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Old 08-03-11, 12:43 PM   #31
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THe honda CBF250 5 years -just sold it- under 7k miles bought while on restricted licence and last me a year-18 months.
SV - owned for about 3 years and completed about 500 miles on it max - it crippled me - now in the ownership of my dad (70th Birthday present)
Kwak 4 years this year and 19k on it from new!! and I ain't changing it anytime soon. I'll just buy another one to keep him company
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Old 08-03-11, 12:49 PM   #32
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I can't bring myself to do it as it's setup great.
even with the springy spongey brakes & wobbly crackly brake discs and the srad forks which bang against the frame?


honda cbf600 - 6 months, 3,000 miles
sv650 - about 15 months, about 4,000 miles
sv1000 - 11 months, around 5,000 miles
gsxr 750 srad - 8 months, 9,000 miles
ktm adventure (current bike) - 5 months, 1200 miles and selling in the next few weeks as I'm taking some time out on biking for a while
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Old 08-03-11, 01:11 PM   #33
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Had the SV 18 Months, put 13k on it.

Not be changing until I have somewhere to garage a bike.
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Old 08-03-11, 01:42 PM   #34
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Rictus will be along shortly to blow everyone out the water regarding miles covered and bikes owned.
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Old 08-03-11, 01:47 PM   #35
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Had my K7 nearly 2 years and covered 22K so far, total bike mileage being roughly 23K
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Old 08-03-11, 02:03 PM   #36
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Rictus will be along shortly to blow everyone out the water regarding miles covered and bikes owned.
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Old 08-03-11, 02:04 PM   #37
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I thought he'd been on by now

I'll start the guestimates:
Superduke 2009 50K
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Old 08-03-11, 06:29 PM   #38
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9 years next month from new for the GSX.



Always had a soft spot for those particular toothpaste bikes, big muscly things that they are. Isn't there one that comes with twin pipes, I'm almost certain I've dribbled over one at some point!

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Old 08-03-11, 06:46 PM   #39
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Had my SV exactly a year on sunday (13th), and will have clocked about 13K on her. And I'm aiming to have hit 30K by this time next year-ish.
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Old 08-03-11, 11:42 PM   #40
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My 675 was 3 years old on 1 March, has done 14,200. I've owned it from new. Longest I've kept a bike... but starting to want to change.
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