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Other than timing belts every 50K miles and a couple of water pumps the only engine work was head gaskets at about 211,000 miles. The previous owner was a real stickler for maintenence, I've had it about 40,000 of those miles since June '03 - so I'm keeping up with his averages per year quite well.
The very best part about this bike it that it was a gift from a man I first met on the internet in 1998, then in person the first time in 2001. He bought a new BMW 1150RT in 2003 and gave me his old bike, he had it since new and I got complete maintenence records with it also.
This guy lives in a motorhome full time and trailers his BMW around, finds a place to park and goes on day rides till he runs out of roads in a given area. I have managed to see him every year, sometimes a couple of times a year, since 2001.
I've ridden quite a few GL1200 Goldwings and this one runs as strong as any I've ridden, better than most. The only one close was an '86 SEi - the fuel injected one, and that bike had only about 100K on it when I rode it.
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