Posted: 10/10/2007 7:47:29 PM EDT
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have you put on your bike this year? I started with 6k from last year on my sportster, wound that up to almost 17,000. Traded in said bike in August and have less than 3000 on my spankin' new FXDL  So I rode about 14,000 miles this year so far. Not too bad for Maine weather and 50+ hours work a week. |
I put 3k on a ride from Maine to the Blue Ridge Parkway and West Virginia the last week of July. WV and the BRP are definitely calling my name for next season. That is some fine country. |
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In '97 I bought a new Yamaha YZF 600. I was stationed in Corpus Christi, and had a apt in Houston which is where my wife was going to school (college). Every weekend (and several times during the week) I would make the 3 - 3 1/2 hour ride from Corpus to Houston on Friday, and then back on Sunday night. In 13 months, I put 116,000 miles (and about 10 speeding tickets) on that bike. There were also several trips to San Antonio and a couple to New orleans, but for the most part, it was all back and forth to Houston. Once my wife moved down to Corpus I parked the bike for almost a year and ended up giving to my best friend in CA. I will never again buy a crotch rocket and use it to ride long distances. 
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I don't know, I was bike only for eight years and can remember some miles that weren't so pleasurable.  Hearing lightning through your helmet and not being able to see much of where you were heading and flooded roads weren't all that much fun on a sportbike. Shoulda got a KLR.
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6,000 miles in the last 2.5 months PLUS 30,000 + miles on an 18 whadda win? |
I normally have fun so long as it's above freezing.
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