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average km's in a season?

i average between 13-18K per year. My 13K year the bike was down for two months for for carb issues. Usually 15-18K. But I live in the country, and ride for work from site to site. I fill up twice in a day fairly often ;)

Holy crap lol. Is your insurance higher because you put so many k's on your bike in a year?
 
This is the first time I've ever heard of insurance companies caring about how much mileage you do on your motorcycles.

I was with State Farm for a decade and they never once asked me.

Td asks every time how many you plan on riding a year. This just happened last week for the second time in 2 years to me. Does it change my rate? Couldn't tell ya but I doubt it. I've said 5k both times.
 
I would think it would matter more if you have full coverage and had a claim. If you bought a new bike and said you only ride 3000 km/year and there is 20,000 km on it when there is an accident, obviously they would value the bike less with 20,000 km vs 3000 km and they would probably have some questions for you about why you did not inform them about the increase in use from what you originally reported.

At best you would get some static from them, but they could deny your claim based on inaccurate information and could even possibly charge you with falsifying insurance information, which is grounds for discontinuing coverage and there might even be a fine for that sort of thing. Either way, good luck getting insurance again if you ever have coverage discontinued for providing false information!

Personally, I've never had full coverage on a bike. My current bike would maybe be worth $3000 black book. The accessories on it don't add $1 to it's value. I've quite forgotten the price of adding full coverage, but I remember calculating that if I rode about three or four seasons without a write-off, I would basically break even at that point. After that I could quite literally write off the bike and still be up money vs paying the premiums. Been riding 16 years now and have never had full coverage, and knock-on-wood, I have never needed it.
 
So you gotta do 20K to be a rider? :lmao: (19,000km straight road btw)
I consider a rider someone that likes to ride, if you like to ride most likely your average KM will be a lot higher than your average poser.

There are people that ride because of the social aspect of it, others ride because they like to take a week long trip down to the US or whatever.

The OP asked for averages, how can you give an average without breaking it down into at least those 2 groups?

Judging from what friends and people i know that like to ride do, I said around 20k.

I am sure you know what I am saying, you just causing **** ;)
 
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I know nothing about the insurance bidnet except the basics but you can bet your bottom dollar the questioning and controls(black boxes) will only become more invasive going forward. It's inevitable and sad.

I always tell TD 5k kms per season. I think I might stop doing that.

PS, I say 5 thou because by then I'm ready for a change and insure another bike. Sorry if that sounds dooshy.
 
I consider a rider someone that likes to ride, if you like to ride most likely your average KM will be a lot higher than your average poser.

I like to ride but I'm going to try to pose at 20k timmies this season. Will that make me both a poser and a real rider? :D
 
PS, I say 5 thou because by then I'm ready for a change and insure another bike.

You get bored of a bike within five thousand kilometers? I've got 35,000 on mine since new, and still can't get enough! :D
 
You get bored of a bike within five thousand kilometers? I've got 35,000 on mine since new, and still can't get enough! :D

OMG!! What kind of bike is it?!!

Bored may not be the right word....... OK, bored is not the right word. Change of pace. Ya, that's it. Change of pace.
 
Usually 12,000~

Last year I managed to do over 20,000 lol
 
油井緋色;2136605 said:
Usually 12,000~

Last year I managed to do over 20,000 lol

crazy lol, in two years your bike would lose so much value!! you can withstand that? Depends on bike but I am always afraid to go over 10k, that is the safe reselling figure, anything over then there is not much bargaining power for the seller
 
crazy lol, in two years your bike would lose so much value!! you can withstand that? Depends on bike but I am always afraid to go over 10k, that is the safe reselling figure, anything over then there is not much bargaining power for the seller

Do you buy a bike to resell it or to ride it?
 
400,000, every year! Realistically, most riders will go under 10. 15k is safe for a great majority of riders and for many insurance companies the lower cutoff.
 
crazy lol, in two years your bike would lose so much value!! you can withstand that? Depends on bike but I am always afraid to go over 10k, that is the safe reselling figure, anything over then there is not much bargaining power for the seller

I ride because it makes me happy =)
 
This will be my first season. So Im not really too sure what to expect. Also, barely any of my buddy's have bikes and riding alone might be boring for me.

I hate being alone :(
 
This will be my first season. So Im not really too sure what to expect. Also, barely any of my buddy's have bikes and riding alone might be boring for me.

I hate being alone :(

Ride alone for a little bit for your own safety. You don't have the ability to judge your own limits yet and may follow somebody who is much more experienced than you, your instincts will kick in, freak out, and cause you to crash (true story!).
 
油井緋色;2136647 said:
Ride alone for a little bit for your own safety. You don't have the ability to judge your own limits yet and may follow somebody who is much more experienced than you, your instincts will kick in, freak out, and cause you to crash (true story!).


Lol that is a factor I need to think about. The fact that my few friends on bikes, they are crazy AF. If I were riding with them, I would get into a whole lot of trouble
 

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