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Visionary
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LaPorte,Tx. | Young man rides 1,000,000 miles in 7 years or 143,000 per year and he avg. 50 mph let's say. That's 2857 hours riding a year every year for 7 years...or ~8 hours per day every day for 7 years. Damn, this guy must have an iron butt. For a varyder mileage rate to make a million miles it would take...35.29 years. Teach, how long did it take you to reach the million mark? It's one very impressive accomplishment! You get a couple stars. 
Edited by VisionTex 2010-12-11 5:02 PM
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Visionary
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| VisionTex, I'd say it took me a little over 11 years to hit the first mill mark. Wasn't trying to reach that mileage it just happened. It wasn't until a few of us that I ride with were talking about miles ridden that I even realized I'd passed that mark. I don't ride that sort of mileage these days, but still put on my fair share. For example the new HD had 6k miles on it by the 3rd week of ownership. My 08 Vision had somewhere around 4k at the same point but it really just comes down to what type of rides you are taking and can't really be averaged out to miles per day or hours in the seat. For example when the Mrs and I go out for an evening putt, it normally involves around 130-150 miles of just jumping on roads we are not familiar with. She'll say turn right or go left and we just putt along until we get sick of riding and decide to head for home. Then there are "destination" rides in which the cruise can be set and interstates so as to get the miles behind you knocked out. Lastly I ride what I call "trip" miles. I rarely use interstate when travelling on a MC trip and prefer to ride secondary roads so as to enjoy more of the scenery as I pass the hours. As a rule I can wrack up as many miles a day on secondary as I can on interstate, all be it a couple extra hours riding... but regardless it isn't unusual to run up 700-800 a day on trips, destinations around 900 a day if I really want to get there.
I don't want folks to think I'm running up 100k a year or anything these days, I've cut back considerably. I normally ride about 5k a month starting in June and ending in August with annual rides to certain areas, to meet with certain riding folks I've met through the years. If I'm having a real bike oriented year I'll ride some (a couple thousand miles) in the 2 months leading up to June, and after August, but riding is normally a summer thing these days. I've ridden a little over 2.5 mill in some 40+ years, 1 get off at slow speed which was in my opinion my own fault and I've riden on at least 5 continents, 103 countries (yep I've gotten around). Now days I spend more time riding around the states, mostly on the east coast.
As for the young man in question, quite the accomplishment for sure. He began riding in 2002 on a lite cruiser, switched to a dual sport style bikes after the first year (2 bikes) and some 200k miles and hasn't looked back. His pictures and stories of his rides are fantastic. He hasn't participated in any "Iron Butt" events but he plans to in the near future, another milestone to add to his experiences. He did have a get off in 2003 which got him a broken collarbone (slid out) but he was only down long enough to get the bike repaired. He isn't one of my favorite people, but his accomplishments are noteworthy.
I've always been of the opinion that there are MANY types of riders. Some ride to the bar and home, others ride hundreds of thousands a year and others in between. At the end of the day we all ride, have our own habits and goals. Guess thats what makes it such an interesting hobby. I guess this is what makes VA's accomplishments on the Vision noteworthy. He set a target for himself and his new bike and has stuck to it for the last 3 years. For some folks it is a destination or a bike trip to somewhere and for VA it was a mileage target which as an aside has taken him on some wonderful trips. I wish him many more happy miles and interesting rides, whatever his goal is. |
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