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totalmotorcycle wrote:About 3300 miles per year. One of the side-effects of running a motorcycle site is the lack of time to actually ride as much as you like... but I love every mile of it when I do.

Mike

ibanrfknm wrote:Is that the price you pay for being rich and famous?

Autographs for a $1.

Mike

Do you take IOU's?

ibanrfknm wrote:Do you take IOU's?

Sure do.

I have yet to ride for a year, but in a little less then 9 months I have put 19,260 miles on my 2014 Suzuki DL650A.

Safe Travels,
Richard

How do you like the Suzuki DL650A and what kind of riding do you do?

Art,

I like the DL650A, but I am not in love with it. I think of it is a utility bike that is capable of doing everything I want it to do, but it is not that fantastic at anything. As a new rider, I think it was a good choice for me as a learning motorcycle. I ride almost every day, with a short commute to work, and on a lot of weekends I ride on what passes for twisty roads in North Texas. I also like to do long distance rides on the highways to go to places I have never visited before.

I had planned a lot of riding for 2015, but I just took a 12% pay cut at work which has consumed most of my disposable income. Instead of increasing my riding tempo in 2015, I am going to have to cut back quite a bit. I crossed a bunch of planned rides off my 2015 list.

Safe Travels,
Richard

totalmotorcycle wrote:

totalmotorcycle wrote:About 3300 miles per year. One of the side-effects of running a motorcycle site is the lack of time to actually ride as much as you like... but I love every mile of it when I do.

Mike

ibanrfknm wrote:Is that the price you pay for being rich and famous?

Autographs for a $1.

Mike

Lol $1 for just an autograph

Thanks Richard, I ride a Harley right now and it's fine for heading down the highway but a bit scary on gravel. I'm always searching out new roads to try and sometimes find I've inadvertently wondered onto a dirt road. I'm looking for a bike I can do road trips on but will not make me wet myself in the dirt. Sorry about the loss of riding time.

Art

Hanson wrote:I had planned a lot of riding for 2015, but I just took a 12% pay cut at work which has consumed most of my disposable income. Instead of increasing my riding tempo in 2015, I am going to have to cut back quite a bit. I crossed a bunch of planned rides off my 2015 list.

Safe Travels,
Richard

Hell, with my expenses over the last couple of years, I know just how you feel. Went to my daughters house, about 600 miles away, and she had to put up with me for 5 extra days while I waited for my pay cheque to be deposited so I could afford the ride home... At least she loves me enough to laugh it off and treat me like a king while I was there...

dr_bar wrote:

Hanson wrote:I had planned a lot of riding for 2015, but I just took a 12% pay cut at work which has consumed most of my disposable income. Instead of increasing my riding tempo in 2015, I am going to have to cut back quite a bit. I crossed a bunch of planned rides off my 2015 list.

Safe Travels,
Richard

Hell, with my expenses over the last couple of years, I know just how you feel. Went to my daughters house, about 600 miles away, and she had to put up with me for 5 extra days while I waited for my pay cheque to be deposited so I could afford the ride home... At least she loves me enough to laugh it off and treat me like a king while I was there...

I can relate. I retired a little while back and now I have more time and plans than money. To top it off I just discovered my bike has a serious electrical problem. Now I must save all my nickels and dimes to get it fixed before spring.