Why so many bikes with low mileage?

[Ribenapigeon]

Looking through used bike ads im always amazed at how many bikes have such low miles for their age. Ten year old machines with only a few thousand miles. What do people do with their bikes? just stare at them? Ive had my WR125X since march 2012 and done five and a half thousand miles, does this make me some sort of nut?

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Yeah it's not like cars, is it? Maybe there's a significant proportion of dudes who are kind of more into the idea of owning a bike as much as if not more than actually using the thing. There is something cool about bikes after all. Then again I personally can;t really imagine owning a bike without using it a fair bit.
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[Tungtvann]

Many people buy a bike as a second vehicle, or should I say, a 'toy' and only play with it when the weather is perfect. Us, living in the UK, only have perfect weather for a total of about 20 days each year, meaning that there are only so many miles you can do in those nice few weeks!

I love to ride, and as long as it isn't icy, will ride as much as I can. I bought my bike with 6k on it, and now I've done almost 3k on top of that in 6 months. The bike is a 2009!

[jimspeed]

A lot of bikes only come out in the summer, and when was the last time we had one of those
but more of a toy for some I guess, myself included as I don't use mine when the weather is crap as who wants to start the day wet when it could be 18 hrs before I get home again, my ZZR is 1997 and has 32,000 on it which is around 2K a year, I bought it in sept and stuck 2k on it since.
To me its a toy as I have the option of a car to use and I guess lots of others are the same really as most of my longer trips involve collecting something that would not be possible on my bike.
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[harscot]

There is also the " don't ride when it's wet, when salt is on the road, in winter cause it's cold, on a Mon,tue, wed ,thur, fri cause i'm working, or a sat - sport, every 3rd sun cause the other half lets me and she's at church " brigade.............oh and don't forget the " Iv'e got this all polished and gleaming so am sure as hell not going to get it dirty "
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[Eddie Hitler]

[maxp]

[mentalboy]

[Ribenapigeon]

Seems an expensive way of having a toy though when you look at the depreciation. It is amazing how many more bikes i see out on nice days. Seems such a waste though.

[Tungtvann]

[P.addy]

1 year and a few months and you've done 5k

Fuck that shit, the first 6 months I did 8,000 miles just riding around. The Vara has done over 10k since October 2012 too which is quite nice as its lasting a while.

Low mileage or high mileage, if it looks clean, I'll take it.

[maxp]

[harscot]

I thank you most kindly for the award you gave me E.H, just for you some , I wasn't having a go at anyone, just making an observation about some low milage bikes, since this time last year I have only done 2800 miles myself, but then I live in and around some of the best roads in the UK, so I don't have to ride too far to enjoy my motorcycle, oops! Ive made you jealous now, stay safe out there
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2nd bike X reg Honda 650 Deauville in 2011:
Wish bike a Triumph Thunderbird: Dream bike Triumph Rocket........

[mentalboy]

[mentalboy]

[_Iain_]

Cause people are gay?

I personally find the idea of a '04 ZX-10R with 380 miles on the clock offensive. I think bikes like that are wasted on people that aren't going to use them & the idea of it gathering dust makes me sad.

Bandit's done a good few thou scince i've owned it, the YBR saw 13-14k, and the GS5 did between 5 & 8k due to mechanical issues & crashes. Was lols munching a scrub a month on the back of the GS, had a shedful of used tyres.
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[Skyblue]

Had to service my bike & went about 20 miles to the garage when it was about 2 degrees centigrade when I got there my finger tips where numb with the cold & i'm telling you it took days for my finger tips to get the full feeling back i don't blame any one not riding the bike in cold weather without good winter gear.I am now looking for heated gloves now so I am ready for the cold weather.I am looking for battery gloves any Ideas on that

[Ribenapigeon]

[Blau Zedong]

Meh, I like owning bikes and I like fannying around and spending money on bikes a lot more than riding them.

Does this make OP mad?
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[Skyblue]

Ha ha!I think it is a age thing since I hit fifty even I am feeling every little ache(I have to look after my bones) nobody else is!

[SQL]

Its because its easier to pull the speedo cable out and replace for selling.

[Eddie Hitler]

[Ribenapigeon]

[SQL]

I bought my bike 3 months ago, my commute is 9 miles I work 5days a week and I am averaging 1.3k per month.

I really can't resist it.

[Eddie Hitler]