Whats your annual biking mileage

[3DP]

About 6000 last year.

2500 on Speed Triple
1200 on Blade
2000 on scooter
400 on 1098S
300 on GSXS1000F (my old man uses it primarily)
50 on Grom, although only bought in December.

Occasionally I've missed rides due to my kids, but generally having kids just means tailoring riding times like going out late evening on weekdays or early Sunday mornings. rather than all day in middle of day at weekends.

To be honest, drinking and other hobbies block out riding times more!

[Djtemeka]

RemaL said:

Amazing people say kids get i the way of riding. Passed my Test when my eldest was 3. now 15. youngest in now 12.

Never got in the way of me riding. Weekend or weekday I have off. make sure we have nothing on and go out for a day or half day.
I understand if single parents it's harder. And other situations etc
I have the TT booked with mates this year for a week. A week touring the Wild west in Oct.

When you're the only earner in the household, are self employed and have a baby. That's when you decide not to ride the bike. If I come off then its no money, no house etc.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Bought my current bike May 2017, have done over 5000 miles since.

[RemaL]

Djtemeka said:

RemaL said:

Amazing people say kids get i the way of riding. Passed my Test when my eldest was 3. now 15. youngest in now 12.

Never got in the way of me riding. Weekend or weekday I have off. make sure we have nothing on and go out for a day or half day.
I understand if single parents it's harder. And other situations etc
I have the TT booked with mates this year for a week. A week touring the Wild west in Oct.

When you're the only earner in the household, are self employed and have a baby. That's when you decide not to ride the bike. If I come off then its no money, no house etc.

Yup in the same position apart from my 2 kids are older

[kiethton]

22 miles a day commute, done on average 3.5 times a week for 48 weeks a year = 3,696 miles, plus maybe another ~200 a year running errands to places I know there is traffic.

Takes me to ~4k miles a year, only issue is my speedo is broken so the odometer only records about 10% of them....

Edited by kiethton on Tuesday 23 January 13:24

[Biker's Nemesis]

Just wondering if people think commuting miles make them a better rider than those that only ride during the summer months for pleasure.

[RemaL]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Just wondering if people think commuting miles make them a better rider than those that only ride during the summer months for pleasure.

I would have thought any experience riding may help people ride more aware. Newbies or the old guard.

one of the things I always take mates who have passed their test. Get out and get road experience

much in the same way going on Track helps massively with riding on the road. Which I found and a few mates I started to goin on TD's with

[Dakkon]

I do 120 miles a day, which is 600 miles a week commuting, plus a bit extra for fun at weekends, so certainly more than 20,000...

[black-k1]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Just wondering if people think commuting miles make them a better rider than those that only ride during the summer months for pleasure.

Commuting certainly gives more experience which can't be a bad thing.

I don't think I'm alone in assessing my riding as particularly crap when returning after a period of not riding. It takes a while to get back into the groove. If the summer weekend rider is only riding on a few weekends, with a few weeks break in between then they will inevitably be spending more riding time not “in the groove” and riding below their par.

[Prof Prolapse]

[Biker's Nemesis]

Not me, I was asking an honest question.

Thanks to those that replied.