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Jerry Godell
 Senior Member
441 Posts
Kansas City, kansas
USA
Harley-Davidson
FXD SuperGlide
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 Posted - 08/16/2005 : 10:38 PM
 
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Poll Question:
How Many Miles do you Average per Year?
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| 0-500 |
[0%] |
0 votes |
| 500-2000 |
[10%] |
10 votes |
| 2000-5000 |
[36%] |
35 votes |
| 5000-10,000 |
[33%] |
32 votes |
| 10,000-25,000 |
[19%] |
18 votes |
| 25,000 50,000 |
[2%] |
2 votes |
| 50,000 100,000 |
[0%] |
0 votes |
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Poll Status:
Closed »» |
Total Votes: 97 counted »» |
Last Vote:
11/16/2005 8:30 PM |
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James R. Davis
Administrator
17381 Posts
[Mentor]
Houston, TX
USA
Honda
GoldWing 1500
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Posted - 08/17/2005 : 9:14 PM
 
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What is interesting about this poll is that the statistics provided by the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) show that the average motorcycle is ridden only about 160 miles per month for a total of only 1,920 miles per year.
Clearly our members are not 'average' in that regard and they are not hyping the goods and making outrageous claims of doing 100,000 miles per year either. |
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BadaBing
Advanced Member
1196 Posts
[Mentor]
Houston, TX
USA
Harley-Davidson
Heritage Classic 04
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Posted - 09/05/2005 : 1:32 PM
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James,
I would be interested in the region of the USA distribution linked to the responses to this poll as southern climes promote year-round riding (like in Texas).
My friend in Cleveland has his bike in storage for roughly 5 months and this significantly diminishes his annual mileage. Just a thought.
Ciao,
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jimvw57
New Member
21 Posts
Red Wing, MN
USA
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Posted - 09/10/2005 : 5:42 PM
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| I try to ride to work as often as possible to save on the gasoline costs. And it is a lot more fun getting there. Round trip to work and back is just short of 85 miles so a few trips a week add up quickly. Weekends are usually a cruise or two of roughly 200 miles. |
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amazngrace
Standard Member
204 Posts
Townsend, Virginia
USA
Kawasaki
1986 Concours
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Posted - 09/11/2005 : 11:26 AM
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If anyone knows, please tell me how NHTSA can estimate average miles
per month (or any other time period) ?
Is it Voodoo, or do they have some realistic manner of making these
estimates ?
...ED |
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kiddal
Advanced Member
1561 Posts
[Mentor]
SE, Indiana
USA
Kawasaki
KLR650
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Posted - 09/11/2005 : 4:06 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by amazngrace
If anyone knows, please tell me how NHTSA can estimate average miles
per month (or any other time period) ?
Ask them. They may tell you. |
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jollyroger
Advanced Member
2157 Posts
[Mentor]
St. Charles, MO
USA
Harley-Davidson
Springer Classic
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Posted - 09/12/2005 : 12:19 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by amazngrace
If anyone knows, please tell me how NHTSA can estimate average miles
per month (or any other time period) ?
Is it Voodoo, or do they have some realistic manner of making these
estimates ?
...ED
Won't say voodoo doesn't play a part in it, but if you're willing to go asking or digging, here's a start:
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/depart...rd-30/ncsa/#  |
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amazngrace
Standard Member
204 Posts
Townsend, Virginia
USA
Kawasaki
1986 Concours
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Posted - 09/15/2005 : 6:03 PM
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Went to a traffic safety seminar on Wednesday. There were Va. State
traffic experts present and I took the opportunity during a break to
ask how the state and NHTSA came up with miles traveled per year for the different type vehicles. The reply was that these were based on VDOT estimates and that these were passed along to NHTSA.
I said "so you're saying this is Vodoo", and the answer was "that pretty well covers it".
So I guess I have my answer.
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amazngrace
Standard Member
204 Posts
Townsend, Virginia
USA
Kawasaki
1986 Concours
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Posted - 09/15/2005 : 6:08 PM
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A while back when I was in the service we used to call this kind of thing a WAG,,,
Wild Ass Guess !
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Gs82Seca650
Advanced Member
1990 Posts
[Mentor]
Southern, PA
USA
Yamaha
1982 XJ 650 R Seca
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Posted - 09/16/2005 : 7:10 AM
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| LOL ED!! |
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don_hud
Advanced Member
1077 Posts
[Mentor]
Houston, Texas
USA
Yamaha
1997 Virago XV1100
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Posted - 09/16/2005 : 7:54 AM
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| In the private sector, not using military intellegence, it is call a SWAG. |
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amazngrace
Standard Member
204 Posts
Townsend, Virginia
USA
Kawasaki
1986 Concours
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Posted - 09/16/2005 : 1:28 PM
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don_hud, You're going to have to tell me, my imagination is runnig wild!!
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don_hud
Advanced Member
1077 Posts
[Mentor]
Houston, Texas
USA
Yamaha
1997 Virago XV1100
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Posted - 09/16/2005 : 1:54 PM
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| Scientific Wild A$$ Guess. |
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amazngrace
Standard Member
204 Posts
Townsend, Virginia
USA
Kawasaki
1986 Concours
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Posted - 09/19/2005 : 7:46 AM
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LOL, Thanks Don !!!
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amazngrace
Standard Member
204 Posts
Townsend, Virginia
USA
Kawasaki
1986 Concours
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Posted - 09/19/2005 : 7:52 AM
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I'm on 13 posts and this one will take me off that. I'm not really
superstitious (yeah, right!) but why take the chance !!
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sixsigma
Advanced Member
801 Posts
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Suzuki
Marauder vz 805
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Posted - 07/13/2006 : 5:54 PM
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I would hazard an educated guess, based on statistical reference, that on the licence tag/plate renewals D.O.T. that they would ask for current miles on the vehicle (they do this in Canada in Kms upon yearly renewal) therefore they can "marry up" the previous profile and provide the stats with reasonable accuracy.
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RoadkingLarry
New Member
18 Posts
Chelsea, oklahoma
USA
Harley-Davidson
RoadKing
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Posted - 07/24/2006 : 5:00 PM
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| A year or so ago I think it was the MRF that put out a report on State DOTs reports to NHTSA that included motorcycle mile driven several states, including Florida, Oklahoma and South Dakota reported 0 motorcycle miles for several years.Voodoo maybe closer than you think. |
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James R. Davis
Administrator
17381 Posts
[Mentor]
Houston, TX
USA
Honda
GoldWing 1500
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Posted - 07/24/2006 : 5:09 PM
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| NHTSA reports that the average motorcyclist in the U.S. rides only about 2,000 per year. |
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Nicolas27
Senior Member
364 Posts
[Mentor]
Atlanta, Georgia
USA
Honda
'06 Aero
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Posted - 07/24/2006 : 10:39 PM
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pfff, my wife and I (mostly me) have put 4k on my new moto in the 2 months that I've had it.
I'm not going to buy a bike and *not* ride it.
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James R. Davis
Administrator
17381 Posts
[Mentor]
Houston, TX
USA
Honda
GoldWing 1500
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Posted - 07/24/2006 : 11:00 PM
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| Yep. That's the kind of mileage I put on my bikes for the first 20 years of riding, or so. I now do probably a little less than 1,000 a month. But we all know motorcyclists who don't ride motorcycles - at least not very often. Their bike's stay in their garages except for the occassional 50 mile ride with friends. They bring the average down to about 160 miles per month in the U.S. and they also never gain any experieince - always newbies, month after month after month. |
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debodezine
New Member
18 Posts
Sterling, Co
USA
Kawasaki
900 Vulcan Classic
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Posted - 02/07/2007 : 10:56 PM
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| I am looking at a used bike and it has been a few years since I have owned one but it is a 1995 Honda Shadow 1100 American Classic with 25000 miles is this normal or should I shy awaway it is priced at 2000.00 |
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Miles Traveled (Yearly)?