[KevinW 2017R3]

Another thought on miles. Does it really matter? With the average rider putting between 2,000 and 4,000 miles on their bike each year, and many not even close to that, 100,000 miles is between 25 and 50 years in calendar time. Even if you are a heavy user, with the bike filling in as primary transport, for 12,000 miles a year (that's a lot of miles on an R3), that's still 7 to 9 years of riding. Most folks only keep their bikes for 4 years, so that means that it won't be until a couple owners down the road that the ultimate durability will be realized. This means that any bike under 10,000 miles (or 2,000 miles for each year of age) is a used bike bargain that will last easily until you get tired of it and shift it off. It's rare (not unheard of, but very rare) to find a used R3 on the market with more than 12,000 miles on it, so what we know about ultimate reliability and durability is not really much. Nor does it really matter.

 

[pilotgirl]

My R3 is now over 136,500 kilometres and still going strong!

 

[21amullins]

I stumbled on this old thread. I'm curious if others have similar opinions on the reliability of pre-2019 models. Frankly, if the 2015-2018 R3's have serious flaws, it's news to me. Anyhow, I'm curious what others think. Is this is one person's opinion (and he/she omitted to provide any details to substantiate his/her claim) or is this general and accepted knowledge? And if there are serious flaws, well what are they?

Well my 2017 r3 with 6000 miles just spun a bearing and tanked the motor

 

[Gearbox Paul]

Well my 2017 r3 with 6000 miles just spun a bearing and tanked the motor

I'm sorry to hear that. I bought another bike last year and sold my R3.

 

[21amullins]

I'm sorry to hear that. I bought another bike last year and sold my R3.

Wish I could say the same don't know what I'll get next don't even know if want to trust this r3 after i get the motor rebuilt

 

[Gearbox Paul]

Wish I could say the same don't know what I'll get next don't even know if want to trust this r3 after i get the motor rebuilt

To be clear, I didn't sell the R3 because it was lemon - far from it, it ran lilke a champ during the time I owned it. But I had been looking for an older GSXR bike for some time, and one finally became availble at the right price, so I pulled the trigger on it. I sold the R3 for more than I paid for it.

Good luck.