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Old 06-26-2010 | 05:04 AM
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On my '73 Norton 850 Commando I have a little over 38,000 miles. My first Street bike.
On my '77 XLCR I currently have a little over 32,000 miles. My first Harley.
On my '99 XL883 I currently have a little over 53,000 miles. My second Harley. I want to put over 100,000 miles on this bike alone. With just these three street bikes I have over 100,000 miles. I own and ride 11 different motorcycles. Lets just say that I clearly have well over 100,000 miles under me so far and I'm not done yet!
 
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Old 06-26-2010 | 05:25 AM
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Been riding street bikes since I was 15, so for 17 years now. The first 7 years I put about 65K on a 1979 KZ1000st (just like CHiPs) and 10K on a 1993 1200 Sporty. For the next 5 I was slowed a little, put another 15K on the KZ after a crash and then another 10K on a friends 1996 low rider convertable. Then in 2005 I bought my WG and even with kids I'm over 30K on her plus a few K on other bikes.

The numbers aren't exact but well over 100K @ age 32. Don't know that it means much, just that I love motorcycles.
 
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Old 06-26-2010 | 03:50 PM
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Have owned 15 motorcycles since 1961. Rough estimate is 570,000 miles and there was about 8 years in there I didn't own a motorcycle (airplanes instead). I've slowed down a lot since I retired, but when I worked I commuted most of the time on the bikes. That was all in Southern California where you can ride year around.

The frustrating part is trying to get in road trips of more than 500 miles. I didn't get to do nearly enough of them and now I'm retired and have all the time but none of the money. I think I've done just five road trips;

California to Arkansas
California to Texas
Utah to Michigan/Ohio
Utah to British Columbia
Utah to Texas

And there were weekend runs of 600-1,000 miles now and then. Like Grand Canyon runs, Northern California to see my dad, stuff like that. Nowadays, I'm lucky to get in a 300 mile day around here. Guys I ride with are still working, and my best riding buddy is getting old and doesn't want to go too far anymore. Ah! time goes by too fast.
 
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Old 06-26-2010 | 04:10 PM
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I guess so, and by some margin.......Been riding since 1968.
 
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Old 06-26-2010 | 04:27 PM
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Been on the road since 79, and have averaged around 10k a year. Should be around 300k by now
 
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Old 06-26-2010 | 05:03 PM
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I started riding on the road on a Triumph when I was 15. That was back in 1960 so I've been riding for over 50 years. I have no idea how many miles I've ridden as I've never been one to keep track of that sort of thing. If I had to guess, and it would be a really rough guess, I'd say maybe 400,000 miles.
 
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Old 06-26-2010 | 05:45 PM
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This would be a conservative guess but I'm probably in the 200K range. I'm 45 and have been ridin ( street ) since 82. Got my first Harley in 98. Have almost 90K on 4 Harleys since then. Had Jap bikes before that and never owned any long enough to put many miles on them. A few had more than 10K but thats all. I lost 1 riding season in 2002 - long story - and had 2 years with no riding in the late 80's - accident. So, I'd say 200K is a safe estimate.
 
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Old 06-26-2010 | 07:46 PM
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I live in Rleigh NC now....138,000 miles on my 2002 Honda 1100 Spirit that I traded in on this used 2005 FLTR... bike had 10k on the clock in Dec '07, has 60k now...that's 188k since April 2002...
Before that a mixture a british twins, and a Suzuki.... I doubt more than 50k total.... but bikes today, ain't like the old days..... I used to spend as much time WRENCHING... as I did Riding....now it's darn little TO wrench.... I go around this bike... and every nut/bolt, I check... is at spec....
 
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Old 06-26-2010 | 09:54 PM
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Riding since 1965 and never kept track. Wore out at least 10 Yamaha's and BMW's. Since 1980 had a Harley with 221,000 miles, a 07 Road Glide totaled at 64,000 and about 10,000 on my 2010 Ultra Road Glide conversion. So between a 1/4 and 1/2 million?
 
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Old 06-26-2010 | 10:17 PM
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Never tallied it up, but I ride an average of 5K to 12K miles a year, depending on where I'm living (varying climates), and I've been riding Triumphs and Harleys for 34 years.....so 100K? Oh yeah.....
 


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