How many km do you ride in a year?

**sinned** · 29th January 2007, 20:58

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:Me** · 29th January 2007, 21:01

Originally Posted by dennisr

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

frack that was a good year... hehehehe did 95% of the sealed open roads in NZ, plus comuting in general

**Str8 Jacket** · 29th January 2007, 21:02

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** · 29th January 2007, 21:04

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.

**BarBender** · 29th January 2007, 21:04

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

**MidnightMike** · 29th January 2007, 21:06

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

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.....

Holy crap.

**cowboyz** · 29th January 2007, 21:07

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** · 29th January 2007, 21:07

Originally Posted by MidnightMike

Holy crap.

Fuck yeah, im AWESOME!

Ive edited my post

**Ixion** · 29th January 2007, 21:12

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** · 29th January 2007, 21:18

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** · 29th January 2007, 21:22

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

ok mabe not... just got a quote for $1400 worth of parts for a WOF,

thats half the worth of the bike.... must be love, would have given it a bullet otherwise

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

**Chisanga** · 29th January 2007, 21:27

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** · 29th January 2007, 21:30

done 13000kms in 5 months of owning the hornet

**Ghost_Bullet** · 29th January 2007, 21:37

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...

**Motu** · 29th January 2007, 21:46

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.