Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - X-Wedge engine life

My car has now done 42,000 miles on its original engine. All it has had is regular maintenance, oil changes, filters etc along with some 569 cams and roller rockers at about 20,000 miles. The general wisdom is that these motorcycle engines will not last as long as a modern "car engine" and will need a rebuild at fairly modest mileages.

I know there are a few owners on here that have done some big mileages and I was wondering if their engines are still going strong or are they heading towards a rebuild or at least some parts changing? I have had a look inside the cylinders in my engine with an endoprobe and they look like new still, no scuffing or discolouration. Do we have any idea of what is a reasonable expected life for an X-Wedge in a M3W? It's hard to tell how things are wearing without a strip down and hopefully there won't be a reason to do that any time soon.

An oil cooler is not needed unless high oil temps are an issue, and would be detrimental to engine life if the oil is not allowed to come up to full temperature (210-250F) on a regular basis.
The large remote oil reservoir is already too much of an oil cooler for shorter trips. Unless you live in a desert climate and take very long drives, you should not need an oil cooler. But if you must fit one, do so with one that has a thermostat to bypass the cooler until the oil comes up to temp.

"Every biker" is not a good source of petroleum engineering information. Seek out information from an actual petroleum engineer or read things written by them.