Hi Martin, 180,000 miles is very good.
I agree with what you say about expectations. Many motorcycles are leisure vehicles, used on sunny days, so only do a few thousand miles a year. So after a few years with 10 or 20 thousand miles on the clock they are traded in for the latest model. Cars are expected to do 100,000 to 200,000 miles, so why not motorcycles.
Oil changes, filters, occasional fixes. I also think the way you ride a motorcycle. I have seen and heard a few similar bikes to mine, with far lower milage, but they sounded so rough, rattling, worn out. Seems their mates often had sports bikes, so were thrashed to keep up with the faster sports bikes. Single cylinder bikes don't like to be thrashed, don't like silly high speed.
I have a few single cylinder motorcycles (1976 Yamaha TT500, 1988 XT600 Tenere) and have owned many in the past, XR350, DR350, KLR 600 and 650. So I know their limitations, keep the speed down, don't thrash them or the engine.
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