15 Motorcycles So Reliable Owners Refuse to Sell Them

Consumer Reports surveyed twelve thousand motorcycles across ten brands. Japanese manufacturers posted four-year failure rates between eleven and fifteen percent. BMW posted forty percent. Can-Am posted forty-two. Nearly half—broken before the first tire change. The average motorcycle in America changes hands every three to four years. But in the owner forums, there is a different breed. Riders posting hundred-thousand-mile odometer photos. Turning down cash offers at gas stations. Refusing to sell. Today—fifteen motorcycles so reliable, owners flat-out refuse to let them go. And the Number 1 bike? Four hundred thousand miles on the original powertrain.