What's the longest you've ever owned a bike for?

[27cows]

Very likely done before. But I'll have had my trusty and rusty old RXS100 23 years tomorrow. Wondering how long others have had bikes for.

If anyone can beat my mileage (432,000 miles, 414,000 covered by me), I will buy them a pint
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[arry]

That's impressive

The Sprint has been my longest serving - that'll be 2 years in a couple of weeks. Done a whole 4,000 miles too; rocking out yo!

[P.addy]

Shit... a year and a few days maybe

[Matt94]

In 3 years of owning bikes.. 9 months

[clancy]

Had my RVF400 about 4 years, no where near your record. I'm not even 23
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[Whosthedaddy]

Never had a bike that's lasted that long on the road or without being nicked. Had the monkey for 5 years, albeit more than 75% of that time was SORN in the garage until nicked and then recovered to be sold.
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[Al]

Had my FZR400RR for seven years now and about 25-30k
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[Vracktal]

Blimey! I thought the 134k on my KLE was impressive (engine swapped twice though so it doesn't really count anyway)

Longest i've owned a bike is 3 years.
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[27cows]

The longest anyone I know has owned a bike for is 57 years (Tiger Cub, though rarely ridden in the past two decades). And the highest confirmed mileage is 717,000 miles from a (still rolling) R65 BMW. No idea how much work the latter has had.
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[haroman666]

Had my Bandit for 1 year 5 months. And that's in over 5 years of riding bikes.

I'd have kept it if it didn't need so much work.
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[Skudd]

I get the bike I want and not the bike I think others will like me on, so I keep hold of bikes, had an Africa Twin for about 10 years and this Varadero for about 9 years now and not looking to change it either.

Only had six bikes in 30 years.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

6 years on the CB500.
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[Ste]

I've owned my Kona Roast for 9 years now!!

Longest I've owned a bike with an engine would be my XR250 that I owned for 4 or 5 years before it broke too much. It was sold to someone on BCF who lived vaguely locally, they pushed it home.

[P.addy]

[1cyl]

Got my bandit 400 in 2003 just before passing my test. In 2011 the CDI burnt out and I sold it, only a wimpy 20'000 additional miles covered in that time tho.
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[m3-paul]

My TZR250. Owned it a little over five years. Will easily be the longest I have owned a bike as I will never sell it
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

954, 7k miles in just under two years. Only did about 1,500 miles this year. Next year should be far better though, a reasonable sized trip planned, and a few other potentials.
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[27cows]

[RhynoCZ]

2 years, 6000 miles, '88 GPz. My first and the best bike I've ever owned. Sold it for 300 quid with bald front tire, leaking front end and runing on 3 cylinders.
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[pepperami]

Had my ZX6r for about 11 years now ... She`s a keeper!
Already owned the Hyosung for two years

Cant compete with Mr Cow`s mileage or even get close with all my bikes mileage added together!
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[27cows]

Have had my 1200 Bandit for a whole decade now. Still not sure if I love her or hate her But have done about 75,000 miles aboard the old flabby rhino.

Fat Bandit is firmly ensconced as the number 2 bike to my dear old fossil. I realise most people find it ridiculous to spend so much time aboard a mid-80s commuter. But we get by. Albeit very very slowly
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Bought the FZ750 in 1990, so about as long as your RXS.

Bought my first Aprilia AF1 in 1989 and still have it, but I did sell it to a friend then buy if back.

Charlotte still has her early AF1 which was bought in 1989 I think, and also her Cagiva Freccia bought in 1990

All the best

Keith
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