Average km's

**Colapop** · 31st March 2006, 12:28

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** · 31st March 2006, 12:30

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** · 31st March 2006, 12:32

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

**skelstar** · 31st March 2006, 12:33

Originally Posted by Colapop

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** · 31st March 2006, 12:33

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

**Colapop** · 31st March 2006, 12:38

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:Me** · 31st March 2006, 12:41

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** · 31st March 2006, 12:41

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

**GR81** · 31st March 2006, 12:42

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** · 31st March 2006, 12:47

Originally Posted by The_Dover

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

on how many bikes?

soz, had to ask

**Sniper** · 31st March 2006, 13:13

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

**Gixxer 4 ever** · 31st March 2006, 13:14

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** · 31st March 2006, 13:19

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.