How many miles do you ride?

[ZooTech]

I bought my Mean Streak brand new on July 31st of '04 and put just over 4,000 miles on it before cold storage. I got it out of cold storage in early April and put well over 9,000 more miles on it so far this year. That's more than 1,000 miles per month, but I have no idea what the work versus pleasure ratio is.

[blair]

"Work mileage" and "fun mileage" are the same thing.

I much prefer riding my bike to driving my car, and will only take the cage out now when I need the capacity or the shelter.

I've gone 4600 miles since the end of April, so 750-800 miles per month, a bit over 9000 per year.

[sapaul]

Done 1200kms since May. Don't commute to work, see the odd client on the bike but it is all fun rides.

[Skier]

I don't put in nearly enough miles. School's been cutting into my fun time.

I think in the first 12 months of owning a bike I put in about 1500 miles, then the 4 months after that, about 10,000.

Much easier to get motivated to get out and ride when you have some of the best riding roads in the country within a day's ride.

[Chip Beazley]

I ride ~ 200 miles a week for stress relief and pleasure. I'll admit to becoming a fair weather rider in my age increases as I do not ride when the weather is nasty or real cold. I put 5K - 6K mi. per year in the saddle. I wish I could get in more but work seems to get in the way. It always seems that the best riding days also occur when I am at work.

I owe, I owe, so it's back to work I go!

[Lion_Lady]

lessee, I put 2100 miles, this year, on my previous BMW, and have 8900 miles on the new Rockster, which I took possession of on April 19th.

TOTAL: 11,000 miles. Just over 1K per month, not bad.

All of them have been fun miles.


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[Gummiente]

26,924km (16,729mi) since 19 March. Might manage another 1,000km before putting the Harley away for the winter, but I'll be riding the Ural as much as I can throughout the snow season.

And, like someone already said, EVERY km ridden is a pleasure km for me. Doesn't matter if I'm commuting to/from work or taking the scenic route to my fave winery, I love to ride.

[flynrider]

I ride about 10K miles per year. That's work and play miles. I live close to work, so that's less than 2K of the total. I ride year round, but do occasionally drive my truck when I have passengers or large items to carry. The truck has been averaging 7K miles per year.

I used to have a garage full of old bikes to ride, but now all I have left is the Nighthawk and it gets all of my riding miles.

[sickchilly]

About 40 miles a day here round trip commute... all ye bikers wave on I-5 in Seattle!

[storysunfolding]

I put about 1,200 a month on the bike. I ride it to work (20 miles round trip) because bikes can park for free in DC, and I ride it for fun the rest of the time.