In my 40 years of riding I used to ride a lot. One year (1981) I rode my Yamaha XV920R 36,000 miles. I still have that bike (though it a piece of junk sitting in the back yard now). Two years ago I bought a 2004 Z06 Corvette and now I don't ride my bike any long distances (the car is so much better) and I probably only put 3,000 to 4,000 miles a year on my current bike now (I haven't owned it for a year yet!).
Already this year have bout 700 in before the weather decided to start playing games with us. 80 on day--2 days later 12+ inches of snow but thinking after all is said and done should be around 5k or maybe alittle over especially with gas in the low $3.00 range for the car
well I just completed 1 year in june and I put on just a little over 5k so thats it for me...I want it to be a litlle higher cause I plan if possible to go riding on some trips to the local mountains and such.
My annual mileage has always been over 25,000, sometimes way over. It is going down as I get older. And right now it is being split up among 9 different bikes. My lifetime mileage is well over 500,000.
I've been riding since 1980 and am on my 28th machine. My 2014 Rocket III now has 29K miles on it. I know most people are not as nutty as I am, but even the coldest, wettest or hottest rides to or from work are better on a bike than a cage to me. I am weak minded I know, I admit it. But I NEED a bike in my life to stay reasonable sane.
The ES500 back in Denver only has about 9K miles on it, but if I had it here, it would be my daily ride and the miles would add up quick on it as well.
Oh wow, old thread indeed. This was back when I first joined the forum. In July of 2012 which is when I posted in this thread, exactly 3 years ago, I had 46,000. Now, I'm reading 93,300. I've put a few miles in me thinks.
I'm down to about 6-7k. High years were only about 10-12k.
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