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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 09:05 AM
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once per week, 4 hrs riding, 1 up.
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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I ride whenever I want, as far as I need, wherever I am going. Its transportation. Plain and simple.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 10:19 AM
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daily driver weather permitting... and sometimes even when it dosen't
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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Ride every day....I don't have a car anymore.. =-)
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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I use mine for transportation every trip possible on a daily basis. How far? Depends whether I'm running up and down the road for business, or I turned my phone off and hit the road to clear my head. The "clear my head trips" can get rather lengthy. I have ridden 400 miles a day on my 1200c, no complaints here.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 10:50 AM
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I ride every day i can, aeverage 50 to 150 plus miles a day, as i ride for work when i can.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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I used to ride to work, and back (150miles r/t) a few times a week, but FOR ME I found it to take the fun out of it, with traffic, and stuff. I stopped that for the most part, now I try to ride every weekend, and during the summer I ride a few times a week, afterwork.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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In the summer I ride a good amount. 300 miles per week or so. I found out if you run a lot of highway miles it really wears out the back tire fast!
 
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It's rare that I don't throw a leg over at least for a little while sometime during the day. Could be a short ride, could be a 4 day ride. Rode 15,000 miles in the first year I had the Sporty.
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 09:33 PM
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5 miles to 200 miles depends on the destination. Once on it is hard to put it away. and thats on a pre 04
 
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