800 miles between MOT's!!!!

[Blau Zedong]

I took my Gixxer for MOT yesterday, I had done a few jobs on it including rebuilding the rear caliper with new bits and also bodging the front brake lever so it returned enough to cancel the brakelight (don't have a clue why it has started doing this, possibly a lazy return spring in the master cylinder). Passed without a hitch other than a verbal advisory on the rear disc been a bit past it's best. The shock came when I dug out the old MOT and realised that I've only covered 800 miles since last year, and I'd bet most of them have been commuting when the car has been in the garage / shonky bodyshop. It's a good job it's cheap to own and run or there would be no point in keeping it . I think the YR5 is on course to cover about the same annual mileage, the majority of which was covered in about 3 club rideouts last year. Anyone else use their bikes so infrequently it's almost not worth fucking bothering?
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[ms51ves3]

I only did 700 miles on my TZR last year, but I was sorting out some teething problems. Now I have confidence in it, I'm riding it a lot more. 1300 miles since early March.

[swiftb]

Not the bike, but my MR2 turbo used to sit for months on end as I had the works van and mrs' motor.
It did around 800miles between mots one year then less than 600 the next. It had to go

[The Shaggy D.A.]

One year I did 141 miles on the BMW between MOTs, and I have had a 227 mile year on the CB. Fuel aside, the bike costs me about £12 a month to run so it wasn't to depressing. Just a bit.
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[c_dug]

Just depends on whether you use your bike as a means of transport of a bit of fun.

I do about 150 miles a week at the moment not including riding for fun, Between July and Feb I was doing 90 miles a day 5 days a week so that clocked up the miles pretty quickly.

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[arry]

Had a car once that did minus 26 miles between MOT's - don't ask how that happened


Definitely not getting enough seat time this year - I'll be out later this afternoon trying to rectify that. I think the CBR's seen about 1500 miles in my ownership of it. Not enough

[rac3r]

Mine is so bad it's not even worth mentioning
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[GSF Jamie 600]

Wow that is low, i only use my bike for fun, and use the car for everything else and i've still managed 1200 miles on it since november and summers yet to come

[dextersaurus]

You'll find a lot of fair weather bikers will have next to no miles.

It's preference really, the younger you are, the more likely you'll have a bike as your main form of transport, so more miles.

usually it's older people with full time jobs and families that don't do much miles on the bike.

Long as it's not sitting in a garage being neglected for years on end....

Mind you, if you come to sell it, low milage is a good point

Dunc

[Blau Zedong]

If I'm being honest I guess I enjoy owning bikes and fannying around with them, but I don't get the same thrill out of riding I once did (still love it but don't feel compelled to jump on the bike every spare moment I get). I'd agree it's different when you are a) Younger, and / or b) don't have a car licence so HAVE to ride all the time. I do intend to keep my hand in riding to work frequently in reasonable weather, does the bike good and also helps my mood after work
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[Gazz]

I have an idea.


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*I await the bad karma after that comment, unless some people out there agree with me.

[Blau Zedong]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

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[willis1337]

I've done about 13k on mine in 18 months and I ONLY use it for fun at weekends (or the odd day off work) when it's not raining. Also I'm old-ish, I have a family (and a very understanding wife ) and am yet to go abroad on it.

I use the car for everything else and have done 5k in that already in the past five months.

I do see the kids now and again

[thx1138]

Guy that runs a local outdoors shop has a 'busa, that is sometimes parked outside, He does like 100miles a year on it

[GSF Jamie 600]

[mistergixer]

My brother purchased his '98 R1(yes, my brother actually is Chuck Norris)from our neighbour in 2005.

When he bought it, the bike had just over 800 miles on the clock, and hadn't even had it's first 'proper' service, it had pretty much only just been run in for him.

So, that's an average of around 115 miles per year, however, in the 3 years that my brother and i had him as a neighbour, i saw him use the bike twice - each time for no longer than 15 minutes.

Even taking into account the '98s legendary status, i'd be amazed if he could cover 230 miles in 30 minutes (an average speed of 460mph), so i'm guessing that the majority of the 800 miles was racked up in the first few months of ownership.

My neighbour's 'excuse' for doing so little mileage was that he only had TPFT insurance as he couldn't afford fully comp insurance, and was worried about dropping the bike and losing his money. Personally, i reckon he hadn't discovered that 'the slightest twist of the throttle alters speed as required', and had shit his pants on the first few rides.

For my brother, it meant that he basically got a 'brand new secondhand' bike for a fraction of the cost, and after a change of fluids, pads and tyres (and a good old fashioned Italian tune-up) it was as sweet as a nut, and he still owns it to this day.
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[Paulington]

I've done 3500 miles on the SV since the end of March. .
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[Clanger]

Does it make me less of a biker? How about the fact that I was clocking up mileage on two wheels when half the BCF population were still in their nappies?

Yes I use my bike less these days, yes I only ride when it's dry, yes I would rather do my shopping in my car than calculate how much will actually squeeze into my panniers. Do I care whether I'm classified as a true biker or not....
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[Blau Zedong]

Oh no.. a wild SV owner appears!


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