the updated gasket and sealant and you're golden.

I don't have all the bikes you do to compare but I have two hayabusas now. The Gen2 never used a drop of oil. I expect the Gen3 won't either. The 14 is just.....not as refined. I don't want to use the word "crude" (especially for the Gen2 14R) but the ZX-14 uses oil. My brand new 2024 has a film of oil over the throttle bodies ducts after 600 miles. Who knows what's going out of the crankcase vent? ZX-14s use some oil in my experience. ...not a lot but they use some just from natural bleeding.