crazy miles

[the Ferret]

There is a guy over on the ST 1300 forum from Florida, who rides a lot of miles. I mean a lot of miles. He's of course leading the ST forum Mileage Tracker with 48,108 miles for the year so far and his 06 ST 1300 is about to turn over 400,000 miles in the near future. As of today's ride, he's at 393,203 miles, so I'd say by Christmas he will hit the 400K mark on his bike nicknamed "The Black Pearl".

[GoldOxide_imp]

... what a wonderful way to consume a motorcycle.

[peterbaron]

Must ride almost every day, plenty of longer distance, commuting a lot or a combination of these.
Also Southern states are more weather friendly than here in North, helluva miles anyhow =

[GoldOxide_imp]

Similar to my Africa Twin, but this is a 2016 model. As of this writing, the owner has 501214 kms on his:

https://www.varahannes.at/afrika%20twin.htm

[Cormanus]

That’s a lot of seat time for both of them.

[the Ferret]

Similar to my Africa Twin, but this is a 2016 model. As of this writing, the owner has 501214 kms on his:

https://www.varahannes.at/afrika%20twin.htm

Wow, thats over 300,000 miles. Incredible.

Thats 14,000 more miles than I have ridden since I started keeping track in 2008 (286,171 as of today) and thats 16 years

[Frulk_imp]

It’s possible to become too one dimensional. That’s a lot of time dedicated to ONE thing in your life. I can see that working for someone who is single. No existing long term relationships and if there is one the person(s) shares this passion. No children/grandchildren.

I LOVE to fly fish. It’s one of several hobbies I pursue on a consistent basis. I have a friend, not close, who is consumed with it. I can only take him in small doses.

Variety is the spice of life and all that jive.

[pdedse]

Must ride almost every day, plenty of longer distance, commuting a lot or a combination of these.
Also Southern states are more weather friendly than here in North, helluva miles anyhow =

I feel like I've ridden quite a bit this year. Rough estimate:

9000 miles / 282 days as of 10/9/23 = 31.9 miles per day.

Me:

But this guy...48,108 miles for the year / 282 days as today = 170.6 miles per day.

Him ............ + 1/3 more

[GoldOxide_imp]

I hope to up my riding coverage in my twilight years, give or take a bunch.

I suspect nothing quite like the above figures though - unless I live somewhere in the lower U.S. states.

[Tev62]

It’s possible to become too one dimensional. That’s a lot of time dedicated to ONE thing in your life. I can see that working for someone who is single. No existing long term relationships and if there is one the person(s) shares this passion. No children/grandchildren.

I LOVE to fly fish. It’s one of several hobbies I pursue on a consistent basis. I have a friend, not close, who is consumed with it. I can only take him in small doses.

Variety is the spice of life and all that jive.

That gets my vote .