embarrassing mileage

[big dave]

Just taken my TDM for its MOT (annual UK safety check) but was EXTREMELY embarrassed to note that I only did 751 miles on it last year.

It really does beg the question whether I should keep it or not ??

BD

 

[limey]

I'm in the same boat big Dave , 89 softail 0 km last year. 04 road glide maybe 200 km last year. I think I know what the problem is.

 

[phplemel]

Embarrassed to find that my WR450F got less than 2 hrs on last year ??? I drained most of the gas I put in last spring, out in the fall
Only managed 20k on the S10 in 6 months ::26::
It's still only mid-winter here and S10 has been hit with the dreaded (by wife) changling/farkletist bug. (new paint, New dual exaust, New custom pilon toolbox/fuel tank, new fork guards, & diff guard O I'm sure I'll have time for someone here to suggest other things
JaimeV my wife hates you )

 

[Combo]

I put more miles on my KLR weekend before last than I have in the last 20 months.

She was mad at me due to the other girl in the room so I had to work on her for a week before the ride just to get her to go. ;D

 

[GrahamD]

Had that problem with the STrom and the SV650.

I found that when you sell them it solves that problem pretty well.

Someone else has put a bunch of Km on them for me and it hasn't cost me a cent. I don't feel embarrassed either.

Bless their hearts for doing that for me I say.

 

[kenbike]

I lived with 4 bikes for 3 years and decided this year to sell all of them and get a S10. It is hard to let them go but I really put only a few hundred miles on all of the bikes but my KTM 990 Adv. When the KTM was in the barn for repairs a back up bike was great. I won't need a back up with this bike so letting them all go. I may pick a cheap Honda 200XR for a small play bike if the price is right.

 

[viewdvb]

I've never really understood why anyone has any bike and rides it very little, especially those who have a small stable of bikes which inevitably means some or all are going to get little use. Perhaps I don't understand the joy of just owning stuff. Possessions are nothing but a liability unless you are getting some real payback. We all have too much stuff and culling it can be a most liberating experience. That applies equally to motorcycles. Owning different motorcycles for different purposes, like track, off-road and street is perfectly logical and maybe there's a defence for owning a classic or vintage bike that wouldn't handle much mileage though I even resent the vast halls of machines in museums that never see the road. What a shame. Lastly, there's a safety implication, especially on the street. It seems to me that, to survive, you need to be completely aware of what your ride will and won't do and for all your reflexes to be finely tuned to one bike. That can't happen with multiple bikes. It can't even happen with one bike if you hardly ever ride it.

 

[eemsreno]

I've never really understood why anyone has any bike and rides it very little, especially those who have a small stable of bikes which inevitably means some or all are going to get little use. Perhaps I don't understand the joy of just owning stuff. Possessions are nothing but a liability unless you are getting some real payback. We all have too much stuff and culling it can be a most liberating experience. That applies equally to motorcycles. Owning different motorcycles for different purposes, like track, off-road and street is perfectly logical and maybe there's a defence for owning a classic or vintage bike that wouldn't handle much mileage though I even resent the vast halls of machines in museums that never see the road. What a shame. Lastly, there's a safety implication, especially on the street. It seems to me that, to survive, you need to be completely aware of what your ride will and won't do and for all your reflexes to be finely tuned to one bike. That can't happen with multiple bikes. It can't even happen with one bike if you hardly ever ride it.

This is so true
Once I was taking my wife for our first ride on a new bike we had just purchased when some kind of mink ran across the road , I couldn’t even find the brakes much less feel comfortable enough to use them in a panic .
I remember telling my wife that I would not have hit that mink if we were on the old bike. It’s very important to know your bike like it’s part of you. Be able to trust everything about it with no hesitations.

 

[HoebSTer]

I wish I even had the issue of bike decisions sometimes. It would be nice to just have an old CL350 Honda and a throw in back of pickup dualsport like a TW200 or so.

 

[Kelvininin]

I have had two bikes and use both.

I main bike is a Victory Vision, that't the one that's great for weekend rides with my wife, and we take vacations on it, its also my first choice for the ultra high mileage rides, Just can't go wrong, with heated seat and grips, stereo, cruise control, extremely comfortable. I can do 1000 mile days back to back with no problem.

The Tenere which replaced my A990 recently is more of my commuter, and the occasional jaunt down mountain, and forest service roads. I found the KTM so uncomfortable and such high maintenance, that I never even considered taking it on a long ride. However the Tenere is a different story. It has me at least considering the idea of consolidating motorcycle. The ultimate decision will be with the wife though. If she can get comfortable on the S10 for the long rides, I will certainly consider it.