Originally Posted by
prj71
Back in the day...both cars and bikes WERE NOT more reliable than cars and bikes of today. Back in the day you'd be lucky to get 100,000 miles out of a car without spending major money on repairs.
Nowadays you can easily top over 100,000 miles on a car and only have spent money on gas, tires, oil changes and maybe brake replacement.
My current 2016 4runner has 94,000 miles on it. So far only oil changes and gas. Still have the original brakes.
Recently tossed out my timing light and dwell meter. But who didn't love replacing points and plugs yearly, setting timing, and sticking a screwdriver down the carb to keep the choke open when it flooded.