Ok, so most of you know I've had some "time off" from the internet.. I've been doing some thinking lately. The year before last was the most I've ridden any motorcycle since I was like 17. I think I put on about 12K miles on the 'ol girl before I put her away for winter. This got me thinking. There are several people out there that have close to or over 100K on their busas, and I'm wondering how you do it?
Granted I live in Wisconsin where I only get about 8 months of riding in, but I don't understand. I have a full time job, a wife, now a boy and I can't see how some of these guys are racking up this much mileage.
Also I've had (in my short mileage) an oil filter blowout, plenty of near misses, old ladies opening doors into my bike, etc and we never really hear bad stories about some of these high mileage guys..
Like SleeplessRed, let's hear some stories! Surely you've had blowouts, near misses, etc.
Heck some of the guys I've seen claiming outrageous mileages don't even seem to own luggage. I don't get it. I don't know how you could supposedly ride your bike EVERYWHERE and not have saddlebags.. I'm not calling BS (yet) on any of these claims, I'm just wondering how it's supposed to happen.
I go on a 3 hour tour (admit it, you just sang the song) and I need somewhere to put something. That's why my Bus has hard luggage this season. How do you put on 50K or more per season and not have luggage?
Someone enlighten me, am I doin' it wrong?
Granted I live in Wisconsin where I only get about 8 months of riding in, but I don't understand. I have a full time job, a wife, now a boy and I can't see how some of these guys are racking up this much mileage.
Also I've had (in my short mileage) an oil filter blowout, plenty of near misses, old ladies opening doors into my bike, etc and we never really hear bad stories about some of these high mileage guys..
Like SleeplessRed, let's hear some stories! Surely you've had blowouts, near misses, etc.
Heck some of the guys I've seen claiming outrageous mileages don't even seem to own luggage. I don't get it. I don't know how you could supposedly ride your bike EVERYWHERE and not have saddlebags.. I'm not calling BS (yet) on any of these claims, I'm just wondering how it's supposed to happen.
I go on a 3 hour tour (admit it, you just sang the song) and I need somewhere to put something. That's why my Bus has hard luggage this season. How do you put on 50K or more per season and not have luggage?
Someone enlighten me, am I doin' it wrong?