How much do you ride?
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2010
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From: Jacksonville, NC
I managed to put a little over 15,000 on my Fat Bob before I totaled it a couple of weeks ago. The miles were about 70% commuting. My commute is about 40miles total. I'm hanging out on this side of the forum to learn a little bit about softails since I'll be purchasing a Fat Boy Lo this fall when I get back from overseas
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Pacific Northwest
I think it all depends on where you live. For us fair weather riders in the northwest, the season is extremely short. Between my two bikes, I think I only put in 4000 miles. Getting a convertible in July took away some of the miles I would have put on my bikes.
Road Master
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Well since I have 2 qualifiers, One being I'm retired and two being I live in sunny Arizona I've put 70,000 in 3 years so about 23,000 a year.
I moved to Arizona from rainy Washington state. Best move I ever made..
I moved to Arizona from rainy Washington state. Best move I ever made..
Last edited by keno; Mar 2, 2011 at 07:55 AM.
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From: Southern California
Between the two bikes, about 23,000 this past year. 14,000 on the Harley, 9,000 on the BMW. Living is So Cal gives us all a bit of an edge on the rest of the world as it's pretty much 24/7 and 365 here.
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Road Master
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From: n
Thanks for all the responses. I see this as everyone rides as much as they can. To those that said "not enough", how much is enough? I used to live in the Pac NW and I loved riding down to Morton, around US 12 and back through the backside of Mt Rainier NP--wasn't that many miles, but it was better than 600 mile blast down the interstate any day. Sad to say, even though I rode 11K miles last year, I was probably never more than 4 hours from the house. This year will be better with some good trips in mind. Anyway, as I say to my riding pals, I am not going to sit around at Hooters and share feelings, let's just ride.
Not as much as i would have like to, the weather here in the UK sucks, We get about 3 to 4 weeks of straight great weather in the summer, then it's back to sh**. O yeah, and i'll be stationed in the UK till 2014 :-(
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From: Central Jersey
If I could, I would ride every day, even if my commute is less than 10 miles a day, I would love to ride it.. but certain circumstances dictate that I have to drive it most days. (Weather, books and paperwork I need to carry that would weigh down a backpack since i dont have bags) So yeah.
365 days per year..
- 104 for weekends = 261 week days per year..
261 days * 10 miles per day * 2 ways= 5220 miles commute per year..
..not including weekends.. but unfortunately in Jersey we get like 6 months of the year where the weather is consistent enough to ride.. the rest of the time Mother Nature is like "Nope, cage it."
365 days per year..
- 104 for weekends = 261 week days per year..
261 days * 10 miles per day * 2 ways= 5220 miles commute per year..
..not including weekends.. but unfortunately in Jersey we get like 6 months of the year where the weather is consistent enough to ride.. the rest of the time Mother Nature is like "Nope, cage it."
