Average bike age

Originally Posted by ravingdavis

My SV is 7 and I've had it 18 months and done just shy of 20k miles in that time for a total of 23.5k. Off it goes to the dealer next week.

Where the holy feck have you been to rack up that kind of milage!?

Originally Posted by Cymraeg_Atodeg

Where the holy feck have you been to rack up that kind of milage!?

That's only a 1100 miles a month, or 35 miles a day, not difficult if bike is your only transport.

[Nobbylad]

Bought mine July 4th 2008, done 28k

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Cymraeg_Atodeg

Where the holy feck have you been to rack up that kind of milage!?

Peggy leg racked up 26k in about that time....easily done....apparently

[JamesMio]

Bought the 'blade in June 2009, it's now 9 years old with 39,500 miles and I've managed to convince myself that selling it now would be silly - I'd get nothing like it's real value, because of the miles, and it's too awesome to get rid of (well, it will be once I finally sort the suspension out!)

[yorkie_chris]

Off roaders previously kept as toys until they either died or I got bored.
CG, had it 6 months for knocking on 10k miles, did really well for cheap transport until I got proper licence.
SV: Bought it in april 07 something like that with 13k on it, it's now got 75k or so on it. Will keep it until it dies as it's worth nowt.
GPZ kept for 6 months or so, had it to fill a gap while I was rebuilding the SV, couple of thousand miles.

Bought new 2 years and 7 days ago. It had clocked just over 14,500 miles by last weekend. Not bad considering I hardly use it when there's salt on the roads, and was ill and couldn't ride much for 6 months.

I don't usually keep bikes for more than a year because I get bored with them, but the Versys is set to stay for another year at least - I just haven't got the urge to change and simply can't find anything to match it for what I need from a bike.

Done about 5k on mine I think in 7 months? That should rise rapidly in the coming months!

Had falco for erm, 3 years I think, 37K miles, not any plans to change and time soon. Infact plans to make it better than new

[G]

Bought my SV new and kept it 14 months (07 to 0 and put 9k on it.

Bought my 600rr new and kept it 28 months (08 to 10) and put 12k on it.

Bought my hypermotard in October when it was 1 month old, and still got it obviously and as it's been winter I've done about 600 miles so far.