how many Miles Per Year are you riding?

[Stig / Major Tom]

Short answer: me > @ 4,000 miles.
After 9 years of riding my @012 LIKE200iLX it has covered just over 18,000 miles....so averaging 2,000 miles per year.
From my second year of LIKE200i ownership my riding time/miles has been shared with one other scooter.
First it was with a Honda NSS/Forza 300; that was replaced with a Suzuki Burgman 400; that was replaced with a Piaggio Liberty150i.

I pretty much stick to alternating the rides with the Kymco and whatever else is in the garage ....so, maybe I've covered at least 36,000 miles since I started riding a scooter in 2013. I do ride year around / ice, snow , salt permitting.
.....and always set off before sunrise.

Stig

[rjs987]

Per year?
Since 2000 I estimate my average annual mileage to be somewhere around 6000 miles. But in the last 12 years it is an average of 8200+ miles for a total of 98,575 miles. In that time there was one year with less than 6500. My highest miles per year was 10,656 miles and lowest year was 6480. The highest miles year was riding my CTX1300 and the lowest miles year was on my Burgman 650 (due to family activities cutting that year short) with all other years being higher than 6900 miles on any bike. 2020 on the Burgman 650 I traveled 8228 miles. Not bad for the year of Covid-19. I was social distancing by scooter   .

[Iahawk]

this past riding season?

S200 - ~600 miles
Helix - ~1100 miles (so far..will ride this one all winter, if possible)
Ninja 300 - ~1300 miles

So total of about 3000 miles.  Eh..pretty average year.

[mrmike]

  Not enough! Didn't get my scoot till late fall. It's sitting covered up in my heated garage with about 100 miles on it. I don't do cold weather (blood thinners), but hopefully I'll ride the wheels off it this spring, summer, and fall.

[Stig / Major Tom]

Just occurred to me - might I hold at least a portion of the night riding per year title?

Well over 1/2 of my 4,000 miles per year is ridden in the dark.


Stig

[john grinsel]

Until recently at least 30,000 scooter and motorcycle annually.   Several years at 50,000 a year, only one year at near 60,000, BMW RT, Vespa, MZ.  Never did over 60,000 miles in year.  One point, riding 2 wheelers big miles=not cheap.

[randyo]

Until recently at least 30,000 scooter and motorcycle annually.   Several years at 50,000 a year, only one year at near 60,000, BMW RT, Vespa, MZ.  Never did over 60,000 miles in year.  One point, riding 2 wheelers big miles=not cheap.

this past year for me, zero miles, but I have had 35-40k years, not cheap, everyone thinks I am riding a motorcycle, (must get good mileage, eh!) because they are economical, have never bought motorcycle tires, I spent nearly 5k on tires one year (between cost of tires and mounting/balancing)

[Iahawk]

John and randyo - wow, that is some hard core riding. When I was a sales rep for my company I used to drive between 40-50K per year in my company car and that was brutal. Many long hours behind the wheel. Hard to imagine covering those same distances on 2 wheels.

[randyo]

John and randyo - wow, that is some hard core riding. When I was a sales rep for my company I used to drive between 40-50K per year in my company car and that was brutal. Many long hours behind the wheel. Hard to imagine covering those same distances on 2 wheels.

with my sciatica, most motorcycles are better for me  ergonomically , than most cars, and a few trucks

my Silverado, is ok, but my Tacoma sucks,

as a land surveyor, I used my motorcycle to keep track of field crews, researching, and many other tasks that did not require anything more than transporting myself, and the tool that could fit in a saddlebag. I got to ride, and claim the miles as business miles on my taxes. Current allowable rate for motorcycles is 54¢/mile.

I recall one year, I had a $15k tax deduction for using my SV650 for business use, that bike was ergonomically perfect for me, I could ride it all day, and then some, several times, start my vacation on a friday after work, ride 22 hours straight to Deals Gap, and when I got there, a few more hours of riding before quitting for the evening 

[dr.jazz]

last year with DT350 11,000 miles, for next years could be higher because I change work place and now I travel to city centre where is impossible find parking spot for car, so for next year could be higher, nothing cant stop me riding during the winter, no problem with subzero temps but heavy rain is big problem because manhole issue in my city, during the rain they popup and sh!t happens, last year I crash... ran into a hole..

[Henry]

Around 5000 miles in city exclusively, trafic, sh*t roads, all year long. I don't ride in this condition for pleasure !
I wish I could show nice pictures like yours in nature

[klaviator]

My mileage has varied a lot from year to year.  Going back to 1990 my best year was 27,000 miles and my worst was 4,600.  In the past 10 years my best was 20,300 and my worst 10,800 so I'm getting more consistent.  This year will be close to 15,000.  The bike I have been riding the most the last 3 years has been my Like 150i which is averaging just over 5,000 miles per year. 

[Iahawk]

klav - are you still working or are you retired?

[john grinsel]

Note:   to ride big miles, bike/scooter needs to be comfortable!  Most are not:  after 11 new maxi-scooters, their problem for long days in the saddle=buffeting, regardless of windshield=nose it too far from tip of shield!   Motorcycles: seat comfort---best Harley big twin solo, up down model, BMW 1955 on twin solo saddle, rubber, sprung model---Fairings/windsields....Heinrich uppers and lowers on BMW. and HD big twin winter windshield kit and tin knee shields---comfortable. big back draft due to amount of air pushed.   And surprise Big frame Vespa with windshield cut to height to look over=worked and comfort going down the road.If you are not somewhat comfotable, long days in saddle not worth it....and proper riding/non flapping/warm when necessary/ clothes and of course waterproof, too.    Gloves/mitts I have never really solved.   Rubber overshoes for real wet and or cold days, nice.

To me---people changing seats/custom seats=joke.   They are usually too fat/out of shape/don't know when to get off or take a break or do not ride a lot.

[klaviator]

klav - are you still working or are you retired?

I retired almost 3 years ago.  I expected that my mileage would increase when I retired but it hasn't changed that much.  Maybe one reason is that I haven't done any long trips since I retired.  My longest ride last year was a 6 day trip where I rode a total of only 1500 miles.  Another reason is that most of my miles are commuting around town, riding extremely twisty roads or on unpaved roads.  Those things are not conducive to accumulating a lot of miles.  My typical day ride is 200-300 miles.  I might have ridden more than 300 miles in a day once or twice last year.  When I was younger I would often go on rides an do 400-700 miles in a day.  I even did a couple of 800 miles days.  So my rides are shorter than they used to be but I do ride more often which is why my average yearly mileage hasn't changed that much.

I'm OK with not riding more miles because my focus is on quality not quantity.  I'd much rather ride a 100 fun miles than 1000 boring miles.