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Message started by pgambr on 01/28/14 at 08:43:03

Title: Most miles I've heard of
Post by pgambr on 01/28/14 at 08:43:03

I knew this fella who had 2001 Honda VLX 600. 5 years ago he had 80K on that bike. He happened to be back in town for a funeral. He still had that bike and someone asked him how many miles he had on it. He said he was guessing 150K+. He said the odometer quit working at 88K so he estimated by keeping track of fill-ups. It has been his only form of transportation since 2001 (rain, snow, wind).

Title: Re: Most miles I've heard of
Post by Dave on 01/28/14 at 09:29:21

I bought a 2000 Honda ST1100 so the wife can go on some rides with me, and the ST 1100/1300 bikes can turn out some great mileage.

The Honda ST Forum where I was watching to find a good used bike has a mileage awards section, and there are pages of 50,000 mile awards, many 100,000 awards, several 200,000 awards, and surprisingly even some 300,000 mile awards. I suppose the Gold Wings have that kind of durability as well.

http://www.st-owners.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?442-Mileage-MileSTones

Title: Re: Most miles I've heard of
Post by pgambr on 01/28/14 at 12:34:33

Those STs look like they could be a lot of fun to ride. How do you like yours?

Title: Re: Most miles I've heard of
Post by Dave on 01/28/14 at 12:42:14

3B2C2A2629394B0 wrote:

Those STs look like they could be a lot of fun to ride. How do you like yours?

Don't know for sure.......I rode it 50 miles to bring it home in December when the temperature was 50 degrees, and it has not been on the road since. They are very affordable and plentiful on the used market - especially the 1100 bikes as riders moved up to the 1300 and cast off the older models. My thought is that they don't have the personality of the Savage or a lot of other cool bikes....they are just typical Honda and are smooth and reliable and go and go and go....without making much of a fuss. I can tell you that the windshield and fairing are going to be really nice on those cool evening rides down by the river. This one is named Camel Joe by the previous owner and her Harley friends. She got more than 50 mpg....and it has a 7.4 gallon tank......so she would stop for gas before she hit the 350 mile mark. When I picked the bike up the trip odometer had nearly 400 miles on that current tank of fuel when I got home.

Title: Re: Most miles I've heard of
Post by pgambr on 01/28/14 at 13:41:53

I sure like the looks of that. Lockable cases when traveling are important, to me a least. I tall windshield to push the air over you and fairings like that can make a 10 hour ride comfortable. Plenty of power and worries about running low on gas. That's solid machine.

Title: Re: Most miles I've heard of
Post by gizzo on 01/28/14 at 18:03:26

I bumped into a guy a few years ago who had racked up over 300,000km (186,000 miles?) on a Triumph rocket 3, never a mechanical problem. God knows what it's up to now.

Title: Re: Most miles I've heard of
Post by arteacher on 01/29/14 at 06:07:51

Not bike related, but I used to have a Volvo 145, and Volvo used to give out grill medallions for every 100,000 miles. There is a guy in New York who has 3 million miles on a P1800. At one million Volvo invited him to Rochester to receive his solid gold medallion, gave him a new Volvo Bertone, and offered to buy his P1800, which he refused.
http://www.autoblog.com/2013/09/18/irv-gordons-volvo-p1800-has-hit-3-million-miles/
He drove up to our local Volvo Owner's Club meet, and we helped him replace a split EGR hose.

Title: Re: Most miles I've heard of
Post by Dave on 01/29/14 at 08:29:59

The Moderators are kicking around the idea of making a place on this forum to acknowledge High Mileage Savages. It most likely will not be a discussion thread.....probably a locked sticky that can be updated by the Moderators when you send us a PM with your mileage totals. Details are not yet worked out.....so far I am only aware of one 100,000 mile bike on this forum.

Title: Re: Most miles I've heard of
Post by pgambr on 01/29/14 at 16:07:30

I second the motion, I'm curious to see how many miles can be put on.