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Old 06-25-2010 | 04:19 PM
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I have been riding for 23 years. Up until about 10 years ago I was lucky if I put on 1k miles a year. Now I average around 10-12k a year. Not to bad for living in Ohio where you get 5 good months, 3.5 colder months, and 3.5 winter months.
I'm at about 95K riding miles, and was wanting to know how many of you are over 100k, and if so do you have year around riding, and how long have you been riding?
Please note: this is 100k riding. It doesn't have to be on 1 bike, and doesn't have to be just on a Harley.
 
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Old 06-25-2010 | 04:31 PM
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Would have thought so, I have three bikes, I'm 41 and have been riding seen age 16. My current Ltd which I got in April has 4000 miles on it, this isn't my 'work' bike (a TDM900).

I spread the mileage out but generally do at least 10,000 a year - generally ride all year except perhaps for Dec-Jan depending on weather
 
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Old 06-25-2010 | 04:47 PM
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Closing on half a million. Been riding since 1967, Harleys since 1974, although they are not usually alone in my garage. Most I got on a single bike was 80k, before it got written off from under me.
 
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Old 06-25-2010 | 05:04 PM
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Since '85 living at the same place and doing my own service I've wrote the date, mileage and service done
on the wall of my garage for all my motorcycles.
I don't know what the total is, but while drinking beers a buddy estimated that I had over 200K worth of miles on the wall.
 
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Old 06-25-2010 | 05:25 PM
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Yes well over 100k total miles. Out in the desert southwest here we ride year around.
 
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Old 06-25-2010 | 05:42 PM
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I've got at least 350K on 14 different bikes. Seven of them Harleys, and the most miles were put on four new Ultras.
 
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Old 06-25-2010 | 05:46 PM
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Riding every year for 32 years - never kept count of the miles I do but it must be well over 200k by now - that's only 6k a year. Especially as I never even had a car until 21 years ago and I rode to work 5/6 days a week.
 
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Old 06-25-2010 | 05:49 PM
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Yeah 3 or 4 times that easy. been riding 32 years and puttin on around 15,000 a year.
 
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Old 06-25-2010 | 05:58 PM
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Well over that by a large margin. Street legal in 1969. I've been riding ever since. Some years I didn't own a car, and my bike was my only means of transportation.
 
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Old 06-25-2010 | 06:06 PM
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I've been ride for 43 years. I have had 15 motorcycles and have ridden close to the 1,000,000 miles. An average of about 23k mile per year. My highest mileage bike was a '94 GL1500 Goldwing with 211,000 miles. I traded that bike for my first Harley.
 

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