I have a 99 XJ900 S with 76000km on it. I just get on it every day and press the starter and it goes. I do everything on it myself except get the valve clearances and carbies balanced by my local dealer. It still has the original battery in it. I am very pleased with it except for one item and that is the wind buffeting I get over the standard screen. I am 183 cm tall. Rodney