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Message started by sluggo on 10/31/11 at 17:14:46

Title: how many miles in saddle
Post by sluggo on 10/31/11 at 17:14:46

tell us how many and your best and worst ride

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by sluggo on 10/31/11 at 17:17:30

tell us about the miles
i put in less than 20 miles due to back problems and the meds that go with it. bummer

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by runwyrlph on 10/31/11 at 17:23:31

i clicked 2000 - 5000 : this is for the past year, right?

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by sluggo on 10/31/11 at 17:27:57

25322C22222E38410 wrote:

i clicked 2000 - 5000 : this is for the past year, right?

yup

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by verslagen1 on 10/31/11 at 18:19:38

average a grand a month.

If there were savages along the hwy39, east fork, and glendora mtn rd was durn good. But the dragon get together is durn fun week.

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by Blvd1960 on 10/31/11 at 18:20:41

I have put 300 miles since 8/5/2011 when i bought it; try to ride at least once a week, even if short runs. Longest ride so far about 83 miles.

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by Fish on 10/31/11 at 20:22:04

It's my only vehicle and I've had it since March.
I've put just about 6000miles on it so far since then.

One of the best rides was probably one of my group rides with my riding club, the Taarakians.

6 of us just cruised up A1A along the coast of Florida from Daytona to St Augustine and back. We went into the Castillo de San Marcos, the big fort in St Augustine. Hung out in historic St Augustine for a while.

Parking like bosses, 6 bikes in 1 parking space:
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One of my worst rides so far would be riding to work in the rain before I bought my rain gear. Having wet feet, socks, boots, pants, and jacket isn't that much fun. Especially when getting to work. I bought rain gear very soon after that.

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by built2last66 on 10/31/11 at 22:10:11

I bought mine about 4 months ago, put over 4k miles so far.. longest travel 2 hours 30 minutes roughly, a whole tank of gas + reserve...

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by Boofer on 10/31/11 at 23:36:02

10,000 since March 9, 2009. 75 today.

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by AlphaBarney on 11/01/11 at 04:34:53

Put about 1900mi on since I bought mine in mid June. Most of those are to-from work, so those I would have to count as bad by association. Favorite rides are those few times I have been able to get on the road and just ride...no destination, no agenda and just open her up. Hoping to get some more of those in this year. Few days left in NC to ride, yet.

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by EJID on 11/01/11 at 06:27:45

Put about 3,000 on mine since I bought it in July 2009. Most of those are also to-from work, so not the best rides. My favorite ride this year was a nighttime date ride with my wife riding 2up (she usually doesn't ride the mc with me). Was about 60mi up through the mountains and back, even came across a group of scouts having a bonfire in one of the cross country ski parking lots along the way. :)

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by sjaskow on 11/01/11 at 10:53:12

I've done about 2100-2200 this year. Would have done more but I've been working from home a couple of days a week since I've been teaching as well.

And I've done 15,000+ since 8/07 when I bought it new with .1 miles on it. Yes, that's point 1. :)

Longest ride in one stretch was 120 this past spring when I just went wandering on nice Saturday afternoon.

Longest ride over all was the trip I took with 2 guys from work. We rode to the AMA museum in Pickerington, OH. That ended up being about 300 miles overall.

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by youzguyz on 11/01/11 at 11:35:58

I ride to work, but that is only 10 miles round trip. (Assuming I don't get lost somehow ;) )
Since January.. gonna have to guess. Got Mad Hamish in late Feb with ... 3500 miles.. about. Now has 17,000. So, 13,500 there.
Add a few more thousand on Thumper. About 16,000.. so far this year, and 2 more months to go!!! 8-)

Best ride.. have to think about it. Soooo many good roads around here.
The best rides are when I find a road that I have not been on before, and that is getting rare.

Worst.. on the way back from a days ride. Slid off the road for no good reason that I could figure out. Tires just wouldn't grip.
>:(

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by scottnj on 11/01/11 at 12:19:20

Got my S40 Memorial Day weekend, put about 2500 miles on it so far this year, mostly riding to work. Best ride was a three day trip to the Dragon in September with a group of riding buddies (total of about 900 miles). Worst ride was the first time I got caught in heavy rain on my way back from work without rain gear. By the time I got home I was soaked and my boots and pockets were filled with water. Could have been worse -- could have happened on the way to work.

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by Grand Strand on 11/01/11 at 18:44:34

As a nuwbee I got my suzie about June and had to do a lot of recovery work to get her going, but I managed to ride a little over 3,000 so far. Still ridding strong. Rode about 40 miles this afternoon after work. Not looking forward to time change. Wont be able to squeeze in an afternoon ride any more :-[

New rider with 3,000 ;) ;D :) :)

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by John_D FSO on 11/01/11 at 21:44:29

Put about 9,000 on my Savage when I had it, from March of '08 to March of '10 when I got the C50. I think I've got around 7 or 8,000 on her now, around 3-4,000 this year probably.

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by FlybysBlvd on 11/08/11 at 09:30:18

April 1st to Nov 6th - total so far: 13,805 - hopefully a few more this weekend. - Lovin the SV! I still have the Boulevard, but have only ridden it once this season. It needs someone to ride it! Hate to, but gonna have to let her go.
I don't get on here much anymore, hope all are fine!
Rode Blue Ridge Parkway all the way up and back in October, of course the "Dragon", 28, Cherohala, Foothills and "Back of the Dragon", - went to Pilot Mountain, saw Andy's Place. Hungry Mother State Park, Blood Mountain, the only place we didn't get to was the Snake. What a season! :D
Forgot to add - NONE of these miles was commuting miles - I don't ride to work. ALL WEEKEND AND VACATION - ALL PLEASURE ;D

Title: Re: how many miles in saddle
Post by scroop on 11/08/11 at 19:40:39

Got the bike on my birthday (April 3rd) with 2,500 miles on it. Almost at 11,000 now. We'll see what kind of winter we have have - I'll go out on an inch or two of snow, but that's about it. Most of the miles are commuting miles, and this bike is great for that. My favorite run is taking route 30 east to Gettysburg. It's a great winding road that is local for me.