How many miles/km this year?

[gunrunner]

Went for a ride today and was wondering how many kms do others do on there bikes this year ?:2thumbsup

[gunrunner]

I might as well start it off , have had my bike for 4 months and have just clicked over 4000kms:bye:

[fergie]

i will now bend over to have my arse kicked,,,,,,1200km in the last year!

[megageoff76]

I probably only do about 5-6000 km/s per yer.

I really only ride to work and back these days.

[Hitcher]

I struggle to reconcile bike ownership with paltry distances ridden.

I am constantly amazed by bikes for sale with mileages less than 1,000km per year of their lives. I mean, what's the point?

This year I have been deprived of my bike for over three months, but will still click in a whisker under 30,000km ridden on that bike. Big Yam is due its 80,000km service sometime this side of Christmas. Add to that about 10,000km of two-up riding on Mrs H's most excellent GSF650SK6, and 2008 has been most kind indeed.

[The Baron]

Hi I clocked up 44,000km in the last two years on my main bike. Thats 22,000 km per year and about 2,000km to 3,000 on my second bike per year. I don,t use my bikes for work they are just for weekends etc. It is common for me to do a 200km Friday night ride just to destress.

[Jantar]

Normally I do 20000 - 24000 km per year, however in the past year its only been 7000 km. 5000 km of that has been in the last 6 weeks, and over 1600 in the past 32 hours. :ride:

[Hitcher]

Guess who did the Chatto Creek. Nice. Great weather for that this year.

[stify]

20,000 km on me current bike since april...

[Goblin]

20,000 km on me current bike since april...
:rolleyes: Lucky cnut!!

Done about 9000ks on current bike since May the fourth. :cool:

[toebug]

3500 k's since rebuilding my bike in september so I'm guessing around 12-15000 per year. I do around 200 every average weekend and some cummuting plus have other bikes.

[snowman]

7,000 in about 7 months. :bleh:

[Dan Mapp]

4000 miles in 4 months, 1st Road bike, 1st bike in 20 odd years. My friends all reckon i ride like a nana so them miles took me twice as long to do as anyone else

[stify]

:rolleyes: Lucky cnut!!





wish i was....tyres are costin me :shit:

[jrandom]

I'll roll over the first anniversary of Betty's acquisition later this month, and in spite of spending most of the final quarter of the year without a licence, I've managed to put about 27,000km on her.

I'm going to keep her until she's worn out. Best bike ever.

:hug:

[naphazoline]

20,000 km on me current bike since april...

must be something about those blades.....i've clocked up 11000kms in the last three and a half months :Punk:

[doc]

I'll roll over the first anniversary of Betty's acquisition later this month, and in spite of spending most of the final quarter of the year without a licence, I've managed to put about 27,000km on her.

I'm going to keep her until she's worn out. Best bike ever.

:hug:

So what sort of money are you expecting for her ? :banana:

[NZsarge]

I seem to be averaging around the 20-22,000k's a year.

[jrandom]

So what sort of money are you expecting for her ?

I doubt she'll be worth anything when I'm ready to be quit of her.

She exists as a means of efficiently converting my money into happiness, not into... slightly less money.

I do realise that certain Harley owners may have difficulty with that concept.

:msn-wink:

[slofox]

8750km since end March.....and counting.....

[Rockbuddy]

year to date bike #1 the cruiser 16000kms not used for commuting to work
bike #2 the sporty 18000kms approx

[scumdog]

I struggle to reconcile bike ownership with paltry distances ridden.

I am constantly amazed by bikes for sale with mileages less than 1,000km per year of their lives. I mean, what's the point?

Due to the inclement weather in the colder months down here CB & I tend to ride mostly during the 'summery' months, hence my mileage is not that high ( but waaay more than 1000km a year- nearer 10,000)

BUT we are also into hot-rods and yank tanks so they also eat into our liesure time and account for many 1,000s of kms travelled each year.

So biking is not the be-all-and-end-all in this household.

[scumdog]

She exists as a means of efficiently converting my money into happiness, not into... slightly less money.

I do realise that certain Harley owners may have difficulty with that concept.

:msn-wink:

'ere. I object.

I understand the concept entirely.

[Headbanger]

None.

My bike is kept in temperature controlled storage, Can't have the old girl devalue on me can I?

Madness to actually ride the damn things.



In fact, I only bought mine so I could post on Kiwibiker.

[jrandom]

'ere. I object.

I understand the concept entirely.

I did say certain Harley owners.

[BASS-TREBLE]

15000km on the GN since march.

[scumdog]

None.

My bike is kept in temperature controlled storage, Can't have the old girl devalue on me can I?

Madness to actually ride the damn things.



In fact, I only bought mine so I could post on Kiwibiker.

Furkorff, ya BOUGHT a bike just so ya can post on KB?? pfft.:crazy:

[AllanB]

On the Hornet - 7,000, maybe a few hundred more. As its used for my personal pleasure that's pretty much weekends and the odd annual leave day:sunny:


Plus I run up 10,000 in the shopping basket going to work and back and as a weekend hack. And a few thousand more in the 'good' car with the family.

[cynna]

due to working 6 days and week and only not having my daughter every other week i dont get away on the bikes very often apart from commuting to work

only done about 1500 k on the harley so sold that due to lack of use - dont have time to get away for weekends any more and rediscovered how much fun trail bikes are

9000 on the dr350 mainly commuting and the odd river ride

about 1500 on the motard that ive had about 6 months just hooning around the hills when i get a spare couple of hours

just brought a xr650 that im planning to put big miles on in the 5 weeks off i have from new years.........

[Headbanger]

Furkorff, ya BOUGHT a bike just so ya can post on KB?? pfft.:crazy:

Well, I also wanted to dress up like a biker.


Wearing my leather chaps at the moment.


Harley Style FTW.

[scumdog]

Well, I also wanted to dress up like a biker.


Wearing my leather chaps at the moment.


Harley Style FTW.

Join the Village People then, make buying those chaps really mean something..

Anyhoo, back on topic...

[AllanB]

Nothing wrong with leather chaps on the right person......

[jrandom]

Wearing my leather chaps at the moment.

I'm sitting on the couch with my laptop, wearing my one-piece.

Sometimes, while posting, I hopefully stick a knee out.

[gunrunner]

I doubt she'll be worth anything when I'm ready to be quit of her.

She exists as a means of efficiently converting my money into happiness, not into... slightly less money.

I do realise that certain Harley owners may have difficulty with that concept.

:msn-wink:

Well put :niceone:

[AllanB]

I'm still trying to type the chicken strips off the edge of my keyboard - I just cannot type fast enough - do you think getting my knee out while posting will help?

[gunrunner]

Nothing wrong with leather chaps on the right person......

Hell yes , i have a 5 ft 6 poster of that on my door , or so have the movie and a helmet if she wants to go for a ride :Punk:

[jrandom]

I'm still trying to type the chicken strips off the edge of my keyboard - I just cannot type fast enough - do you think getting my knee out while posting will help?

Just do it with a belt sander. Nobody'll know the difference.

[stify]

Just do it with a belt sander. Nobody'll know the difference.

but use the 80 or less grit belts...looks better that way

[McDuck]

I do around 10000kms? Most of it in big lumps to, like i have not had a decent ride in months then i did 700 odd kms today.

[Mystic13]

I'm at 24,000km's for the year. And that's about standard for a year. (20ish).

24,000 trouble free kilometres

Would be my dream but then them trouble bits just add to the fun.

[Gremlin]

Had the new bike just over 2 months, done just over 6100km. And I didn't even ride it this weekend :weep:

Thats the play toy, the regular hack for weekdays would do at least 15000 a year, so I probably hit 30,000+ km a year, without trying... oh for more free time.

[fatzx10r]

i seem to do between 15 to 20k a year on average. i put 19k on my old sv in the 8 month's that i had it, and had it back at the shop for it's 1k service after having it for only 3 day's

[TOTO]

60 000k in the past 12 months on 3 bikes.

[rossw]

Went for a ride today and was wondering how many kms do others do on there bikes this year ?:2thumbsup

Over 12,000 in the 9 months since March.

[Hellraiser]

due to my occupation i do 120 000+ km's per year

[fizbin]

60 000k in the past 12 months on 3 bikes.

show off :innocent:

I have had mine for around 5-6 months now done roughly 13000kms so i guss would be 26-30 somthing like that

[Mystic13]

Judging by the km's that would be you lot I see out most of the time.

TOTO...60,000km's. Wow!

I'm sure there will be a few on here that do low km's. I have a friend that only rides on days where he is guaranteed there will be no rain. He ould do around 300km's per year. When he sells his bikes after a few years they have usually done around 1000-1400km's.

We bought a GPZ250 for my wife that had done 1100km's in 10 months. I then added 400kmm's on the first day of ownership.

Yesterday I met a rider who ahd bought a 12 month old DR650 with 400km's on the clock. It seems the visions of returning to riding and actually returning to riding didn't match up for that owner.

When my kids were younger I could never run up the km's I do now. Two of my kids have just started riding and this will probably drop my km's as well.

If you have a good work commute that would clock up km's as well. My work commute km's are 0 (zero). I work from home. I'd love to be at the end of some deserted winding roads with a commute to work each day.

[MarkH]

I have had my scooter for 3 1/2 months, but I haven't ridden every weekend. Still, I've managed to run up over 9000kms on it - meanwhile in the car a tank of gas has lasted over 3 months and there is still over a third of a tank left.

If I keep the mileage up I'll exceed 30 000kms per year. When I bought it there was 3950 on the clock & it was almost 2 years old.

[3L4NS1R]

I've had my klx for 6 months now, just clicked over 7000 kms last week... meanwhile my car has developed cobwebs for the first time ever.

[gunrunner]

Judging by the km's that would be you lot I see out most of the time.

TOTO...60,000km's. Wow!

I'm sure there will be a few on here that do low km's. I have a friend that only rides on days where he is guaranteed there will be no rain. He ould do around 300km's per year. When he sells his bikes after a few years they have usually done around 1000-1400km's.

We bought a GPZ250 for my wife that had done 1100km's in 10 months. I then added 400kmm's on the first day of ownership.

Yesterday I met a rider who ahd bought a 12 month old DR650 with 400km's on the clock. It seems the visions of returning to riding and actually returning to riding didn't match up for that owner.

When my kids were younger I could never run up the km's I do now. Two of my kids have just started riding and this will probably drop my km's as well.

If you have a good work commute that would clock up km's as well. My work commute km's are 0 (zero). I work from home. I'd love to be at the end of some deserted winding roads with a commute to work each day.

Holy shit ,

Maybe its the guy i know always wants to organise a ride but can never go on them , its too windy, cold , hot , wet , have got work or i have a full tank of gas it would be a shame to waste it:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

He gets it out on a sunday rides it round the block spends the rest of the day polishing it then puts it back in the shed:bash:

[TLDV8]

I pushed my DR 12000 kms just to make this post. :laugh:

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[Rhubarb]

Embarassingly, I only do about 1200km per year.

I would like to do 10 times this and will probably increase my mileage when I update my bike.

I also race old cars so during the summer not all weekends are free.

[CB ARGH]

I have been riding the bike for about 4 months now and have clocked up just under 10,000km. I love my baby! :hug:

[SixPackBack]

56,000 kays on the K6 Labrador now. No bins, no issues.

[Arrowolf]

Well, bought my bike in june.
Till today it has 6700 km on the clock.
Not to bad for a restart after over 20 years.
Keep upright on the road.
Arrowolf:niceone:

[rocketman1]

I do about 5500-6000kms pa bloody slack I know, but I hope to double that.
Get a few long overnighters in.

[Kiwi Graham]

I changed to a new magic carpet a couple of months ago, had done 4000 on her and 4600 on the new one. racked up a staggering 1800 on the Harley............well it was a wet winter!

[sinfull]

I've had my klx for 6 months now, just clicked over 7000 kms last week... meanwhile my car has developed cobwebs for the first time ever.
Yeah i got the same issues with the Mrs !


I do about 5500-6000kms pa bloody slack I know, but I hope to double that.
Get a few long overnighters in.
My Mrs has issues with me doing overnighters !

[KoroJ]

Eased up a bit this year but still ended up around 27-28,000.

[The Pastor]

I get excatly 0.621371192 miles to the kilometer

[fatzx10r]

56,000 kays on the K6 Labrador now. No bins, no issues.

is that this year??

[howdamnhard]

About 10,000km per year.. Cage just sits growing cobwebs and moss.Use it everday to commute.If I'm lucky the occasional weekend ride too.

[balans]

I've had my current bike for about 4 months and done less than 1000k's.

An unfortunate consequence of working offshore and overseas looking for the stuff that makes them move. I suppose I could convince one of my local colleauges to lend me their step-through for a quick blat, but Indonesian roads and traffic being the way they are round here I'm not sure I'd survive to return it.

[Moki]

Have done about 15k this year so far

[Hidalgo]

will be around 17000 k's by end of year

[NordieBoy]

Averaging about 20,000km per year on the DR.
Mostly just everyday riding.

[reofix]

Just done 40 k service ... still 5 mths till 2 year warranty runs out.. probably hit 50k for the 2 years... still upright after all these years::blink:

[gunrunner]

The thunderbird has done just over 10000kms in 5 months . :yes:

[george formby]

The thunderbird has done just over 10000kms in 5 months . :yes:

:facepalm: I rode to Paeroa & back so far this year. Work sucks!:angry:Saving a fortune on petrol though..

[\m/]

I've just done 10000km on my Bandit, had it for about 6 months.

[NordieBoy]

+46,000km on the DR650 since my post just up there...
+3,500km on the TT350 in the last 3 months.

[gunrunner]

The thunderbird has done just over 10000kms in 5 months . :yes:

But then bout 12000 for the yr , shit happens i spose .. :facepalm:

[Eyegasm]

2000km in 3 weeks on the new kwaka.

[rossirep]

got my new R1 in feb this year in chch and then the mighty quake hit and my bike has sat in the garage for months, i think in 8ish months iv done maybe 1500ks.. roll on summer thou, then the riding will happen, till winter comes back and then il park it up again for another 6 months..

[banditrider]

Only done just over 11k on the Connie this year but it will have about another 2k on it by the end of the month. Done another 6K on the V-Strom in the 6 months I've had it.

[XP@]

43,000kms since the start of last years Rusty Nuts Grand Challenge!

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[superman]

Since I got learners just over 15,000km (got learners November last year). And did have bike deregistered June-Aug not using it (more than once or twice).

So not too bad.

Though I still feel like I'm definitely not riding enough. :yes:

[Gr82briding]

I was wondering how many Kms a year you do on your pride and joy?

I average 30,000kms annually on my F650GS twin and before I bought my bike I used to average 20,000-25,000kms in my car. Last calendar year I only did 7,800ks in my tin top!

So how many Kms do you do bike verses car annually?

[Corse1]

Sure this has been here before but.
Car 30,000km
2 bikes and average 2500kms a year on each
:corn::corn:

[SMOKEU]

Probably about 7-8,000km a year on the bike, and less than 1,000 in a cage. I don't know where you guys find the time or money to do that many kms.

[Subike]

Had this bike 2 months from new
Just clocked up 3000k's
So I guess 18000 is the possibile expected
But then we are entering winter so 10000 is probably realistic.

[unstuck]

Way too many considering I have no bike license.:facepalm:

[Motig]

Old age and failing bodyparts = car all the time. But I do go out and cuddle the bike occasionaly :yes:

[hayd3n]

between 20-40 ,000 kms

[James Deuce]

About 100 or 120km per month on the bike and 0 in the car. So 1200-1440km per year on the bike and 0 in the car.

I do 140km a day on the train and 10 in the bus though. So about 35,000 per year on the train, 2500 in the bus.

[whowhatwhere]

12k bike and 20k car

[Bald Eagle]

104k per day on bike 5 days a week = approx 25k per year.

[GrayWolf]

I struggle to reconcile bike ownership with paltry distances ridden.

I am constantly amazed by bikes for sale with mileages less than 1,000km per year of their lives. I mean, what's the point?

This year I have been deprived of my bike for over three months, but will still click in a whisker under 30,000km ridden on that bike. Big Yam is due its 80,000km service sometime this side of Christmas. Add to that about 10,000km of two-up riding on Mrs H's most excellent GSF650SK6, and 2008 has been most kind indeed.

trouble is Hitcher, (like me 20k minimum a year), when you go to sell said bikes? suddenly they are considered 'knackered' as they've done real working milages.

[GrayWolf]

15000km on the GN since march.

ON a Ginny?? Now THATS impressive!!!:apumpin::not::not::)

[cheshirecat]

Stuff all these days say 300 - 400 k a week. Might have to go on a tour.
Once did 40,000k a year just city riding

[LBD]

Only about 18000 this last year.....:facepalm:

[The Singing Chef]

Managed about 35k on the GSX250 with 4 months of not riding it either. Now I am getting "walking" mileage :facepalm: