[Kiwi Steve]

When I rode a Honda ST1100 (V4, 1100 cc) in Australia, bikers used to joke, "How do you spell 'reliability'?" "HONDA!"

I sold my ST1100, because I was returning from Australia to New Zealand, and she had 180,000 km on the clock - thats 112,000 miles. I knew of ST1100s which had high 200k km and over 300k km (approx 200k miles) on them. Those Honda touring bikes (ST1100, ST1300 and Gold Wing) are bullet proof, the Gold Wing especially. I did the cam belts on the ST at 100,000 km (60,000 miles) and gave her regular oil changes and she went forever.

The Valkyrie is just a Gold Wing without the fairings and bells and whistles. Built like a brick outhouse. 86,000 miles, that's only 140,000 km, it's just been run in :smile: