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Old 02-09-2019, 06:02 AM
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35K miles a year and works 50-60 hours a week? I don't want to call the guy a liar but unless your daily commute is about 200 miles or you do meth when does this guy sleep and have a life off of the bike? I'm self employed and run a 40 hour a week business and with everything else in life I'm lucky to squeeze in a ride every week or so.
I’m with you. I rode just over 16k last year and won the HOG chapter high mileage award. I know, that ain’t saying much. A lot of HOG chapters don’t ride much but ours actually does. It’s a large chapter and a good many of the members are serious riders. I work full time, have to park it a good bit during the Ohio winters but I still ride in weather that most riders wouldn’t dream of riding in. I ride every day if the roads aren’t slick. If it isn’t raining when I roll up the garage door in the morning I ride to work. I spend my vacations and holidays riding and take a few long out of state trips a year and still don’t ride half as much as this guy. I call BS.
 
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Old 02-09-2019, 06:37 AM
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He must use his bike to commute to work. I put about 25k miles a year on my commuter car, then miles on the bikes. Probably all works out to 35k-ish total. Still a lot of miles for a lot of years, and yeh winters are involved. Good for him.
 
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I call VT81.
No Way ... there was NOT one mention of S&S anywhere


 
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Originally Posted by E8USMCRET
35K miles a year and works 50-60 hours a week? I don't want to call the guy a liar but unless your daily commute is about 200 miles or you do meth when does this guy sleep and have a life off of the bike? I'm self employed and run a 40 hour a week business and with everything else in life I'm lucky to squeeze in a ride every week or so.
I've averaged 30k/year on my bikes in the past 8 years with a full time job. 117 mile round trip to work, 5 days a week is most of it, with weekend rides and 1 or 2 multi-day rides per year. I average less than 5k/year total on my four wheeled vehicles. I drove the truck to work only 12 times last year.


 
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Old 02-09-2019, 09:40 AM
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No Way ... there was NOT one mention of S&S anywhere

It's not possible for any bike, no less a Harley, to do that many miles on original equipment. The engine cases alone would've needed replacement at least twice, or more.
 
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Old 02-09-2019, 09:53 AM
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I've averaged 30k/year on my bikes in the past 8 years with a full time job. 117 mile round trip to work, 5 days a week is most of it, with weekend rides and 1 or 2 multi-day rides per year. I average less than 5k/year total on my four wheeled vehicles. I drove the truck to work only 12 times last year.
Not saying it can't be done but your lifestyle would have to be conducive for it to happen. My commute is less than 3 miles one way so for me to rack that kind of mileage would be impossible given weather, other commitments etc. I put less than 1000 on my Softail last year mainly just bar hopping and rallies.
 
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Originally Posted by E8USMCRET
35K miles a year and works 50-60 hours a week? I don't want to call the guy a liar but unless your daily commute is about 200 miles or you do meth when does this guy sleep and have a life off of the bike? I'm self employed and run a 40 hour a week business and with everything else in life I'm lucky to squeeze in a ride every week or so.
I knew someone would call bs. I used to average 35k+. My bike was my only transportation. Weekends (leave Fri after work, return Sunday) 1500 was not uncommon. And if I had a Monday off I would travel farther. Lots of small rallies and such to travel to. I used my camping gear 50% of the time.

Just because you choose not to, or cannot, rack up miles doesn't mean other do not. I've always lived in the southeast.

I'm 57, and have over 800,000 miles on two wheels. Guess I'm a liar also because you didn't do what I did?
 
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I wonder if the MI kicks over to left of it goes over 999999 ?....Geee
 
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Originally Posted by mitchxout
It's not possible for any bike, no less a Harley, to do that many miles on original equipment. The engine cases alone would've needed replacement at least twice, or more.
Bet you wouldn't say that about a Gold Wing or the likes !...b.
 
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Originally Posted by E8USMCRET
Not saying it can't be done but your lifestyle would have to be conducive for it to happen. My commute is less than 3 miles one way so for me to rack that kind of mileage would be impossible given weather, other commitments etc. I put less than 1000 on my Softail last year mainly just bar hopping and rallies.
I also do 30k a year. I use my bike for transportation, recreation, and vacation. However, I've never put more than 60k on any single bike. I think I have the grass is greener syndrome? I can't imagine 500k. He must've been very sentimental about his machine, true fact or not.
 
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