A freak for riding my sportbike more than 100km a month?

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Gummiente · Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:37 am

Veda wrote:I would imagine lots of the people are newbs, buy the super sport, get scared by its power, never learn to ride it well so they just sell.

It's not just limited to sportbike riders, you see low mileage bikes of all types for sale on a regular basis. Some people just don't like to ride as much as others, some view motorcycles as a fair weather only toy, some let other commitments get in the way of their riding time, some just can't handle the power and weight of their machines... be it Harleys, Gold Wings, metric cruisers or whatever. There's high and low mileage examples of EVERY bike model out there.

Kaiser Soze · Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:39 am

Oh, I didn't say that I thought I rode a lot. I said I figured I rode less than most people. The number of guys out there with 1000 km or so on 1 year old bikes just kind of amazed me.

I can't wait to go to BC again this year. I'll put more more miles on in 2 days than these guys do in a year. heh

Some of you guys are putting some serious miles on your bikes though. That's awesome. I actually wish I had more than a friggin' 15 km round trip commute to work. Most of my riding is quick rides after the kids are in bed. *sigh* I'm definitely going to try and sneak away for a few weekend runs to some place hours away. I don't really care where it is.

#23 Unread post by **sv-wolf** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:11 am

Kaiser Soze wrote:Oh, I didn't say that I thought I rode a lot. I said I figured I rode less than most people. The number of guys out there with 1000 km or so on 1 year old bikes just kind of amazed me.

Don't worry about it Kaiser. This is just a bunch of guys comparing sizes!

So OK, on my three bikes and a two week borrow abroad, I've done a total of 58,000 miles in two years and nine months (and that includes a total of three months of enforced non-riding due to injuries and other exceptional circumstances). But then I don't have a car, have never had one and don't ever want to have one either. So maybe this is a little on the low side do you think?

How does my biker Cred stand on that one, guys?

Kaiser Soze · Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:06 am

Whoa. Yeah, I'm in the prepubescent mileage stage, while you're going all Mandingo over there.

I'm impressed.

intotherain · Sat Jun 23, 2007 6:39 am

Veda wrote:I would imagine lots of the people are newbs, buy the super sport, get scared by its power, never learn to ride it well so they just sell.

People actually get "scared" from their 600cc bikes??

Gummiente · Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:38 am

sv-wolf wrote:How does my biker Cred stand on that one, guys?

You have lots of street cred, no worries on that.

But I still say you're riding on the wrong side of the road over there.

Veda · #27 Unread post by **Veda** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 9:48 am

intotherain wrote:
Veda wrote:I would imagine lots of the people are newbs, buy the super sport, get scared by its power, never learn to ride it well so they just sell.
People actually get "scared" from their 600cc bikes??

Hot pipes?

-Holiday · #28 Unread post by **-Holiday** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:01 pm

i've got 5300 miles on my bike since march of this year when i started riding again for the season. two weeks (including this last one) i havnt been able to ride because i keep getting flat tires and dont have time to fix them right away.

so thats over 30k on the bike at the moment.

I dont plan on selling it any time soon, or even when i get another bike, so I'm not really worried about how many miles are on it. After all, its made to be ridden.

flw · #29 Unread post by **flw** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:17 pm

For those of us that have kids at home, it is tough getting bike time in any amount. But I do make sure I ride every day I can, even if its just short errands. I'll take any excuse I can to ride on 2 wheels

This includes personal quite time for myself

AZRider · #30 Unread post by **AZRider** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:48 pm

Some people ride, some dont.
I have over 4000 miles on my new bike. I think I bought it in March or April.
How any Kilometers is that?
I dont think I ride that much. I know I dont ride as much as Id like too.