Quest For A 50k Year

[101stpathfinder]

Since I got my '05 FJR my riding has increased (To say the Least) I purchased it in late spring of '09 with 8k on the bike, it now sits at 172k. When I returned from my September ride I noticed that I was having a pretty good year riding.

I checked out my mileage from previous year and realized that I had a shot at 50k this year. The bike went down for 3 weeks with maintenance needs, and I gave up the quest. I am sitting a bit under 43k now, but dog gone... I don't want

to give up. A trip to Pinks would have kept me on track, but I could not get time off. I work at the Post Office so December is a BUSY time, so my chances are slim.

Cold weather riding has always been my Achilles' heel, but I hope to make a run at it. I have time off after Christmas and Stagecoach is a must. I have ridden to many places, yet I am unfamiliar with the state I live in. I was on my way to

Tampa last weekend via Ft. Meyers and I realized the highway I was riding (#98W), hadn't been traveled on (By me) since I brought the bike home from Naples when I bought it... Wow! I need to get out more! Next year the '08 FJR will began

to see more of the road, so if I can't pull it off this year... It won't be done... Until I retire that is.

 

[HotRodZilla]

You rode your FJR 43k miles this year and you "need to get out more?" Holy ****...You get out about 4x as much as I do.

 

[CA G-Man]

You rode your FJR 43k miles this year and you "need to get out more?" Holy ****...You get out about 4x as much as I do.

Yeah... that's almost 10x my year - and that's my first year on a new bike (and I was pretty happy with that rate of usage). Makes my '13 look like an expensive paperweight!

43k miles probably works out to about 500 hours - unless it's all highway miles - or 9.6 hours per week for you guys who can ride year-round. Not bad at all!

 

[101stpathfinder]

I am hoping the "Ghost" posts up... curious if he is doing the 100k year (?)

 

[dcarver]

Pfft. 100k. Only 274 miles per day for 365 straight days. Truly a Candy Butt Endeavor if ever there was one!

 

[hppants]

Well done, 101!

Looks like another 15K-ish year for me (4th straight). Not too shabby for a weekender/tourer/non-commuter. Hopefully next year is better.

 

[SkooterG]

Wuss.

 

[gumba]

I've averaged 23,5k for 43yrs. Coming up on 1,000,000mi. (if the creek don't rise).

 

[TripperMike]

Very Cool Tony. You've still got a month to do it in. Maybe a few "sick days" are in order.

50K/yr for me could only exist as a figment of my imagination.

 

[gixxerjasen]

For most of the motorcyclists I know, I'm a long distance rider. I'm not even in the same area code as you are...literally and figuratively.

 

[rbentnail]

50K/yr for me could only exist as a figment of my imagination.

^^this^^. Over the past 6 yrs I've averaged a little over 12k/yr.

 

[RossKean]

I would have to be both retired and living somewhere more south of my present location. I probably average 25,000 miles or so per year so I would have to double it. Not going to happen for a few years.

 

[Dutch]

If it takes a certain number for you to be satisfied with your riding achievements - change your speedo over to KPH.

 

[TripperMike]

If it takes a certain number for you to be satisfied with your riding achievements - change your speedo over to KPH.

I think you miss the point a little bit.

Sure, hitting a mileage milestone like 50K/yr gives you a little bit of bragging rights, but that and two bits will only get you a cup of coffee, and even then only if you're in the company of other LD riders.

I barely surpassed 25K myself this year. Had I hit 50K, that woulda meant I saw twice as much countryside, rode twice as many twisties, survived twice as many cagers; and more importantly, met twice as many fellow riders/friends than I actually did this year.

As 101st used to have as his sig. "trading miles for memories smiles".

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to go put my bike up on rollers in the shed and start putting some more "smiles" on it.

 

[Top_Speed1]

Unfortunately I have a full-time job (actually it's probably a good thing) BUT... I would think at a 100K/yr, RDL would want you in one of their commercials/ads.

Holy rollers

 

[LKLD]

Tony, 45,000 miles is some serious riding, I don't care who you are. Hell, the gas alone ( approx. $3,500) would send my wife into the stratosphere, much less the time away from home.

Kudos to you Tony!

 

[101stpathfinder]

50K/yr for me could only exist as a figment of my imagination.

Mike,

My memory isn't the best but.... Didn't you do more than 10k in just 10 days?

I think a little break with the weather up there and you would be riding 50k in your average year.

 

[bwv]

Holy ****... ... just .... Holy ****...

 

[carlson_mn]

Helluva year congrats on all the SAFE and fun miles. To many more for all of us!