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Post by roadrunner on Aug 4, 2008 10:36:32 GMT -5
Just curious about mileage ridden in one's lifetime.
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Post by xsyamahadg on Aug 4, 2008 11:40:59 GMT -5
In a life time ? It's hard to tell for sure, but I have been actively riding for over 50 years. I took a S.W.A.G. at my miles.
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Post by mgorman on Aug 4, 2008 12:10:58 GMT -5
How do you guess at dirt miles?
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Post by jeffe on Aug 4, 2008 17:00:34 GMT -5
How do you guess at dirt miles? Measure the thickness of the dirt inbedded in your skin, take the cube of that and divide by PI. ;D Seriously Street miles 30k on my SR500 105k on my 650 Seca 25K on my XS11 and continuing to add up Dirt I wore out a Bridgestone 90 any know how much that is? Question Do the miles when you miss a corner count as dirt or street?
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Post by roadrunner on Aug 4, 2008 17:23:39 GMT -5
How do you guess at dirt miles? Question: Do the miles when you miss a corner count as dirt or street? If you started on the street and ended up in the dirt = dirt If you started on the dirt and ended up in the street = street
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Post by shoe48 on Aug 4, 2008 17:28:44 GMT -5
I lived on two wheels as a kid so just double your road miles ..
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Post by jeffe on Aug 5, 2008 9:55:05 GMT -5
Question: Do the miles when you miss a corner count as dirt or street? If you started on the street and ended up in the dirt = dirt If you started on the dirt and ended up in the street = street Thanks
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Post by roadrunner on Aug 5, 2008 11:49:29 GMT -5
I know I started this thread and I can only come up with miles on my last 4 Gold Wings. I didn't keep track of the miles before that. I have bought 4 Gold Wings - new 1982 Gold Wing Interstate sold with a shade over 90,000 1985 Gold Wing Aspencade sold with a shade over 115,000 1994 Gold Wing SE sold with 108,000 miles 2002 Gold Wing still riding 132,000 miles + So far there have been NO engine/transmission or electrical problems with the 2002. The 1985 had the stator go out at 55,000 miles. ;D Why so many miles with the Wings? I joined the Gold Wing Road Riders Association and started traveling to rallies all across the US. There are rallies for every state and we have done quite a few. ;D Then there are the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday rides that I do every week plus the weekend. So you see I do not get any work done at home. We led a parade in 2006 in Nashville, TN We led a group ride this Memorial Day weekend We met up with a bunch of friends in Tennessee and went to Shackley Springs for lunch. We rode into Skagway, Alaska and watched passengers get off a cruise ship We met up with another bunch of friends (GWRRA members) and rode in Florida in February We arranged and led a ride from SW Ohio to Beaugards in Wilmington for BBQ Oh - what the heck - the wife and I --- we just love to ride (as long as we still can) Finally - I shot this photo recently while riding down the road in the rain with a unique number appearing on the odometer!
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Post by wenchie on Aug 5, 2008 12:12:30 GMT -5
Great pictures, thanks for sharing them.
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Post by xsyamahadg on Aug 5, 2008 15:57:29 GMT -5
Great pics !! Some good looking bikes there.
I don't ride any where near the miles that you do, and I don't get anything done at home either. ;D
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Post by vstrom2up on Aug 5, 2008 19:54:19 GMT -5
How many years until I can retire and do that?!!! They keep moving the date.
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Post by tamarack on Aug 7, 2008 10:01:41 GMT -5
Never really kept track but over a lifetime (not including dirt or mini bikes) probably somewhere between 50-100,000. The bulk of that between ages 19-25 and 44-49
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Post by harleymec on Aug 17, 2008 0:48:53 GMT -5
I started riding dirt bikes at 10 and I have rode most of my life and I am 43 now. I had a bike down for a year do to destroying the motor , the only thing that was not bad was the cases and the transmission.
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