first year riding ?

now i have to say im not in my prime 56 but told my son id give it a go and try this motorbike marlarkie, had never been on a bike before, well I have been riding now for just 12 months passed my test and bought my first bike a 99 curvy,in this first year ive covered just over 10k miles all of which have been leisure miles.
so my question, what mileage did you cover in the first year of riding?

Not been riding a year yet! Don't think I'll hit 10K though.

Having fun then

first year did 6kish miles...so 10k is good going!

Im 2 months in and done 3.5k all pleasure, am hoping it will be well over 10k by next summer

I find that when I get a new to me bike I am out on it all the time but as the novelty wears off I become more selective,picking my weather,selecting where.
Don't get that wrong,the pleasure is still in it but once you have done all your "local"
rides umteen times you become more fussy about going out on the bike.
Having said that I still manage in excess of 6K per annum and that is all pleasure riding
and I have been riding motorbikes for 46years so it may take a little time to wear off

On my 11th month at the min...approx 6,200 miles! Don't have much riding planned for this month either, going to be away with work / walking in the lake district!

passed in march and have done 4500 miles so far. All have been pleasure even the commuting . My cars used for shopping these days lol. glad your having fun

That's like 200 miles a weekend O.O I'm guessing you've got a lot of spare time!

I've only done about a month's worth of work riding since i passed end of Jan and i've covered 4k ish. Can just get carried away a bit. 'Yeh my **** hurts like crazy and i fancy a pint... of coke... but it's only 15 miles to the next town.' Etcetc... carry on riding :P

Originally Posted by Thingus

That's like 200 miles a weekend O.O I'm guessing you've got a lot of spare time!
:P

yea well your right there got the push from my job last year and cant quite get back into it, this not working thing is quite fun really, just the money is going faster than the bike so better find something soon.