How far have you had yours?
Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:07 pm
Just curious to see how many of you do high miles, or just have a cherished summer Sunday toy that never sees rain, or somewhere in between. Hence how far, and not how long. Just me being silly as usual... :p
I passed my test in April 2003, and somehow persuaded the bank of mum and dad to lend me three grand to buy a reasonably tidy 1994 NC35 wearing a Rossi Nastro livery on what turned out to be a mix of mint and repaired factory panels. To be fair, the job was a very good one, and not something someone had knocked up in their garage. The only fault on the bike was that the throttle return cable had snapped, which was an easy fix.
Anyway, I digress as usual. I forget the exact figure, but my memory says there were approx 40500kms showing on the clock, and I duly set about using the bike as my daily transport, racking up worrying distances complete with all too close servicing requirements and regular new tyres. For a few years it seemed like I was having a service about every 9 months, which wasn't fun when every other one needed the valve clearances checking, and the first time I got stung for 11 shims!! In 2005, I started working in Bournemouth, so only see Sussex on odd weekends now, so it gets used a heck of a lot less. Which is good for the wallet, but in some ways a bit depressing too. Computer records don't go back beyond about 2006 for MOTs, and I may or may not find the paper MOT certs somewhere, but here's what I've managed to date. Testing was originally about May, but on a few years the new test has come after the old one expired, so it's slipped to near the end of July....
03 to 06 approx 47000 kms
06 to 07 10282 kms
07 to 08 5382 kms
08 to 09 4569 kms
09 to 10 2768 kms
10 to 11 2519 kms
11 to 12 approx 3000 kms
Current reading approx 16500kms (yup, it's been round the clock...
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I passed my test in April 2003, and somehow persuaded the bank of mum and dad to lend me three grand to buy a reasonably tidy 1994 NC35 wearing a Rossi Nastro livery on what turned out to be a mix of mint and repaired factory panels. To be fair, the job was a very good one, and not something someone had knocked up in their garage. The only fault on the bike was that the throttle return cable had snapped, which was an easy fix.
Anyway, I digress as usual. I forget the exact figure, but my memory says there were approx 40500kms showing on the clock, and I duly set about using the bike as my daily transport, racking up worrying distances complete with all too close servicing requirements and regular new tyres. For a few years it seemed like I was having a service about every 9 months, which wasn't fun when every other one needed the valve clearances checking, and the first time I got stung for 11 shims!! In 2005, I started working in Bournemouth, so only see Sussex on odd weekends now, so it gets used a heck of a lot less. Which is good for the wallet, but in some ways a bit depressing too. Computer records don't go back beyond about 2006 for MOTs, and I may or may not find the paper MOT certs somewhere, but here's what I've managed to date. Testing was originally about May, but on a few years the new test has come after the old one expired, so it's slipped to near the end of July....
03 to 06 approx 47000 kms
06 to 07 10282 kms
07 to 08 5382 kms
08 to 09 4569 kms
09 to 10 2768 kms
10 to 11 2519 kms
11 to 12 approx 3000 kms
Current reading approx 16500kms (yup, it's been round the clock...
).
) went to shit at a brands hatch evening session and back then with no world wide wank to help I couldnt get it sorted so the bike ended up sold to a mate for peanuts 