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General Category => Active Polls => Topic started by: Diesel on July 10, 2012, 10:40:23 PM
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You could have some fun working this one out. If over half a million k's - estimate the number for us to be in awe of, below. :crazy
I am expecting to see some fairly high numbers here from Members.
At 180,000km, I am a relative apprentice here - but I have enjoyed every single one of them. :runyay
What's your story - and why so many?
Cheers, Diesel
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I know my ST kilometerage exactly- 94369 as of today.
But I'm guessing for the two Postie bikes and one scooter I owned in PNG and my original Suzuki 80 back in 1968. However the huge rage Diesel offered makes any guess fit easily.
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As far as the ST is concerned I've done 132785kms in the six years I've had it. As for anything before that I have no idea as I never took that much notice but I'd estimate some where between 160,000 and 175,000 kms.
From May 2006 until End of October 2010 I'd average 400kms a week just commuting. In that period there's also two trips from Karratha to Kwinana making 6400kms total. Two trips from Adelaide to Port Hedland (first trip over was via Kwinana) and return making it 16500 total and two trips from Karratha to Adelaide and return making another 16000kms plus other shorter day/overnight rides.
My average yearly distance has dropped since October 2010 to now as I've only done about 25,000kms since then.
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I roll into between 50 to a 100k still a lot of years to go yet, I have just completed 10,000 on my ST
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About 65,000 on my various CX's, 110,000km on my first ST, 72k on my BMW, 5K on the 'new' ST. Holy crap! 250k and it's my secondary transport! There'd be another few thousand on my 'little' bikes (I always have a little bike as well, 250cc or less).
Imagine the tyres!! :(
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I guestimate around 180000 Miles. Started riding in about 1980..
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My guess (and it's only a guess!) would be somewhere around the 200K mark. A lot of riding when I was young around Britain and Europe, then a fair bit in a bunch of other countries till I got here, then quite a bit commuting in Adelaide and the surrounds, then now. But as I said I am guessing because I was looking at the road no the odometer!.
Cheers
Whizz
:13Candy
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Well around 15 years into my riding carreer on the road????well licensed, I got me a BMW K100RT and me thinks I put close on or near enough to 1/2 a million kays on that wonderful Bike. Hmmmmmm and now some 10 years after getting rid of it, me thinks I have done over 1/2 a million :think1 so I says I am in the over 1/2 million catergory.
Know of at least one other who contributes to this forum is up their as well, or is really close
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Even though I have been riding since 1976, I think I have only done between 250-300Kms due to studying, work, paying for houses etc etc. I still have the bikes I have done 200K on eyeing each other off ....
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Been riding since 1968 and have had just over 40 bikes in that time, a lot of the time my only transport. :thumb
Best guesstimate about 10/20,000 per year, the last 3 years have done 90,000 klm. Love being Retired. :runyay
:grin :blk13 :grin
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Ive gone the 300k not sure tho been riding since 72 and the ST has done 65k in the last 2.5 yrs, 8.5k last week so thats my best guess
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Been riding on and off (careful) since I was 17/18 a guestimation is not gunna happen
but then I dont really care as long as I am riding.
Tipsy
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Adding up very roughly I'd say 60 - 65,000 on all previous bikes bar the newest Addition
:wht11 Set for a record klms on an ST1100 :-++ :-++ >:() 350,000 meters.
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Around 140,000km in the last ten years.
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Been riding since 79 ,roughly added up the km's on each bike when i sold them ,and i'm most definitely over 500,000km .
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About 40,000 for me, all as a Pillion
Pockey :wink1
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Pockey that's got to be some kind of record,most pillions move to the front seat before those kinds of Km's :thumbsup
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Ros and I have done 61,000Kms together (we have kept a log!) and I have done at least 50,000Kms one up all in the past 10 years! :grin
:rd13
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24K for me since getting a bike licence in 2009 :wink1
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:dred11 I reckon I would have to be 500,000+ since my first bike in 1978,, I've riden almost 100k on my ST in 5 years..my 1st GPz1100 I clockedup 130,000 in the first year between Seven Hills,NSW and Kingaroy Q back n forth almost every weekend'..XJ550 yamaha 60,000 in 6 mths,, never thought about total K's on bikes before,,
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I reckon I would have to be 500,000+ since my first bike in 1978,, I've riden almost 100k on my ST in 5 years..my 1st GPz1100 I clocked up 130,000 in the first year between Seven Hills,NSW and Kingaroy Q back n forth almost every weekend'..XJ550 yamaha 60,000 in 6 mths,, never thought about total K's on bikes before,,
:eek :eek :eek = AWESOME!!! :-++
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Over a span of 20 years with an 11 year break, I've done a measly 200,000.
For those who've done 500+, do you realise that if you had ridden to the moon you would be in your return journey by now? :O
R
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Started riding on the road (legally) 29th April 1968 and have had a bike for all but one year since then. Probably never ever did a lot of kms in a year until this year. Since leaving home for the OzSTOC AGM this year I have done over 21,000kms.
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:dred11 I reckon I would have to be 500,000+ since my first bike in 1978,, I've riden almost 100k on my ST in 5 years..my 1st GPz1100 I clockedup 130,000 in the first year between Seven Hills,NSW and Kingaroy Q back n forth almost every weekend'..XJ550 yamaha 60,000 in 6 mths,, never thought about total K's on bikes before,,
My dear old Mum peekin over my shoulder reading this topic reckons I would have done 500,000 in my late teens early 20's,, "you would say 'I'm going for a ride' and we didnt see you for a week or more,, and you'd phone from places I've never heard of."...she said.
I'd love even just 1 cent per k. I've also ridden in 5 countries,,, just thinking about it... :dred11
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My bike has done 89500km it had 70000 when I got it :wht11
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Pockey that's got to be some kind of record,most pillions move to the front seat before those kinds of Km's :thumbsup
But then I would have to stay awake !!! I love my Pockey naps in the afternoon sun after lunch :whistle
Never had the urge to ride, love being on the back and free to gaze around and still be in control of the bike and its destination :crackup :popcorn
Pockey :grin
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Hi Chaps,
whilst this is an old topic I have only just got to it, since I retired in1997 I have run up 150,000 klms on my st 1100 and then traded it on my st 1300 which has done 175.000 klms totaling 325,000 klms in my 16 retirement years, that does not include riding since 1948 (on a corgi parachutists motor scooter) then multiple bikes until I retired in 1997, unknown klms, no doubt millions.... Just think of the tyres I have gone through, 17 sets on my ST 1300 alone..
Rally
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I have done less than 50 on a motley collection of old dirt bike and of late the ST. Now if you asked me about cars, trucks and utes in would be in the millions. I typicall average between 70000 and 100000 kays a year and it the last ten years have gone through 8 utes.
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Been riding for 50 years. 15 or so years on Police bikes, plus my private machine, WOULDN'T HAVE A CLUE but it would have to be a lot (I'm not the type of person who keeps count of things).
Enjoyed 99% of those K's, that's all that matters.
Poppy Dave :wht13
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did 41,000 km last financial year about same for last 8 years, in the last 40 years no idea
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As this poll is two years old, I will have to go into the above 400,000kms now.
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Unable to even guesstimate ... 53 years of riding. Over 3 years of travelling Australia in early / mid 70's clocked up over 200,000 km.
It was the one sure way of ensuing that the ex and her boyfriend could not get one brass razoo from me, because I spent the lot!
Even if I only rode 5,000 per year for 40 of the other 50 years of riding, means at minimum, another 200,000 km.
Just the one month of Jan, 2012 was another 12,800 Km on the ST, and another 36,000 km in the past 22 months (average of about 400 Km per week)