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Kidder
03-22-2003, 10:24 PM
Approximately 26000 on my 1990 GS500.
19000 on my 2000 SV650.
1100 and counting on my 03 V Strom.

Tourmeister
03-22-2003, 10:48 PM
Howdy,

Did you buy the GS500 new?

Kidder
03-23-2003, 08:09 AM
I bought my first bike, a red Suzuki GS500EL in April of 1990. I sold it ten years later and bought the SV.

Anonymous
03-28-2003, 06:21 PM
About six months ago I bought a used 2002 GS500 (NOT "E"). I'm loving it, but I wish I could find an aftermarket windscreen that looks a little better than the one Suzuki sells. I've been told the windscreens and fairings that fit the GS500E will not work on the "non E" model. Anybody got any ideas? I can be e-mailed at texason@hotmail.com

AggieVFR
03-29-2003, 02:11 PM
I put about 10,000 miles on my 1985 VF500F in about 1.5 years and I've put about 2200 miles on my 1992 VFR since mid November. I wish there were more, but time and weather are starting to look better... :-D

Kidder
03-29-2003, 08:29 PM
I've been told the windscreens and fairings that fit the GS500E will not work on the "non E" model. Anybody got any ideas?

It should still have a standard headlight. Most any generic windscreen made for a round headlight should fit it. Try Givi, National Cycle, etc

bdmpastx
04-15-2003, 03:29 PM
I got over 22,000 miles on the old Gixxer 1000 now and I bought her brand spanking new 17 months ago. I had more than my fair share on my trusty CBR900RR that was bought used in 1998 and I cannot remember how many miles I put on her. I think it was in the 54,000 mile range. Yep you guessed it, I love riding...

abrussich
04-22-2003, 10:22 AM
Current mileage, 41,500+ on Daytona 1200, from new (07/97), 7,500 on 97 900ss/sp. On other bikes; 38,000 on 91 FLSTF, 35,000 on 83 FXWG, 50K+ on 76 Honda CB550-4, and a few thousand spread out on either a 94 Low rider, 98 Triumph Trophy 900, Ducati 748, Ducati ST4, or Ducati M900s. Last bikes were either brief keepers or the wife's rides.
Yes I Do like to ride. Numbers would be higher if it weren't for a little thing called work. But then one does need to support one's habbits somehow.

kawi jm
04-23-2003, 08:00 AM
I'll be the newbie here then. About a year ago I ran across a clean 82' XS650 Heritage Special. Picked it up and put about 2000 miles on her. Then about 3 months ago I bought a 01' SV650S (I could not resist the deal). All total I might have a little more than 5000 miles, but why fluff the #'s? The miles will come w/ time. Anyone who rides w/ me quickly will find out that I don't have a ego, but I don't think I should be disrepected b/c of being new. I don't think I am slow, but I don't push past my limits to impress anybody. 8) I have wanted a street bike as long as I can remember, and now that I have one I savor every moment & every minute w/ fellow riders. My favorite curve to get perfect is the learning curve :wink:

buck000
04-23-2003, 08:54 AM
Good on you, kawi jm. :)

Your story parallels mine. I got an '81 Honda Sept. '01, put 3K on it over the course of 9 months. Fell for the aprilia, got it in June, coming up on 10K wondrous miles on it. So, if I read your post right, we're currently addicted at the rate of about 1Kmiles/month :) (mine are basically weekend day trips; hard to get away for anything extended).

I like your learning curve line...

Tourmeister
04-23-2003, 12:47 PM
:tab I don't dis folks because of their limited mileage, nor do I automatically respect anyone with big mileage numbers. However, with big miles usually comes some experiences that a low mileage rider probably hasn't encountered yet. To a small degree it is a good way to guage how "bad" someone has the riding bug, hehe. Of course, there may be riders that have it real bad but just can't get away from work and other non-riding committments to feed the bug. A shame.

:tab I did the poll more out of curiousity more than anything. Funny thing is, I never put my own mileage here in a post :oops:

:tab 92 Nighthawk 750, first bike in April 99. 11,000 miles nine months.

:tab 98 VFR 800, second bike in Jan 2000, 30K in 18 months, gave it to Beth and bought my 01 VFR 800. I've probably put another 10K on the bike since it became "hers" ;-) It is about to hit the 48K mark and go in the shop for its' service.

:tab Got the 01 VFR June 2001. Its in the shop right now for its 32K service.

:tab Both VFR's had 4 miles on the clock when we bought them.

:tab Beth started on a little used Virago XV535 Special in May 99. Sold it after putting 8500 miles on it in about 8 months.

:tab Her second bike was a used 99 Triumph Legend 900. Bought it in Feb 2000 right after I got the 98 VFR. She put about 10K on that one before selling it.

:tab Her third bike was a new 01 Suzuki SV650S. The bike rocks! Bought it Nov 2000, I think. Sold it in Sept. 2001 after I gave her the 98 VFR. She had about 9500 miles on it.

:tab I have no idea how many miles I have put on her bikes. But I have always ridden each of them quite a bit. The Virago was beautiful and hand a sweet sound. The Legend was a torque monster but a tad uncomfy. It would really haul on the backroads, much to the surprise of many sportbike riders that I chased on it. The SVS... well... there is just something elusive about that bike that makes it really really fun to ride, I just can't put my finger on it.

:tab We've both settled on the VFR's for now and will likely drive them until they rot out from under us. Although... I have recently been able to put some miles in the hill country on a BMW R1150S :twisted: And so has Beth. Her first comment when she got off the bike was, "I want one of these!" Get in line... :lol:

:tab You can see all of our bikes on my sfriday.com website in the PAST and PRESENT sections.

kawi jm
04-23-2003, 09:41 PM
Don't get me wrong Scott there is always something to be learned from an experienced rider. I just have had some snive comments made to me esspecially when I was on the old Yamaha. Mostly acting like b/c I had a bike that topped out at 75 mph I was some sort of a lesser man? :angryfir: I think it is funny that they just get off on doing 130 in a straight line....I would much rather be doing 80 @ full lean :P :shock:

Tourmeister
04-23-2003, 09:42 PM
I would much rather be doing 80 @ full lean

Amen!

StoneTriple
10-15-2003, 04:48 PM
from Kawi jm - "I would much rather be doing 80 @ full lean "


Well put!

I'm an AMA Long Rider member with about 250,000 miles.

irondawg
10-16-2003, 09:12 AM
Hmmm...I've never kept track of my dirt bikes or when I was in high school on my 450 Nighthawk, but....

9k on the XR350 - made it street legal - combo dirt and street
49k on the Interceptor 500
26k on the Sprint in 14 months (RIP)
15k on the GS to date

Wow, that 99k!!

Hmm.... a SS1000s and I'm at 100k. And I've got a free weekend. How far is El Paso and back?

mlinkibikr
10-16-2003, 10:47 AM
Garelli 50 ...... 200 miles
Yamaha 90 .... 4,000 miles
Honda XL175 ...12,000 miles
83 V45 Magna ... 45,000 miles
86 V65 Magna ... 20,000 miles
90 FJ1200 .... 53,000 miles
83 LeMans III ... 10,000 miles (my share and increasing)
98 VTR1000 ... 9,000 miles
98 VFR .... 1,500 miles (my share and current daily ride)

So let's see - that makes it about ... 154,700, mostly over the course of 20 years which is when I bought the first Magna - so that makes it only about 7,700 miles per year. That ain't much.

Dave.

buck000
10-16-2003, 08:19 PM
Hmm.... a SS1000s and I'm at 100k. And I've got a free weekend. How far is El Paso and back?

Here's a route starting from 620 and I-35 in Round Rock...: clicky (http://www.ricks-rides.com/rides/2003_04_10_Jeffs_Iron_Butt_Ride/route.html). ;)

I am completely humbled by you and stonetriple (and most everyone else I read about). I've only got 17K on my career clock, in a little over 2 years of riding. All but 3K of that, btw, is on the Futura, which you're welcome to have when you can pry my cold, dead fingers off of it. :mrgreen:

irondawg
10-17-2003, 09:30 AM
buck000,

Thanks for the info. I was planning on Fredericksburg this weekend for the BMWOA Rally, but I'm not much for standing around and BSing about riding. I'd rather ride so, if my buddy bails on me tomorrow, I'm off on a SS1000.

I see a 50cc Quest in my future...

buck000
10-17-2003, 10:33 AM
irondawg,

Some Futuristi will be meeting at the Peachtree Inn 4-ish tomorrow. I plan on winding my way down to f'burg after 1 p.m. or so to sit around and preen, er, discuss our colorful v-twins for a bit, then meander back to RR... :)

Ride safe on your SS... I'm getting the urge to try one, but need to work up to 1K; 500 or so is the most I've done in a day...

Anonymous
10-17-2003, 10:38 AM
If you want to ride out with us tomorrow, that would be great. We plan to leave around 9:30 ish to get to F-burg by noon.

I'll let you know what's going on later tonight.

BTW, check your PM, I'll send you me phone #.

irondawg
10-17-2003, 10:42 AM
Ooops. Forgot to log in.

John Bennett
10-21-2003, 09:33 AM
Hmmm. I never really though about my total miles.

1976 Honda MT250 Elsinore - 31K

1979 Yamaha TT500 - 25K

1984 Suzuki GS1100E - 21K

1989 Kawasaki KLR650 - 29K

1999 Suzuki Bandit - 15K

1997 BMW R1100RT - 12K and counting

That puts me at about 133,000 miles. Sheez. Since I'm an old fart and have been street-legal for 20 years, that only averages to 6,650 miles per year. I've got some catching up to do!!! :)

Tourmeister
10-21-2003, 12:17 PM
:tab Between all of the bikes we have owned in the last four years, I am right at 90K total and climbing. The only thing holding me back is lack of funds to buy new tires! The down side to having so much free time recently has been the lack of funds... ;-)

Adios,

terrebandit
11-19-2003, 09:26 PM
I tend to keep them and ride them:

Started street bikes in about 1975

1976 Honda 360T - sold with over 30 K
http://michaelsmotorcycles.com/Bikes%20for%20KC%20web%20page/76%20honda%20cj360t%20june/Mvc-007f.jpg

1977 GS550 - sold with over 30K
http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/suzuki-history/1977/1977_GS550_250.jpg

1978 GS1000 - sold with over 70K
http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/GS/GS1000E/1978_GS1000E_blue-side_250.jpg

My current ride...2001 Bandit - currently 26K
http://hayabusa.bikepics.com/suz-gsf1200-01-bikepics-24823.jpg

Over 100K for me for sure :chug:

HotChickenStrips
11-19-2003, 09:53 PM
Not very many miles here, but here's the chronology

1982 Kawa KZ 550 LTD, in pristine condition with 6500 miles, in storage since 91, bought it in march and put about 1500 miles on it before I sold it (wich I regret with all my heart now :( )

1997 Bandit 600s, bought it right after selling the Kawa, put about 3000 miles on it.

1992 CBR 600 F2, my first real sport bike, did a ton of mods and work on it, loved to death, rode it everywhere, put about 3500 miles before an old guy with a truck trashed it with me on top of it :tears:

and current : 2000 Kawa ZX-7R......very fast...almost scary but also comfy, to some extend taking in consideration it's a sports bike .

I had it for about three weeks now and put almost 2k miles so far, and many more to come.

next bike??? an SV, i heard so many good things about it, I want one, then maybe, just maybe, be on the track as a competitor and not as a spectator :wink:

Tourmeister
11-19-2003, 11:09 PM
Howdy,

:tab Man, those are some really sharp looking classic bikes Dave! In particular I really like the Zooks.

Adios,

HotChickenStrips
11-20-2003, 11:30 PM
hey Raul you're next my man, and don't forget to divide it in two columns..

one for riding miles,
and two for pushing miles. :P

I couldn't help it :pound2

mrcleanvfr
11-24-2003, 11:09 AM
Got first bike: 1996 VFR 750 April 2002
(only had 2,300 miles)

19,000 miles in 19 months!!!

What to get for my second bike???? Hmmmm...

Paul

Spring, TX

kurt
11-25-2003, 12:13 PM
I estimate about 100,000 miles on the street. No idea on a dirt bike.

Dirtrideroader
12-12-2003, 11:51 PM
I bought my '01 R1150gs in Nov. of 01. The first year I put about 5500 miles on it. I loved it, just no time. This year I have put about 12,000 on it. A good portion of that was on a solo trip to Seattle and back.
At least 43 of it was on the proverbial 42 miles of bad road in Big Bend National park. A jeep road supposedly rated one of the harder ones in the park. I figure I went back at least a mile over the route to help my compadres. Usually on foot though.

I accidently bought a y2k VFR800 to add to my yellow bike collection two weeks before Thanksgiving. I flew to El Paso and road it home. Including the side trip to Ft. Davis to spend the night, I have put about 800 miles on it since the weekend before Thanksgiving.

I am planning on riding to Austin this weekend to get some new tires mounted on it. I hope to add about half again as many miles doing that.

This is my recent history. I had an '87 K75S that I sold with about 34k on it about4 years ago. A '75 Honda 750F and a Honda 500T when I was in college. I don't remember how many miles I put on them, but I racked up over $300 in tickets on the 750 payable to TAMU...

cmartin
01-07-2004, 02:51 PM
Well Hi, Two wheeled Texans. Getting old has its advantages
:-D :-D
Here is the last 3 road bikes and their mileage:

I put 56,000 miles on my 96 RT
and 60,000 miles on my 00 GS
and 20,000 miles on my 02 Adventure

It is not the miles but the adventure that counts. :chug:

Check them all out at my website:

www.geocities.com/cbmw1150

Tourmeister
01-07-2004, 05:50 PM
Howdy,

:tab Were all the miles on the GS and Adventure onroad or do you also do some offroading on them? What are you currently riding? Oh, welcome to the site ;-)

Adios,

cmartin
01-07-2004, 06:58 PM
The miles on my GS and Adv were mostly on the road. I ride hardpack dirt and some gravel roads, about 10% on the big bikes.
I have a R100PD for the dirt and had a KLR for a while. I enjoy the dirt roads in the hill country. Make it down there about 2 - 3 times per year.

BabyT
01-28-2004, 12:55 PM
I had 4500 on my 2003 Ninja 250 and round 1000 on my ZX6R but I just got it bout a month ago

Tourmeister
01-28-2004, 01:32 PM
Respect that ZX-6. I know some people think of the 600's as starter bikes, but they are serious machines. Tney can put you in a world of hurt just as fast and as bad as a GSXR-1000! Get thee to a trackday!! Lone Star Track Days (http://lonestartrackdays.com/) did a women only event for Mothers Day last year and it was a huge success. Track days will do more for your confidence and skill level than just about anything else. There is NO racing, you ride at whatever level you feel comfortable with and the instructors are willing and able to help you out. I highly recommend them (no association :-P )

Adios,

P-Ratt
04-21-2004, 01:49 PM
17K - 95 EX250 (sold)
16K - 99 YZF600R (sold)
20K+ - 00 ZX9R (still grinning and counting)

53K+ in the last 8 years.

Trip
04-23-2004, 07:52 PM
OK, I just saw this thread and almost hate to post here 8-)

But since 1969, ahem.... I am guessing, oh, about 400K++. On 11 bikes. I got my M/C liscense on my 14th B-Day (7-11-69) and have had one bike or another ever since.

'69 Honda CL-90
'70 Bridgestone TMX-100
'70 Bridgestone GT-200
'70 Kawasaki H-1 (Mach III)
'74 Kawasaki CSR-650
'73 Yamaha 175 Enduro
'79 H/D XLCH 1000
'82 H/D FXRS Shovelhead
'98 Triumph Trophy 1200
'00 Triumph Sprint-ST (Black)
'00 Triumph Sprint-ST (Red)

And in response to Scott's comment on respecting a rider on how they ride vs. how long or how many miles they've ridden, I concur. It's really all about now, and how anyone handles now. Bad decisions only hurt, now. Good decisions make you an old rider. I'm just "lucky" :angel:

Valker
04-23-2004, 08:53 PM
I guess I am losing my memory-this list does NOT seem complete to me, but who knows? :shock:
1960 Cushman Eagle 2000
1964 Yamaha 80 13,000
1968 Honda 450 12,000
1974 Honda 550 12,000
1973 Suzuki 250 1100
1975 Honda 750 45,000
1973 BMW 750 40,000
1977 Honda Gold Wing 32,000
1974 Honda 750 2500
1976 Kawasaki 1000 11,000
1981 Honda Gold Wing Interstate 101,000
1974 BMW 900 36,000
1983 Honda VT500 Ascot 12,000
1984 Honda Gold Wing Interstate 36,000
1988 Kawasaki KLR 650 37,000
1986 Honda Reflex 200 4500
1986 Honda TransAlp 8,000
1998 Honda Valkyrie 63,000
2003 Kawasaki 250R 2000
2001 Honda Reflex scooter 1500
471,600 miles total / 37 years about a 13,000/year average.
All 50 states, Alaska twice, a variety of roads and non-roads.
:-D

kurt
04-23-2004, 08:54 PM
1975 DT100 5,000
1983 KZ 1000 33,000
2000 Z-R7 7,000
2001 Bandit 1200 8,000
2001 Sabre 1,200
2001 Road Star 13,000
2002 ZRX 1200R 9,000
2002 Bandit 1200 11,000
2003 H-D Low Rider 5,000
2003 KLR 650 3,000

Very conservatively over 95,000 miles not including the dirt bike years.

Valker: :shock: :chug:

Tourmeister
04-24-2004, 04:06 AM
Dang! You guys go through a lot of bikes! I did 100,000 on two VFRs in about 4-1/2 years ;-) I plan on putting miles on the GS with wild and reckless abandon... :twisted:

Tx Rider
05-16-2004, 09:27 AM
hmm, 30 years. I couldn't even guess.

DucGirl
10-18-2004, 09:35 AM
over 10,000 in about 10 months so far....can't wait till I graduate and have a little more free time....can't exactly study while you ride....lol

GS had probably 5k miles on it, put at least 4k miles on Montes monster this summer, and so far have about 3k on my Sport.....=]

Vee Dub Nut
10-18-2004, 05:31 PM
i bought my bandit with about 18.5k and Im comming up on 22.5k and have had it about two and half months

GixxerMan1980
10-24-2004, 08:26 PM
I got my bike the first weekend of the year, so I guess it's been close to 11 months now. I got my bike with just under 7000 miles, and now I'm at 23600 miles :shock:

VFRinAustin
10-25-2004, 09:03 AM
over 10,000 in about 10 months so far....can't wait till I graduate and have a little more free time....can't exactly study while you ride....lol

Free time after graduation, what field are you in :lol:

Boy, knowing what I do now, 18 years after graduation, I would ride as much as you can now...

Your free time only gets less and less.

DucGirl
10-25-2004, 09:05 AM
yeah - but you also have a child

=]

we aren't planning on having kids

=]

kurt
10-25-2004, 09:14 AM
yeah - but you also have a child

=]

we aren't planning on having kids

=]

No one does. :twisted:

Tourmeister
10-25-2004, 12:36 PM
Your free time only gets less and less.

Strangely, the same thing seems true about money :scratch I thought I was flat broke in school, now I wonder what I was thinking :lol:

Adios,

VFRinAustin
10-25-2004, 04:27 PM
Your free time only gets less and less.

Strangely, the same thing seems true about money :scratch I thought I was flat broke in school, now I wonder what I was thinking :lol:

Adios,

Boy aint that the truth

Squeaky
10-26-2004, 01:07 AM
Your free time only gets less and less.

...or you can have lots of free time and nobody to share it with. The grass is always greener on the other side. :roll:

DucGirl
10-26-2004, 07:12 AM
I know I will be flat broke once I'm out of school....heck, with all these student loans to pay back and all the credit card debt that I have accumulated from not having any money...I know I will be more broke when i get out, because I will have no choice but to pay it back since I will be making money....lol

gotdurt
10-26-2004, 08:11 AM
9 Bikes, about 61,000 miles.

gotdurt
10-26-2004, 08:13 AM
No one does. :twisted:

No kidding!

P-Ratt
10-26-2004, 01:07 PM
No one does. :twisted:Actually, I did. Got 3 of 'em so far. More to come in the next few years.

P-Ratt
10-26-2004, 01:11 PM
20K+ - 00 ZX9R (still grinning and counting)Wow, been only 6 months since that post. The ol' Zed Sled is still running at 34k+ now. I plan to keep on rolling the odometer on this one.

Dragwn
11-15-2004, 11:56 AM
18yrs riding , 7 bikes and over 250k miles so far, stopped counting the miles, but still count the bikes :mrgreen: :dude:
1) 1975 CB125S Honda
2) 1986 Rebel 250 Honda
3) 1981 GL500I Silverwing Honda
4) 1985 K100RS BMW
5) 1991 GSX1100G Suzuki
6) 1998 Sprint Executive Triumph
7) 2000 Concours Kawasaki

This doesn't count the three new HD's I had to break in, the 1960's HD Italian Single, or the VTX1800 I broke in. If I could add a second bike to the stable, I've always wanted a KLR650 or now the Suzuki 400 Supermotard in black.

Mike(HOU)04R1
11-15-2004, 03:36 PM
Around 20k in the last 11 months.
Probably not more than 2k before that.

Brak
11-19-2004, 08:11 PM
I had about 33k on my old Honda Shadow VLX before I sold it. Only about 1k on my new V-Strom, but I've only had it for about 3 weeks...

Brak

Mustang
11-20-2004, 06:52 PM
9,000 on mine the past 12 months.

Kaw ZR-7s

Mustang

Hap Call
12-15-2004, 02:05 PM
Over 255,000 miles with my present bike. Probably another 30,000+ with previous bikes.

Hap

Hacksaw
12-15-2004, 04:53 PM
50,000 miles on a R1100GSA. 16,000 on a R1150RTL. Before that, God only knows. Close to a zillion on trail bikes as a kid. :chug:

Tourmeister
12-15-2004, 04:55 PM
Wow! You have put 255,000 miles on the GS1100? You must really like the bike to have kept it that long. Kudos for not wrecking it along the way :-P

Adios,

HiSPL
12-15-2004, 11:51 PM
:lol: It was wrecked once. He rebuilt it and painted it guardsman red (porsche red). It has been rebuilt twice (I think) too. It is currently an 1166cc 10.5 to 1 CR beast. Smoothbore carbs, HiPo cams, HD valve springs, HD studs, welded crank, top end oiler, and the list goes on and on....

His bike is still very streetable though. I rode it for a short time and was very impressed with how mild mannered the bike is in town. Twist the wick though, and you best be hangin' on. :twisted:

Sorry about braggin for ya Hap, but that's one sweet machine you've got. I talk about it whenever anybody gives me lip about riding a bike thats old enough to drink. ;-)

Hap Call
12-17-2004, 11:00 AM
:lol: It was wrecked once. He rebuilt it and painted it guardsman red (porsche red). It has been rebuilt twice (I think) too. It is currently an 1166cc 10.5 to 1 CR beast. Smoothbore carbs, HiPo cams, HD valve springs, HD studs, welded crank, top end oiler, and the list goes on and on....

His bike is still very streetable though. I rode it for a short time and was very impressed with how mild mannered the bike is in town. Twist the wick though, and you best be hangin' on. :twisted:

Sorry about braggin for ya Hap, but that's one sweet machine you've got. I talk about it whenever anybody gives me lip about riding a bike thats old enough to drink. ;-)

No problem Tim, when it comes to smooth operation and long distance comfort, I always brag about your GS...wish it was in my garage! :-D

Hap

Spider
12-28-2004, 06:00 PM
23k and some change.

Rocket_Cowboy
12-29-2004, 02:26 PM
Looks like I'll finish out the year just shy of 12,000 miles. Previous to this year, I was about a 4-5,000 mile/year kinda guy, but this year the sport-touring bug really kicked in. Now that I have an appropriate ST'ing bike, I'm expecting to see my 2005 mileage double my 2004 mileage.

Hideandseek
01-01-2005, 06:49 PM
18000+ on my 2003 dyna

bear
02-10-2005, 03:21 PM
The 900 CR had 40,000 miles when I tore it down.
The R1150GS has 74,600 miles and still climbing
The Patrol only has KMs so I have 950KM but it is new and I haven't really had time to flog it.

cruisin
02-16-2005, 02:42 PM
Beginiing in 1968:

1964 Honda 90 12K ~2.5 years
1968 Honda 350 15K ~2 years
1972 Honda 450 26K ~5 years
1976 BMW R75/6 50K ~5 years

19.5-year break then beginning April 2000:

1999 BMW R1200C 72K ~4 yrs 4 months (bike was totaled in Aug '04)
1998 BMW R1100RT 45K and counting (purchased used in Nov '01)
2000 BMW R1200C 2340 and counting (purchased used in Oct '04)

Grand total ~222K in ~17 years of ownership.

Hey Valker! we have about the same yearly average--unless you look at just my last 5 years that average almost 24K/yr. I'm pretty sure that once you hit that retirement stage you will add up a lot of miles in a hurry though--old man :mrgreen: . :chug: Here's to the ride for us all.

Doc
02-16-2005, 07:42 PM
Average 15,000 miles for 30 years, you do the math. B)

Red Brown
03-04-2005, 10:38 AM
About six months ago I bought a used 2002 GS500 (NOT "E"). I'm loving it, but I wish I could find an aftermarket windscreen that looks a little better than the one Suzuki sells. I've been told the windscreens and fairings that fit the GS500E will not work on the "non E" model. Anybody got any ideas? I can be e-mailed at texason@hotmail.com

Try Clearview screens...you can Google them.

They can make custom designs and I have one for my bike. It is the XXL version of around 34 inches high. It has a adjustable vent in the middle which helps in those warm summer days.

Red

Tourmeister
03-04-2005, 02:18 PM
National Cycle has some nice screens for the GS.

Here is a shot of one:

http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=135356#135356

Callmelenny is a member here if you want more info about that specific screen.

Adios,

MaxiScoot
06-16-2005, 02:07 PM
I started riding a year ago this month. So far I've done:

01 Reflex - 1000+ miles
03 SilverWing - 8000+ miles
05 V Star 1100 - 1986 miles

By the time I ride home tonight, I'll have 2K miles on the V*.

I've put 10K miles on in one year. Not much compared to some of you; but a good start for a first year rider.

After we go to Knoxville and back next week, I'll probably have added another 2500-3000 miles. Yee Haw! :mrgreen:

Squidward
06-16-2005, 03:28 PM
No telling. No odometers on the dirt bikes. I'd say over 50k on street though.

igo-wfo
06-16-2005, 03:49 PM
Just on the bikes I have now, totaled together, about 74,000 miles.
Prolly somewhere north of 200,000 for my whole career I would guess...

Bluedevil
01-07-2006, 03:33 PM
close to quater mil all together
1st bike was a small suz 250 and not a lot of miles
2nd bike was a honda 500 and don't recall how many miles but did take some trips on it.
3rd was a suz 1100 and did lots of trips on it about 35,000 miles.
4th was a 1100 goldwing. been to both coasts on it.
5th was a kaw 454, very nice little bike, daughter rode it more than I did.
6th was a kaw voyager 1200, had over 40,000 on it.
7th was a newer kaw voyager 1200, had about 70,000 on it.
8th was a 1500 goldwing, had 90,000 on it, bought it used and I put 60,000 on it.
9th was a BMW r1200c, had over 90,000 on it
10th is FJR and have just over 33,500 on it in 14 months.