Motorcycles

I've covered over 400,000 miles on my motorcycles in 14 countries on 3 continents. After 30 years of riding it's not actually that far per year but it's still a long way. 2003 was by far my longest distance year covering over twice the previous longest at 53,686 miles, most of it on my BMW.

At the moment I own four bikes, a 1990 Honda CBR1000, a 1998 Kawasaki KLR 650, a 2002 BMW R1150RT and a 2005 honda CRF450X. Many people ask me why I have more than one bike and it's really quite easy to explain. The BMW is a sport-touring bike with saddlebags and a windshield which is my first 100,000 mile bike. The KLR650 is a dual purpose on/off road bike which is a great ride on the pavement and on dirt roads and trails. In 1998 I bought my second one after horribly neglecting the first and seizing the engine. The CBR1000 is a sporty bike for local road rides and short distance touring. The CRF450X is a real dirt bike for serious exploration of the mountains There are several other bikes I would like to own...

Bikes from to miles Puch 50 1972 1974 3600 Honda CB175 1974 1976 18400 Honda CB400F 1976 1979 24600 Honda CB750F 1980 1984 44400 Honda CX500 1980 1989 6000 Honda VF700S 1984 1987 17324 Honda GL1200A 1985 1989 60052 Honda CBR600F 1987 1997 24755 Yamaha XJ600 1990 1991 12884 Honda ST1100 1991 2002 48026 Kawasaki KLR650 1992 1998 13791 Kawasaki KLR650 1998 06/01/08 23053 Kawasaki KLR650 2001 2001 5553 BMW R1150RT 7/9/02 06/23/08 132596 Suzuki SV650 12/7/02 2004 5912 Honda CBR1000 10/2/05 05/19/08 1017 Honda CRF450X 7/10/06 05/17/08 2162 Others     6173 Total 1972 07/11/08 449,873

Ride Tales

I keep detailed records of miles covered/mpg etc. for my current bikes. On July 21st 2005 I completed 400,000 miles.

Updated 11th July 2008