I have kept a log on mileage and maintenance for each of my bikes since beginning to ride regularly almost ten years ago. My mileage total goes up in fits-some years I've ridden over 10,000 miles both commuting and riding around, but other years have been low due to work travel and deployments. I also reached an interesting milestone yesterday!
My main bike for many years, if not my only bike, was my first dependable one: a Yamaha V-Star Classic 650. It was a great starter bike for a then cruiser-only guy: classic styling, comfortable position, shaft drive, simple layout and features. I rode that bike, customized that bike, sold it, bought it back, rode it some more, then finally sold it for good. I ended up totaling 24,616 miles on the V-Star.
Since 2006, my main bike has been a Harley-Davidson Sporster, although I have always owned at least one other running bike the whole time I've had it. There have been periods where I rode every day, and one long deployment in 2008 when the mileage ridden dropped to zero. Well, last night when I parked the Sporster, I had ridden it exactly 24,616 miles! Until I leave in a few minutes, I will have TWO top mileage bikes with exactly the same number of miles ridden on each one-how odd is that?
Ride safe and far my friends-
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