Average km's

[Colapop]

Another thread got me thinking (it hurt)...
What is the average number of k's ridden in a year? Not just ridden by someone (like Skelstar) who's never off their bike or by someone who leaves it in the gargre except for special occasions (like nobody should). The question goes towards trying to figure out how many k's a bike should/could have done if you were looking to buy it.

Is 80,000km too much for a 10 year old bike? What about 20,000km in a year?
Cages you can average out to about 10-15,000 km a year - it's a random judge of how much wear it's had. Is this the same for a bike?

[bugjuice]

I was thinking roughly the same.. what about just saying what year and how many k's too..

I don't have an 'average year' really.. my sept 04 bike has nearly 27,000 on it, and that ain't slowing down

[Colapop]

An older bike is gonna have more breakdowns than a new one but is it going to be ridden as much?

[skelstar]

What about 20,000km in a year?
What about 20,000km in 6 months?
Yeah, yeah, I know. I have to get a life huh.

[snuffles]

I reckon 10- 15000 is about right, and thats mostly just weekend riding, with the occasional commute

[Colapop]

No no Skelly from Welly you got a life - it's just ungluing your arse from the seat to sleep that's the problem....

[MSTRS]

This would be a much harder call than for a cage since bike owners have them for so many differing reasons....from 'It looks kewl in my gargre' all the way to 'If I don't get at least 100kms in every day of the year, the 'other me' makes a housecall'

[The_Dover]

I'm on 10,500 since Dec 16th.

[GR81]

my bike is a 1992 with 82,000kms on the clock.
was imported with 37,000kms on the clock i think.

still goes strong as :)

[bugjuice]

I'm on 10,500 since Dec 16th.
on how many bikes?

soz, had to ask :nya:

[Sniper]

Depends, if the bike is well looked after, then it doesn't matter how many kms you put on it

[Gixxer 4 ever]

No 80,000 is not to much. Sure it is getting on a bit compared to a lot but if it has been looked after add another 50,000 to it and it should need some work like rings and things.Shocks and front forks have done some work by 80K Swing arm bearings and things may need a check but that's all reflected in the price.
Mine is at 73K and was raced when new. Still going great. No smoke or drive problems at all. Never had the tappet cover off.
One front seal is being a pain but I can not see any damage to shaft so will replace it and hope it beds in.
The more K's a bike does in a year the better. They are usually better maintained, IMO.

[Fishy]

I only ride my bike on the weekends (if sunny and I'm not out fishing) and I have done 9500k's since late November.

I have never bought a bike with over 20,000k's on it as in my experience they devalue a bit and become harder to sell once you clock up the k's eh. So I try to buy bikes with under 5'000ks on them as I know I put a few k's on them fairly quickly.

[GR81]

also depends on the type of bike and cc's too i guess.

[Jantar]

I guess I'm about an average rider with 28000 Km since June 04 on the GS1200, and a few more that I haven't counted on the RE5.

[N4CR]

Since last year easter day I'd be around 25k or so now (One year anniversary coming up :D). I need two bikes to share it out so I can do the loop more :rolleyes:

[bungbung]

Velox's Jade has passed the 100,000km mark which is incredible (for a 250cc/4 cyl getting caned on a daily basis).
MrMelon's ZX6R has done the same.

Change your oil people...

[Colapop]

Hey BB, I hear there's a m/bike ride up Makara peak tomorrow - you up for it?

[Buster]

Ive done about 7000km commuting on my two fiddy, and 4000km from my south island tour in the last 12 months.
My cage has done an impressive 900km.

[Fishy]

My cage has done an impressive 900km.

Hahaha I do very close to that in 1 week just commuting to work and back.

[chickenfunkstar]

My bike is about 81K with no problems so far. I've put nearly 40K in a year and a half. There's guys in the states who have put over 120,000 miles on their sv's so i'm not really worried about it.

Did you have a particular bike in mind?

[vifferman]

You're a bit light on the average kms for a car - it should be anywhere from 10-20 (obviously averaging around 15,000). So if it was 5 years old, and had less than 50K on it, that's light (unless used only around town, like the Punto we bought), and if it had 100,000 on it, that's higher than average. But you need to be a bit smart, and find out the history. F'rinstance, we bought a high km Pajero which was low mileage until the previous owner bought it - he put 100,000 on it in 2 years of running up and down between Chch and Nelson. No big deal, as apart from the suspension components, it was still good.

However, for a bike, which is somewhat more lightly built and highly stressed than a car, you need to be a bit more circumspect. If it's low capacity (400cc or less), then it's going to have had more wear'n'tear than a similar year/mileage larger-capacity bike. A sports-tourer or touring bike with high mileage will probably be pretty good still, apart from suspension. A high-output sprotsbike may well be knackered by 65K km, regardless of how many years it was racked up in.

When I traded my 1997 VTR1000 in at ~72K km 16 months ago, they said it was getting pretty knackered. My VFR is less than 5 years old, and now has nearly the same mileage, and feels (and looks) much fresher. My wife's car is the same year as my bike, and has only 43K kms on it. Still looks and drives like new, but the front shocks are leaking! Go figure...

Some bike courier in London clocked up huge mileages on his VFR - 850,000 miles on two bikes, if I recall.

[bungbung]

Hey BB, I hear there's a m/bike ride up Makara peak tomorrow - you up for it?

I'm easing my way back into it. Avoid the BMX track I say.
Makara peak, well maybe not just yet.

[oldrider]

I bought my current steed at 7,000km on Christmas eve 2003.

I have just looked at my odometer and it's about to tick over 37,000km.

Roughly about 15,000km per year and that is much less than I would like to be doing.:spudwhat:

If I had my way, we would not use the cage and go everywhere on the bike but her indoors has needs and the rest is health and age related, damn it!
I thought when I quit work and got the pension I would just ride around everywhere on my bike, just drifting about all over the place.

Doesn't work like that, Helen Clark and her cronies have devalued our savings so much and steal so much of our investments with taxation (Direct and indirect) and the fuel price increases, food price increases etc are just rocketing past our ability to keep pace.:brick:

I had hoped for a three year check on taxation at least if the Nats had got in last time but that does not mean I support them, they are just another brand of socialist shit bags that this country seem to need! F**ck knows why!! (couldn't help that little rant and rage)

Sorry, back to annual bike usage stats. 20,000 to 25,000km per year would be about our average over past years and will be again, in the future, if I get my way. :spudwave: Cheers John.

[Nitzer]

I do approx 15000KMs a year as I commute between Manukau & Auckland for work (I don't have a drivers licence, so it's the bike or nothing!).

Back in the UK I had a XT 550 that had gone around the clock and was still going strong when I sold it for 750 quid.

[beyond]

I ride for fun and rarely commute on it.
I've clocked 23,000kms in the last year.

[Colapop]

...Did you have a particular bike in mind?...
I wouldn't mind a SV650. From what I know it would fit me quite well and there'd be very little or no two up riding, but I'm hamstrung until at least September with other commitments.

...Some bike courier in London clocked up huge mileages on his VFR - 850,000 miles on two bikes, if I recall...
Yeah I've heard that too - version I heard was near on a million, but who's to argue either way still huge k's. VFR's do hold some appeal in that respect.

just another brand of socialist shit bags that this country seem to need! F**ck knows why!!
Whoa!! Easy on there fella! You haven't had your meds today, have ya?

I know what you mean though, it's hard enough to get by let alone get by with the gubbermint taking even more from ya (after you've paid taxes all your working life). You need to be out on the bike more....

[Hitcher]

What happened to the range between 20,000 and 40,000km?

I think we need some lessons in how to write survey questions... (written as somebody who averages 35,000km a year on bikes)

[boomer]

10,500k's since new - Nov '05

I'm starting to get worried about resale value, so maybe time for that thou!! And TL Riders got me jealous :brick:

[Colapop]

What happened to the range between 20,000 and 40,000km?

I think we need some lessons in how to write survey questions... (written as somebody who averages 35,000km a year on bikes)
It was a little tester... I left it out deliberately coz only a very select group ride in that range of k's!

[Bonez]

I only ride my bike on the weekends (if sunny and I'm not out fishing) and I have done 9500k's since late November.

I have never bought a bike with over 20,000k's on it as in my experience they devalue a bit and become harder to sell once you clock up the k's eh. So I try to buy bikes with under 5'000ks on them as I know I put a few k's on them fairly quickly.Bought a bike with 50,000kms up and sold it for what I bought it for with an extra 12,000kms up. Bought a bike with 70,000kms up and can sell it for more than I bought it for 20 years later. Go figure..........................

[Coyote]

If by special occasions you mean when the bike is working, I'd have to say option one

[RiderInBlack]

What happened to the range between 20,000 and 40,000km?

I think we need some lessons in how to write survey questions... (written as somebody who averages 35,000km a year on bikes)Way ta go Hitcher:2thumbsup :not: I've only made 31500Km Feb 05 - Feb 06 and 24000Km the year before. Would like the 20,000 ta 40,000Km myself.

[justsomeguy]

I 've been riding regularly since very early Jan 2005. I'm sure I'll be pushing 40k bout now.:first:

[crashe]

My Virago is a 1997 model.
She was 3 years old when I brought her with less than 3000 on the clock...

She is nine years old with 79000 on the clock now.

So my baby is clocking up on average 9000 per year and still running sweet.

So doing some figures:
79000 - 3000 = 76000 devided by 6 yrs = 12,666
is what I am doing on my baby since I have owned her.



Two years ago it had a wee rest for 5 weeks - operation - Carpel Tunnel
Last year she had a 8 week hoilday - operation - Hysterectomy.
Now another 8 week holiday - accident - left knee in legbrace.
So in 6 years of owning her she has had 21 weeks downtime.

[R6_kid]

i've done a tad under 20,000km on the R6 since end of October last year, so i spose i'd be looking at somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 for a year.

I really need to get a commuter thrash to keep the km's down but i dont really think im going to sell the R6 in the long term, but rather save up and have a better bike for weekend rides and this one for thrash/track/stunt etc

[SPman]

14,000 over 5 months, mainly on weekends......

[riffer]

It's amazing when you actually think about it, but commuting between Upper Hutt and Wellington 5 days a week is putting about 17,000 kms on the bike each year.

Add about 3,000 in fun and its looking a hell of a lot more than I thought. At this rate the bike will have 100,000 kms on it before I know it. Its just under 90000 right now. It had 72000 on it when I bought it 10 months ago.

[Coyote]

I'm averaging 1500k's a year, excluding dirt k's. Should be lower this year due to the Montesa. I was riding it for 5 hours straight and probably only did about 5-10kms in total

[Storm]

I'm about 10-15000. It varies by up to 3000km every year, so its not really a set in stone.
Agree with others above though, if a bike has been looked after, it'll keep on chugging no worries- but I spose that goes for anything really

[Wonko]

if/when I ever have a bike on the road for a full 12 months I'll be looking around the 20-25K

All depends how busy I am, I can clock up a 1000 kms over a weekend. A kb ride on both Sat and Sun.

[SlowHand]

What about 20,000km in 6 months?
Yeah, yeah, I know. I have to get a life huh.

ooo, beaten. 15000 in 6months, I blame the shop having the bike more than me. and brake levers goin MIA off on the m/way

[mstriumph]

only 8k since sept 05
mainly in rides of 400-500ks at weekends
i'm an infrequent rider compared with some of you :not: :(

[Brett]

If i could find an excuse to ride more...i would.

[Hitcher]

If i could find an excuse to ride more...i would.
Oh ye of little imagination. And who are these excuses for, other than yourself?

Good name you've got there, by the way...

[ducatilover]

170km each day just getting to and from prison 5 days a week = 850km

i ride [when i have a bike:rockon: ] atleast 300k a week for enjoyment so thats a total 1150km but some times i do more k's:scooter:

1150 x 48 weeks of imprisonment = 55200. but then ill ride more during my holidays:gob: and thats a couple mor thousand ks

[froggyfrenchman]

I try to do at least 1000kms a week. And there isnt many weeks that i fail. My bikes dont get sold, they get pulled down for parts for the next bike

[rfc85]

done 16000k,s since dec 05,might slow down a bit over winter-but we will see