Thread: Mileage musings
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Old 12-07-09, 09:00 AM   #3
TazDaz
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Originally Posted by Ed View Post
When I was thinking about selling up, the dealer who was buying it said that my bike was worth less than I thought because a bike of its age should have done no more than 4,500 miles. It was registered new on March 1, 2008, so is 16.5 months old. It has now done 5,718 miles.

I was shocked at this, so I'm supposed to limit mileage to 3,500 a year to maintain the bike's value.

Have had a good think about this. I don't know anyone who does such low mileage. Some things you just can't put a price on, and I am not going to sit there with an Excel spreadsheet to impose limits on how far I ride and calculating the cost every time I do so.

Guess they must just average out the two extremes. People who actually ride their bikes and people who leaves theirs in the garage near enough every day!

My bike has done nigh on 5k since it was registered on 26th Sept 2008...my bike will be worthless by the time I get rid then!
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