Many years ago, I read in Cycle magazine that the average owner put 7,000 miles a year on their bike. I thought that was wrong, even with averages calculated, cause I rode every minute I could when I wasn't driving a car or working, and I put about 8 K on my one bike then. Now, I split the riding between three bikes, with a little more attention spent on the America, and then the "57", and some town riding on the Russky. I still managed to put 5 K on the America, though. But I have known many, MANY owners who put about 1000 miles a year on their bikes (honestly, H owners) and bragged about how much they rode. Around here, in my crowd, I cant' get one person to go on my ordinary 4-6 hundred mile "day trips". Everybody starts cryin after a hundred miles or so, so I almost always ride alone. BUT, I have a young cousin (age 14) who just got his first bike last summer, and I got a feelin that he'll want to go with me. He's a nice little dude, so that'll be cool. Only trouble is, he can only work part time with his schooling and boxing club, so I'll probably have to buy his gas. Still, cool.
