How many km do you ride in a year?

[sinned]

I am fascinated by the number of bikes for sale that have really low kilometres for their year. 3000kms or less a year seems to be common going from some adverts on trademe and most of these low km bikes are recent models. I wouldn't want to be too judgemental about what the bikes are; but there appears to be a trend that the more expensive bikes are not being ridden.

I expect to do 15k just going on a mid week ride and a day cruise in the weekend. I don't commute on the bike; it is purely for pleasure.

How much riding do Kiwibikers do?

Summary of Poll 30/01/07 at 9.00am: 5%, 16%, 33%, 19%, 26%
Summary of Poll 31/01/07 at 9.00am: 7%, 21%, 31%, 16%, 26%

[NighthawkNZ]

How much riding do Kiwibikers do?

I'll probably do around 10,000 on the VTR... On my old girl, one year I did around 40,000 :gob: frack that was a good year... hehehehe did 95% of the sealed open roads in NZ, plus comuting in general

[Str8 Jacket]

Im not to sure. I did 15000 k's on the KR and I owned that for just around a year. Ive had the FZR for 2 months now and have done 4500 k's on it so far...

There are guy's like Skelstar who do thousands of k's a month.....

[MidnightMike]

I did 1000km's in the first 3 weeks of having my gsx. ( just commuting )

Twas a good 3 weeks.

So thats about 17,000 km's a year. :rockon:

[BarBender]

Approx 44,500klms from 20 Feb 2006 to 29 January 2007
I dont piss around.

[MidnightMike]

Ive had the FZR for 2 months now and have done 45000 k's on it so far...

There are guy's like Skelstar who do thousands of k's a month.....

:gob: :gob: :gob: Holy crap.

[cowboyz]

I commute and get out on rides as much as I can. Do about 30-40k per year. I didn't buy a bike to leave it in the garage.

[Str8 Jacket]

:gob: :gob: :gob: Holy crap.

Fuck yeah, im AWESOME!


:o Ive edited my post :p

[Ixion]

I never can figure the extraordinarily ow milegaes claimed on some bikes.

I do 30000 to 40000 km a year (more toward the lower figure these days, just want of time)

But then, I do use the bike for commuting. It is purely for pleasure.

[beyond]

I've been back into bikes for just under two years now and am just on a total of 33,000kms so am averaging around 16,000-17,000kms per year just for pleasure :)

Yeah, I can't understand these bikes for sale and quite big bikes and recent models like in the last five years with very low k's. Do people buy them to stick in the garage and just look at them??

[Mumbles]

The old ZXR is now upto 4000k on the speeeeedoooo (thats once around the clock). done over 55k in 2 years just going to work and home in Auckland (with the old ride now and then). Now living in Palmerston be lucky if I'll do 10K this year.. but I live and hope.

Figure If I can get it up to 25k on the speedo might find a sucker to buy a 18yr bike with only low ks for age for lots of cash :nono: ok mabe not... just got a quote for $1400 worth of parts for a WOF,:gob: thats half the worth of the bike.... must be love, would have given it a bullet otherwise :Punk:

There are lots of nice bikes with low k's ... Have fun picking something you like:Punk:

[Chisanga]

I've had my VTR250 since December 15 2006 and have done 2750km so far. I am not commuting at the moment, all just riding for fun. I guess by the end of the year, if I still have the bike, I will have done way over 20,000km :)

[TerminalAddict]

done 13000kms in 5 months of owning the hornet

[Ghost_Bullet]

Going by my average since buying my bike new to date is 31.777km a day, so that should mean I might potentially do at least 11598.89km for the year.
And that would mean, using the same average fuel since new, I will consume some 704ltrs of gas.
Ok I have to much time tonight... :whocares:

[Motu]

The last 11 years I have been restricted to sunday rides,doing about 6,000km a year.I hope to have more riding time soon,maybe even commute on a bike...scary shit.

[madmal64]

Done 20,000 ks in the last year. Thats higher than average for me. Im usually somewhere between the 10-12k mark.
But I think the next 12 months may be another higher than usual one. Im off for a quick 5 day 3000 k trip in March:scooter: Ya bloody ho!
Its mainly weekends and fun with very little commuting involved.

[rudolph]

I have done about 70 kms this year

[cowboy]

Iv have just dun 22000k since march 06 & intend to do more this year

[Quartermile]

I didn't do many on the FXR but have started to do heaps on mr GIXAAARR

The average vehicle in New Zealand does 15,000 Km per year

[gijoe1313]

From the time I've owned my little ol'Hornet :love: in August of last year, I've done just over 30,000kms. Yeah, yeah - mad riding and no-life and all that :whistle: Just can't help it!

Once that little ol'Hornet fires up, I just gotta ride it...and ride it...and ride it...you all know what it's like! :innocent:

I've been off riding since the beginning of the year (damn holidays...I ride less during them due to family commitments! :doh: ) Can't wait to get back to teaching so I can make up those missing 2000km average a week? :whocares:

Plan of Action : Ride 3000km per week from the 7th of Feb! (danger : may like riding the 3000km average so much I will keep doing it :shit:)

Yeah, yeah, I'm a retard :shutup: :done:

[Gremlin]

I'll do 20-24k a year, and thats limiting myself a fair bit (gas cost alone :shit: )

What really hurts is then selling a bike you have owned for just over a year, and its gone from 52k, to 74k. People judging solely on mileage slaughter the value of the bike, making it farken expensive to upgrade :bye:

[bluninja]

I'm doing 1000km per week, but it is winter here, and that's just commuting. Come the summer I will be out on rides and taking detours on the way home so it will be more.

[trumpy]

I'm a weekend warrior so can't ride as much as I would like but still managed 22,000ks in my first year back in the saddle. Unlike the two gents of similar vintage (the guys not their bikes) to me just down the road who seem to have theirs more for bragging rights than to ride. They're just machines and were designed to be ridden - ride 'em.:scooter: (having said that an MV Tambourini would probably end up on a pedastal in my lounge!:love: )

[Deviant Esq]

Not many. I don't get to ride while I'm over here in the UK, and while I was back in NZ last year I only really used it for commuting. And since it's less than 5km to work... I really didn't put many kms on it at all. Working weekends was the main culprit there, I just never got the chance to head out and ride. Hopefully that'll change once I'm back again, get another job that doesn't mean weekend work... and I'll be out a lot more often. It's going to be good.

[McJim]

I did 15,000 in first 6 months.

Shame there wasn't a >100,000 option for gijoe1313

[RC1]

owned the TLS now for 1yr done 18000k not used for commuting at all only weekends but not always every weekend i tend to do about 2-500ks every ride.

[jumma]

I'll generally do around 300-400 kms a week. I commute daily (4k round trip) and also try to get out on a mid-week ride and have a good Sunday blast.

[paturoa]

About 12,000 ks last year. But I do about another 40,000 in my cages.

[James Deuce]

I usually do around 20000kms a year, but the last couple of years have been a bit busy so I'm under 15000km on average for the last 3 years.

Like Ixion, I enjoy commuting on the bike. Gear on, on bike, empty brain, ride home, sleep soundly because brain is empty.

Arrive at work with empty brain and big grin.

[RiderInBlack]

Had "Roxanne" for nearly 3yrs now. Got her @ 30,000Miles (48,280Km's). She is nearly on 80,000Miles (128,747Km's) now. That means I've done 50,000Miles (80,467Km's) on her in 3yrs, so an average of 16,667Miles (26,817Km) per year. In 2yrs I had riden her more that she had done in 14yrs. Love riders that buy bikes for me and don't ride them much:Punk:

[BUNGY]

I only did about 1500k in 6 months on my kr but then again I was on my learners so was only used for commuting round town, no long rides. I expect to do alot more on my cbr once I get my restricted.

[terbang]

For 06 I did 14000 K on the Bus, 18000 K on my 400 commuter and 2000 K on Old Yella (my beloved 1100 :love:) . All up 34000 K plus a few down my back paddock on an old trailie.

[Smokin]

I clocked up 1000km on the first day of getting the Blade. I bought it in Auckland and rode it home. Normally clock up around 15000k per year tho.

[Edbear]

I never can figure the extraordinarily ow milegaes claimed on some bikes.


Could be like the GSX-R 1100 owner I met who disconnected his speedo cable to "keep the mileage down"...

[Busy]

My old bike (VT 250) I did about 5000k in 5 years (give or take some k's and years) only because I need the car to cart crap around and I only work 5 mins from home (my car is a '94 and it only has 40,000k on it).
My new bike (had about a week) I've done 350k so far, I've been going the long way to work (when I can), remember I work 5 mins away but been taking a longer route ie over the harbour bridge back down greenhive ...

Later this year I should be finished my rod project, which will really screw me up, bike, car or rod .... hmmm

[Virago]

For some of us riding is a bit of a luxury.

The nature of my work prevents commuting by bike, and the number of hours worked limits riding time. Mr Murphy ensures that the weather is crappy when I have free time. Sometimes the bike sits in the shed for a month without being touched.

I've done 13,000km on the Virago in three years.........:o

[yungatart]

I keep breaking parts of my body - which kinda restricts how many k's I can clock up...2 summers in a row on crutches, instead of out on the bike!

[DMNTD]

Done nearly 23,000kms in 9 months on my Kwaka and yet to do any touring on it. Most of the kms have been clocked up doing day rides up Norf and now down this way.

[Pumba]

Well in the month nd a half Ive had the SV ive put about 4000km on it, But I will probally only do 15000 km onit this year. I wouldbe happy to prove myself wrong tho.

[McJim]

Thinking about it rationally I shouldn't spend too much on my next bike - I want something I'll keep for 5 years at least which is gonna be close to 100,000km - Is it normal to have a commuter bike that you ride at weekends too or do most people buy a commuter and a seperate weekender?

I have a 55km daily round trip plus I'll try to squeeze in a few 100km+ trips in the evenings and then go for some serious trips at the weekend.

I think I have embarked on a career as a bike killer. I will destroy each bike I own by the mere weight of kilometres.

[DemonWolf]

last year on the TLS did over 33000km's, a fair few tyre sets.. and a 2 x chain and sprocket set. This year, prolly not as much due to the new addition in the family and me hitching rides to save on costs.

Last year was mainly commute to work, with a few good trips thrown in for good measure.. and some weekend rides sneaked in. Wanting to sneak more weekend rides in.

[Lissa]

Ive only had my bike for umm about 3-4 months and only done 3000kms so in a year I am guessing I might get to 10Kms??

[McJim]

Ive only had my bike for umm about 3-4 months and only done 3000kms so in a year I am guessing I might get to 10Kms??

At that rate probably closer to 10 thousand Kms! :rofl: but we knew what you meant.

[Keystone19]

McJim, it is not uncommon to buy a track bike and a road bike and there are a few people who have a 250 for commuting and a sportsbike for riding - not a silly idea really...:yes:

I do 350km a week commuting, a weekend ride, a mid week ride, a couple of tours per year and that's just on the road bike. Well over 20,000km per year.

Dunno how many I'd do on the race bike, but a fair few at the moment.

[crashe]

Well my baby had less than 3,000km on the clock when I brought her and she was 3 years old at the time of purchase in 2000.

Now almost 7 years later she is sitting on 96,500km on her clock.
Yep I have clocked up 93,500kms in that time span.
At first I was only doing 10,000kms per year.
But somehow since joining KB the kms have gotten higher per year.

So I guess she averages out at 13,214km per year, over the past 93,500kms

Not forgetting the time off the bike for different things.
5 weeks - carpel tunnel operation.
8 weeks - hysterectomy.
10 to 12 weeks - after my accident.

Total = 23 weeks off the bike over the almost 7 years.


But if you take it from 0 to 96,500 = 13,785kms per year.

[Back Fire]

well over 20k a year... did 14,500 on my old 600 in 6 months...and then there are all my other bikes I use... last year I did around 50,000km's total on bikes

but on the other hand... I've only done juuust over 3,000km's on my K6 1000 since I got it last July...

[Alice]

Had my bike since Dec 23 06, done just shy of 5000km. All pleasure riding, I commute to work on my peddley.

Last evening in the Bay was stinking hot so I rode out to Whaipatiki Beach after work and went for a swim. The beach is a lovely sheltered Bay with a small camping ground that the local farmer has set up on his farm. Its very nicely done, the campsites and cabins are set up on terraces and look out to sea. The sea was beautiful and warm, with a bit of a swell running for the surfies.

Oops got a bit sidetracked, I'm just full of the joys of the summer in the Bay. Love those warm evenings.

[gijoe1313]

I did 15,000 in first 6 months.

Shame there wasn't a >100,000 option for gijoe1313

:angry2: You'll keep sonny jim me lad! Just cause you had to help me replace my seat lining due to me wearing it out :violin:

And I do recall "I'm jes' try'n ta keep the milage doon ... fark it, I'm going off fer a hoon!" attitude ... you bike killer you :bash: :ar15: :scooter:

[sinned]

I thought few would do more than 20,000 a year. I got that wrong. :gob: What say this poll runs for a few more days and then run another for the real riders?

Thanks - this is giving me a target and will help me plan when to replace the newish bike. :love:

[KoroJ]

I bought my 97 Intruder in 05 with 9500 miles on it (in 8 years)

After blowing the dust off I managed to average 1600 kms per month.

Just bought the ST1300 and managed 2000 kms in 2 weeks so far. Unfortunately I'm not available for the Southern Cross Rally.

[Hitcher]

About 30,000km a year, based on the past four years.

[James Deuce]

What's up with the "real" biker rubbish Dennis?

Wanna fight, I'll give you fight! Come orn ya karn. :D

[Mrs Busa Pete]

i do 18000km per year just commuting plus about 500-1000kms on every second weekend 100- 200km rides are for small bikes get out there and use those tyres. so around 30,000 -35,000 km per year:scooter:

[Motig]

Succombing to senility and not using a bike as my only transport these days I'll probably only do about 3-4000k this year,just weekend riding. But then I can!!!:yes:

[The Joka]

This is my first bike ever and have done

16,500kms in 7 months - can only see it getting more from here... :scooter:

[Daffyd]

Did about 3,000 in the whole of '06. Already passed that this year with a 3,000+ South Island tour over the last 2 weeks. The SRX still has only 22,000 on it. Not bad for a 1990 model. Since I've had it, it's averaged 69mpg!
So far the Virago is averaging just over 52mpg.

[MyGSXF]

Just done a quick tally up.. have done approx 12,500 ks in past year, & that was in 9 trips! 8000k of those in past 6 months. 3000 was in 1 trip, of 8 days riding.

Am a solo parent with 4 & 11 yr old boys, so my cage is my main form of transport. My bike is purely my passion, & my sanity saver!!! :Punk:

Couple of years ago.. did 804ks in one day.. just to go for a ride!!! :shutup: Went from Motueka, Murch, Westport, Greymouth, Kumara, Arthurs Pass to the Viaduct, back to Jacksons Pub, into Lake Brunner to Nelson creek, up to Reefton, Inangahua, Murch & home to Motueka. I slept well that night! :zzzz:

ps: I wasn't planning on going quite that far.. but the leather clad butt wrapped around the seat of the TL1000 in front of me was kinda inspiring!!! :drool:

[BAD DAD]

06 was a wash-out as far as quantity goes with only about 3500km. No longer commute now, working from home and that was usually 7 days a week last year. The "plan" is to work less ride more in 07 . Trouble is, that was the plan for 06 as well.

[Flyingpony]

Did 60km in December and even less than that this month.
This year is appearing to turn into a sub 1000km year, and definitely will be a sub 2000km year.

I remember being told by a fellow biker pre-KB days, that to keep your riding skills tuned, one needs to clock over 80km per week.

[Al]

I do 1000km a week on commuting and on a weekend about 400-500km touring!
A little less in the wet weather...

Al

[madandy]

My last bike I averaged roughly 700km/week so 36400 yr including a 200km/week commute.

My next bike[please let it be soon!!!!] will be a pleasure device only (no not sexual.....mainly:innocent: ) and I expect to do at least 500/week on that - 26000/yr.

I'm looking at bikes this month that are 3-4 years old and have the equivilent to only one [of my] years worth of riding on them...WTF?:rockon:

[Bonez]

Enough ks to get me satisfied. All that matters really.:yes:

[petesmeats]

Enough ks to get me satisfied. All that matters really.:yes:

I don't do anywhere enough k's on the bike to keep me satisfied...
14000 since january last year... Numerous trips out to Akaroa when i am in chch.
Been in welly since november so been doing the trip up the rumitaka's. Did the round trip twice this weekend...

I don't think though that any amount of riding would satisfy me fully... I just hate to think what i will be like once i have a good bike.

I am also keen to get some track k's this year. (Fingers crossed.)

Pete

[granma2]

I did 1000km's in the first 3 weeks of having my gsx. ( just commuting )

Twas a good 3 weeks.

So thats about 17,000 km's a year. :rockon:

Me too. I've had my bike 3 weeks and have already done 900 miles. Thats just over 2000 km.
This is going to be a goooood year!

[cowboyz]

hate to burst your bubble but that is like 1400km. Still a good effort

[Sensei]

9000ks in 4 months of owning new bike !

[boomer]

9000ks in 4 months of owning new bike !

HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO 9,000KM's AT THE SPEED YOU TRAVEL :mellow:

[Sensei]

HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO 9,000KM's AT THE SPEED YOU TRAVEL :mellow:

Whats speed got to do with it ? Got something for you in 2 weeks at Paeroa .

[boomer]

Whats speed got to do with it ?

Speed & time..it's a physics thing ;)


Got something for you in 2 weeks at Paeroa .

do you owe me money as well??

[Sensei]

Speed & time..it's a physics thing ;)
do you owe me money as well??

Ya more than welcome to come down & ride with the crew here if ya trying to be Funny ? Money hell no you will be paying me to stop beating the Living Shit out of you .

[Flyingpony]

Did 60km in December and even less than that this month.
Just checked ... did 120km :rockon: :stupid:

[apteryx_haasti]

I chose the wrong box on the poll (poor math skills) - I've had my bike since May 06 and have now done over 6600 kms. Bit of a slow start on it (first bike an all) but now the kms are piling on:

Bought 13 May 06 - first service 2 August 06: odo = 1200kms
2 August - second service 8 December 06: odo = 4850 kms
second service to 2 Feb 07: odo = 6600 ish kms!

I commute almost every day - 50kms round trip. Plus I've been going out for a ride a lunchtimes recently. I filled up on Tuesday lunchtime and have done about 200kms since then.

Ahhh..............

[Monsterbishi]

About 3000/year for me, haven't done many k's this summer.

[dawnrazor]

I have no shame, I've only recently done 6K and I've had my bike for nearly 2 years

I have a very short commute is my only defense

Dosen't make me any less of a biker right....right?

probably if I spent less time online...........

[James Deuce]

About 3000/year for me, haven't done many k's this summer.

Nice to see you're treating my bike right :)

[Monsterbishi]

Nice to see you're treating my bike right :)

:yes: She's in good hands, although I'm having issues getting the 1cm wide chicken strips off the rear, needs some trackday lovin' I feel.

[Denniso]

Used to do on average 1000k a week but now my boss is a prick ( self employed) so I only get to do 2/300 k per week but I did talk my boss into letting me go to Kiwi Track Days so I guess its swings & roundabouts more quality rides are a good option :yes:

[bgd]

For the last 6 years I've averaged about 30,000km per year commuting. But this year it looks like I'll be in Singapore and expect to be able to walk to work. That's going to ruin the average.

[Titanium]

The Beemer is just for weekend and the odd evening kicks ... all my rides are for social fun ........

12,000 kms of fun per year......