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Old 07-15-2016, 08:58 PM
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Hi guys. I'm new to the forum but not new to bikes. I am enjoying my first Harley.

It's always fun to figure out how many lifetime miles you have on a motorcycle. I have met some guys who have some really impressive numbers. There is a fellow in our CMA group who has ridden over 750,000 miles. I've met a very few million mile guys at Sturgis.

I've been riding for 47 years. Quite a few of those years have almost no miles at all. Yet, I've logged over 175,000 miles. Not really that many when you think about the number of years.

So get out your calculators boys (and girls). . . how many motorcycle miles have you ridden in your lifetime?
 
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Old 07-15-2016, 09:30 PM
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56 yrs old. Took about 15 yrs off raising kids. Got about 250k when I add all the bikes up.
 
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Old 07-15-2016, 09:34 PM
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Probably dang near a million miles over 45 years. 14 of those years I rode professionally.
 
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No clue on the mileage on my first two bikes since on didn't have a speedometer and the second one, I never kept track of them.

But since my last two bikes since Dec. 2012, 55k. So I'm a little short of 1million.
 
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Just guessing and trying to guess low, I'd say maybe 300,000.
 
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Old 07-15-2016, 11:35 PM
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Somewhere deep into 6 figures, past the 1/2mil mark.
 
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50 years riding, about 250,000 miles. I was pretty consistent with 5,000 miles a year until I retired. Now I am doing about double that, 10,000 miles a year.
 
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Truly no idea! Hope for many more
 
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Originally Posted by preacherbo
So get out your calculators boys (and girls). . . how many motorcycle miles have you ridden in your lifetime?
Oh this is fun. I hope everyone Wins!

 
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Here we go, "You're not a Biker if you haven't ridden X amount of miles in a lifetime" thread.
Lol!
It's not the miles in your life- it's the life in the miles.
 

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