75,000 mile 1150GS - how cheap?

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I've found a £3,500, 2003 75,000 mile 1150 GS Adventure, no ABS so that won't be an issue but what else might fail?

Anyone else out there with a high mileage GS to warn me of the future perils

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I have...

I've found a £3,500, 2003 75,000 mile 1150 GS Adventure, no ABS so that won't be an issue but what else might fail?

Anyone else out there with a high mileage GS to warn me of the future perils

thanks

a 04 1150GS, 95,600 miles and in the time I have had it has had, hall sensor, thottle body, timing chain tensioner, front fork seals and datatool alarm replaced, other than that, touch wood, nothing major......I ride it all year round in all weathers. Am sure there have been others who have had worse, and of course how was it looked after by the previous owner....:D Don't know about GSA price but I was offered £3000 by a dealer as a part-ex on a new 1200GSA. Kept my 1150GS.
 
Well, mine's just under 75k (and just over 4 years old). Again, no ABS.
Only things that have caused problems have been clutch (14k due to leaking clutch fluid contanimating clutch plates). Um, clutch slave cylinder coming lose at about 70k. Er, noisy cam chain on left (known, not a problem, will fix when I get around to it). Bulbs (couple), tyres (few), pads (many), disks (1 of each), batteries (x3), general consumable usage through its life have been normal. Clutch is stating to show signs of being in need of replacing soon (I used to do London traffic a lot so it would wear quicker than usual). This is a bike that lives outside and is (well, was) ridden in all weathers. Oh, that reminds me, fork brace looks crap and one of these days I'll think about replacing it. Rear shock could probably do with a check but is fine for my usage and the spark plug caps needed replacing a couple of times (2 of each)
So, overall, I'd say it's milage isn't a worry.
 
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Mines probably not representative, it's had a hard life but of the top of my head:

58K, non Adv, non ABS, fastest Blue and White.

Front and rear shocks finished by 40k, and 30k respectively.

First clutch replaced before embarking on fairly tough overland trip. To be fair the clutch wasn't quite finished at 30ish K, but probably wouldn't have lasted the trip so swapped out as a precaution.

Clutch number 2 replaced when (fantastic bit of BMW forethought, this), the tuppenny bit output seal blew, spraying oil all over the (5k old) clutch, replacement required.

Clutch number 3 completely destroyed taking the gearbox with it (or possibly the other way round). Cause may have been the slave cylinder (another known weakness, my bad for not checking it wasn't knackered maybe?) failing - still need to inspect properly and decide what actually happened.

2 x paralever bearings.

3 (I think) x crown wheel bearings.

2 x Fork seals. Forgiven, as I say it's had a hard life.

1 x Battery.

Ignition cable wore through.

Fork brace and lowers corroded. Again to be fair, my bike actually still looks pretty good outside of these two corroded parts. Swamping in ACF50 and then not cleaning it has kept it looking a lot better than some I've seen with less mileage on the clock.

3 x rear discs.

2 x set of front discs.

God knows how many pads, especially the rear.

What else? 1 rear brake bulb, 1 gear indicator sensor, zero fuses, uprated camchain tensioner (replaced because of noise), 1 x alternator belt.

Based on my own personal experiences particularly in the £££££ clutch and gearbox department, I personally wouldn't pay £3.5k for a GS with 75k on it - if I had to have a GS and budgets were tight I'd hang around for a low mileage late 1100.

Pluck
 
126k, used all year mostly dual carriageways. Other than stuff wearing out, bits that have broken are the output shaft to the gearbox (or something) at 45k, alternator at 90k, front wheel replaced at 100k (wear on disc bolts), rear shock at 120k. Everything painting silver corroded to sh*t of course-still on original clutch though. Check out the rear subframe under the bodywork, mines badly rusted and looks like it might need welding up.
 


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