It has been a good year for riding.

[bikerider]

Today is the 300th day in 2006 that I have ridden a motorcycle.  

[ksann]

Quite impressive.

Now how many days on each of your bikes?

What is the mix?




ken

[STArnie13]

Very good!   That is probably more than twice as many days as me.  Hopefully I will get there when I retire!

[bikerider]

At work, I am regarded as the hard core biker. Which I find funny, because I don't own a Harley!

Last year a co-worker asked me how many days a year I ride. I had no clue, so this year I started marking the calendar everyday I rode a bike or bikes.

Approximate distribution of miles for this year is:

ST1300 13K
ZX11 10K
KLR 5K
GS1000S 500
H2 500
Other 300

I rode in 5 new states this year.

I am on the 3rd tank of gas in my truck for the year.

To be fair, I do live in Texas which makes it easy to ride a lot of days. Although on real hot days, real wet days, or real cold days I don't see many bikes out.

[JoelCool]

That's an interesting idea to count how many days you ride in a year.  I counted the tires I went through.  This was a 20,000 mile year for me  

[Squonk]

I've only missed 4 days of riding this year.  Unfortunately I had a funeral to attend in another state so my plan to ride everyday for 2006 didn't pan out.  Here hoping to ride everyday in 2007.

[With_him]

The always appropriate answer is not as many as I would have liked.

[zooplancton]

wow, impressive! sounds like your a serious commuter.

any advice on a good 'sport touring' tire with good performance AND longevity?
cheers,
-b

[bikerider]

I am using Pilot Roads at the moment on the ZX11 and ST1300. They are not as sticky as I would like them to be, but I can't complain about the mileage. I get 12K to 15K per set.

[ksann]

I am using Pilot Roads at the moment on the ZX11 and ST1300. They are not as sticky as I would like them to be, but I can't complain about the mileage. I get 12K to 15K per set.

Quite impressive. My Pilot Power's are about done @ 3100.

Planning to replace them with another set of Powers  



ken

[CBRXXBLACKBIRD]

That's an interesting idea to count how many days you ride in a year.  I counted the tires I went through.  This was a 20,000 mile year for me  

Holy crap!!!    Thats alot of tires  

[06ST1300A]

I have had people at work ask me if I own a car. I reply that I have 3 vehicles ( 2 cars and a truck) but I also have 3 bikes.

[Riceman]

I think I got more miles in riding this year than in any previous year of my life...about 3 K (nope, not missing any zeros)....I wouldnt stand-up to one of your "bad" years  

I am impressed!