This has probably been discussed before. It's more directed at Supebikes. Does it bother you how many miles you do on your bike? The reason I ask is that when I picked up the used 848 Evo last week, it had just under 1500 miles on it. This is on a 2011 June registered bike. In my view, it's barely run in! 750 miles a year is nothing. I fully intend to ride it as much as I can while the weather is good. It seems there are loads of bikes that are bought as trophies that only see the inside of someone's garage. This is across all the big manufacturers of bikes. I was looking at an early 2000's 999 on Autotrader this week with barely 5000 miles on the clock! What's the point of that!...
Many Ducati owners have more than one bike and therefore the mileage they do is spread across a number of machines.Another point is that owners do not have the time to get out on their bike as much as originally planned.this could be do to a number of reasons. A lot are also used just for the odd blat-for example in my case when I am physically up to it. These low mileage bikes are also a good route into Ducati ownership when bought secondhand as a lot of them have been serviced properly and have been well looked after.
Most will say 'mileage no problem, its for riding!' Then when buying one 'low mileage mint bike wanted'
Sportsbikes are usually purchased as a toy etc whereas your multistrada type are aimed more at comfort/commuting etc. Hence sportsbikes are usually low mileage. If I wanted a bike to get me from home to work everyday it would not be a 1098.
I have clocked up nearly five thousand miles since picking up my new toy in march ,just cant keep of the fecking thing hehe:biggrin:
Now I'm not on track as amuch, I'm expecting to do 6k at least this year. I've already done over 2k in all the crap weather we have had. Plus another 1200 or so on my winter to and fro hack
I put over 22000 on my 748 BP, riding everyday, all weather. Sure the list of troubles i had was fairly big, but apart from a snapped belt once when i left it far too long before changing, and the datatool alarm going mad which i ripped out at an ex-girlfriends 120 miles from home, it never actually stopped me getting anywhere. I had no friends at the bike meets 12-15 years ago, the jap guys, who we all know wanted a Ducati, would be saying how rattly and unreliable they are which is why they don't get one, and the Ducati owning guys wouldn't talk to me because their bikes were shiny, spotless and pampered, while mine, erm... wasn't, which seemed to upset them. I'm so glad there are more people now who're happy to use them like the transport they are rather than just thinking they're just a status symbol.
Did they think that? Funny experience I had at first owning a Ducati (748 btw, lovely yellow one) was I was talked to because I had a modern one and technically very unable, a widget and a wotsit are the same to me, and found a lot of owner (still do) snobbish about that kind of thing. My bikes are renowed for being a little dirty, used a lot and fairly hard, how they are meant to be. Adds character
Put 3000 on mine since I bought 749 last Aug. Three months of the year, it was out of action. I don't buy a chocolate bar just to stare at the wrapper! You buy a bike to ride it :smile:
Put just over 350 miles on my 998. Only taken me two years Must ride it more often. What with service and repair costs, bloody expensive per mile.
I put about 3k a year on my bikes. But then, at the moment, I only get to ride it on average once a week/ten days over the summer.
26,200 miles on my Monster 696 since September 2009. I commute, tour (including riding to WDW last year), oh, and go for the odd sunny weekend ride. My ambition is to get to 100,000 miles on it.
35k miles on my 999S plus 28K on my 750ie, since 2002 (with a five year lay-off in the middle of that period). Stuff it. Ride 'em.
I know of a Panigale registered this time last year just had it's 15K service and that's only one of the bikes he uses...
its just a number that you alone know unless you tell anybody, service history if its been looked after and not abused are more important I think
I'm at 3500 since March. I think I've done more this year than the last 2 years combined. A spell of decent weather (up until tonight) has seen me out loads.
