Japan Meets Britain

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:47 pm

Most of these bikes never attained that mileage before they were set aside. ...............lm

Vince Lupo wrote:Thanks Ed! Sure didn't want my bike to be a trailer queen :)

I think I may lead another group ride on Sunday, since the weather here is going to be in the mid-60s.

I don't think I'm going to be doing the camshafts this winter, as I don't think I can afford to have it done at the moment. Besides, the bike's been doing well as-is!

Just calculated total mileage since I got the bike in 2004, and it's about 28,000 miles total that I've put on the bike!

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 3:19 am

I have quite a collection of speedos from CLs, Dreams and CBs. I don't think I've seen one with more than about 12,000.

Back in the day, I did 14,000 miles on my CB400F in the first year.

G

LOUD MOUSE wrote:Most of these bikes never attained that mileage before they were set aside. ...............lm

Vince Lupo wrote:Thanks Ed! Sure didn't want my bike to be a trailer queen :)

I think I may lead another group ride on Sunday, since the weather here is going to be in the mid-60s.

I don't think I'm going to be doing the camshafts this winter, as I don't think I can afford to have it done at the moment. Besides, the bike's been doing well as-is!

Just calculated total mileage since I got the bike in 2004, and it's about 28,000 miles total that I've put on the bike!

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:14 am

I also have speedo's with less than 20,000 miles.
I had a couple of CL72 bikes in the 60's and both had over 40,000 when I sold them.
Now that was the time to ride anywhere all the time!. ...............lm

G-Man wrote:I have quite a collection of speedos from CLs, Dreams and CBs. I don't think I've seen one with more than about 12,000.

Back in the day, I did 14,000 miles on my CB400F in the first year.

G

LOUD MOUSE wrote:Most of these bikes never attained that mileage before they were set aside. ...............lm

Vince Lupo wrote:Thanks Ed! Sure didn't want my bike to be a trailer queen :)

I think I may lead another group ride on Sunday, since the weather here is going to be in the mid-60s.

I don't think I'm going to be doing the camshafts this winter, as I don't think I can afford to have it done at the moment. Besides, the bike's been doing well as-is!

Just calculated total mileage since I got the bike in 2004, and it's about 28,000 miles total that I've put on the bike!

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:31 am

That's quite a mileage for a Scrambler!

G

LOUD MOUSE wrote:I also have speedo's with less than 20,000 miles.
I had a couple of CL72 bikes in the 60's and both had over 40,000 when I sold them.
Now that was the time to ride anywhere all the time!. ...............lm

G-Man wrote:I have quite a collection of speedos from CLs, Dreams and CBs. I don't think I've seen one with more than about 12,000.

Back in the day, I did 14,000 miles on my CB400F in the first year.

G

LOUD MOUSE wrote:Most of these bikes never attained that mileage before they were set aside. ...............lm

Vince Lupo wrote:Thanks Ed! Sure didn't want my bike to be a trailer queen :)

I think I may lead another group ride on Sunday, since the weather here is going to be in the mid-60s.

I don't think I'm going to be doing the camshafts this winter, as I don't think I can afford to have it done at the moment. Besides, the bike's been doing well as-is!

Just calculated total mileage since I got the bike in 2004, and it's about 28,000 miles total that I've put on the bike!

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 6:45 am

Tune the points, change the oil and Ride, Ride, RIDE. ..............lm

G-Man wrote:That's quite a mileage for a Scrambler!

G

LOUD MOUSE wrote:I also have speedo's with less than 20,000 miles.
I had a couple of CL72 bikes in the 60's and both had over 40,000 when I sold them.
Now that was the time to ride anywhere all the time!. ...............lm

G-Man wrote:I have quite a collection of speedos from CLs, Dreams and CBs. I don't think I've seen one with more than about 12,000.

Back in the day, I did 14,000 miles on my CB400F in the first year.

G

LOUD MOUSE wrote:Most of these bikes never attained that mileage before they were set aside. ...............lm

Vince Lupo wrote:Thanks Ed! Sure didn't want my bike to be a trailer queen :)

I think I may lead another group ride on Sunday, since the weather here is going to be in the mid-60s.

I don't think I'm going to be doing the camshafts this winter, as I don't think I can afford to have it done at the moment. Besides, the bike's been doing well as-is!

Just calculated total mileage since I got the bike in 2004, and it's about 28,000 miles total that I've put on the bike!

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:22 am

I think the most I ever did in one year was in 1989 when I went to Alaska and the lower 48 from Toronto on my '81 CB900F. That trip alone was 11,000 miles, plus whatever else I did the rest of that year. The previous year I know I did about 18,000km/11,000 miles total (and that included a road trip to Texas, Louisiana, etc) but those were the days when a motorcycle and public transportation were my only means of getting around. Plus I did many more long rides back then. Don't think I'll get anywhere near that kind of annual mileage again.

When I bought my SuperHawk in 2004, it had 4,000 original miles on it -- amazing that it only did that much over 38 years.

Vince Lupo · Post by **Vince Lupo** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:07 pm

Hit the Maryland backroads again today, and put another 100 miles under the SuperHawk's belt.

Thought this was a nice spot to park the bike for a photo:

Southern States by Vince Lupo, on Flickr