Riders Of Vision

Okay Fellow Visionaries,
I would like to try something for all of next year. I want to try and figure the amount of mileage we crazy visionaries put on out 25 year old bikes in a year. A total number for all of us. So,....

If ya'll can submit to me (by PM or Email) what the exact mileage is on your odometer (specify miles or kilometers) as the new year changes over (Midnight - 12/31~01/01), I will keep a spreadsheet file with your screen name and mileage. Of course, if your bike is in storage right now and know it won't be ridden until January, you can submit your mileage now. We will do it all over again when we drop into 2008. I will then talley all mileage on our beloved Visions and post a total for the year 2007.

Of course this will only work if ya'll submit your mileage and as new members join our family, I will have to remember to ask them what their exact odometer reading is to add it to the file. What do yous guys think?

I will look it up tonight! I'm hoping for an above average year in 2007 with the Colorado trip!

Great idea!  I'll submit mine soon.

H₂O

 :) I'm in...I will e-mail you later to-day... ;)

                 

ok, mine for 2006 -- 6345.and 8/10s  but i ride ALL the time, no down season for me,, unless hurricaine hits .


  odo shows 7638.3 as of this morning-  all on rebuilt V ,since wreck at dragon's tail. mmm e-bay cluster still working .bike is parked until after new year- carbs on the bench,

I have just under 17,000 miles, but I plan on riding some before the end of the year. I will make a note of my mileage on the 31st.  Airplane Steve

Outstanding! I am getting a great response from this....

your not getting my info, next thing you know you'll be using it to order a big screen plasma tv and hookers over the internet.. wait you can do that...?

i'll send you mine next time i pull the cover.  don't want to publish it, it might be lower than i expect, lol

Quote from: Lucky on December 20, 2006, 09:06:30 AM
your not getting my info, next thing you know you'll be using it to order a big screen plasma tv and hookers over the internet.. wait you can do that...?

Yeah right... With the way my luck is, you will be delivered to my house wearing thigh high boots and a halter top.  :-\

Quote from: MotorPlow on December 20, 2006, 10:24:19 AM
Yeah right... With the way my luck is, you will be delivered to my house wearing thigh high boots and a halter top.  :-\

You really have to be careful putting images like this into peoples heads you know.

Brian (my photoshop mojo isn't that good!)

THANK GOD!!!

I did about 8000 on the XZ550SP0, 12k on the sprint st, 4k on the 675 and 400 miles on the monster.

Since the temps are below 40, I will no be riding anymore this year.

The Vision's odo shows 21,789.6 miles.

Thanks

Dale

I believe mine is 40,685 miles. 

Brian

  I just went out to check, it's  fifty three thousand eight hundred eighty four..... that's miles ofcourse.    The day's have been warm enough to ride, butt I'm an old wuss.    I did take out my dirtbike for a little adrenalized work-out last weekend.      Dave

SmokeBomb is at 10,003 mi
(rode in the the hail and sleet end of October to click her over before nappy time)

CherryBomb is at 7,553 mi (my Bro's)

StinkBomb is stuck on 8,518 mi for awhile until she melds with DeckBike (aka "Project PoopDeck")

2,322 miles. No miles at all during 2006, physical problems denied use this year  :'(. Optimistic for a good year in 07 :)

Anybody who hasn't sent their end of year mileage, now is the time to do it.

Hope to get mine in next weekend, when the 'V' gets home. I didn't get many miles last year though, too many things to interfere!

It is good to see some higher mileage V's out there. It gives me some confidense that my newest member of the family will get there some day. But, so far she has only 17014 miles. Happy new year to all.         Airplane Steve

Sorry I'm late, but I had to move a lot of stuff out of the way.... Well, on this set of gauges, the mileage is showing: 15,357.7.

~John

 My 2006 milage is: R/W "V" =76,455 total kms (47,508 mi.),  This year total= 12,500 kms (7,459mi.).
  On the Y/R "V"  total is 36,608 (22,747mi)  this year only1004 kms  (623 mi).
     TDM 850  44,603 total kms or (27,715 mi) 2006 =2500kms or (1553 mi)
         Thats it as of 31-12-2006, Her's to everyone having a good,fun,SAFE  2007.
                                  Ken S. ;D   

Ok Chris, my 07' starting milage:

11951.1

It's been really nice weather here,...only when i'm working.  other than that it rains or is too cold (for me) to ride.  i'm gonna open a vein.....

--Lucky

Hello!
This is my odometer reading 54501.0 Km

The bike is sleeping in my basement during the strange winter here in Sweden!

Roland.....

Ok, my mileage is 13,346.7. This is unlikely to increase any time soon as, when my brother handed over the bike, he gave the key to my wife who handed it to me. AND I LOST IT!!! Many expletives deleted.

I'm at 37,867km on my '82.

Quote from: Walt_M. on January 08, 2007, 03:36:18 PM
Ok, my mileage is 13,346.7. This is unlikely to increase any time soon as, when my brother handed over the bike, he gave the key to my wife who handed it to me. AND I LOST IT!!! Many expletives deleted.

Walt,
       A locksmith can read your seatlock and replace your complete key. The locksmith I found in Sebastopol, Ca came in a van with a wireless laptop. He got the blank and the notch specs online. Looking at the several no key visions I have It would probably be worth paying for a service call. For a single V it might be worth unbolting the lock and hinges and notching the frame hasp to pull the lock out the side of the hasp. Then you could leave that at the locksmith, saving the service call charge.
      Note: The blank is a japanese car one that is used in 4 and 7 notch versions. The V uses just 4 of them on the ignition and the seat lock. I have no idea what the gas cap uses but guess just two notches.

$0.02
;)
Coil

i noticed this a long time ago, but it never came up & I filrd it in the minutia that is my mind:
there are two different blanks used on the Visions keys,
one has a single groove on one side, the other has a double groove on each side...
--Lucky

Thanks Coil. I got similar info from my son-in-law who is a locksmith in training. I will probably pull my ignition lock and take it in. Service call is too much and I don't really want to push the bike up the ramp into my truck. I might be tough but I'm not that tough!

I'm barely broken in at 5864.7 miles ;D

David

Dave -

I was where you are mileage wise about 3 years ago.  I've been getting more miles on average every riding season.  Was planning on getting tons of miles in last year, but after dad started having health problems, I couldn't get many long riding days in.  Needed to stick around close to home in case I was needed.  Now that he's doing so much better, I should be able to really rack up the miles this year.

For those planning on attending & riding the full week of the 25 year celebration can plan on getting over 1,000 miles in 5 days.  I'll have some things planned for a couple of those days & a couple days will be shorter rides.  One day, however is about 400 miles & goes into Wyoming.  Nice mix of fast sweepers, long straights, twisties & incredible scenery - all with little traffic!

H₂O 

Motor P.

Description                           Serial                                     Odometer 12-31-06

82  Odium                                *3787          Mileage is                 6,327
83 Babbit in filter                       *                    "                        41,770 broken Odometer
82 East Bay Bk,RK Fairing            *                    "                        18,291
82 East Bay Bk, "Patina"              *                    "                        40,472
82 East Bay Gry, "Patina"             *                    "                         9,489
83 Jim E. Bk, RK                         * 0192             "                        33,824

I'll check back next January, this is a great idea.
;)
Coil

So far, a total of odometer readings (with Kms converted to Miles) is:


Anyone else want to add their odometer reading to be included in the "Total Miles Riden in 2007" tally?

My 82 Vision touched down at 34,000 km.  I have 300 on it so far into 2007 as we had a really nice January here in Ontario.  I burned up my stabilized winter tankful having fun ripping down the road.

Louie

Year end milage is 8886.6.
Do you all think Mr. 67GTO will notice this post?

Mrs. 67 GTO   lol

PS Noticed a tear on his cover, payback will be to mend it!

uh oh... Mrs GTO has hacked the site  :o

musta been looking around for her own V  :D

Well... lets just say she's ok with me having a bike, but she would not have one of her own :)

Quote from: 67GTO on February 13, 2007, 08:50:14 AM
Well... lets just say she's ok with me having a bike, but she would not have one of her own :)

Heh heh... sounds like Mrs. DaveTN

David

Quote from: DaveTN on February 13, 2007, 10:05:02 PM

Quote from: 67GTO on February 13, 2007, 08:50:14 AM
Well... lets just say she's ok with me having a bike, but she would not have one of her own :)

Heh heh... sounds like Mrs. DaveTN

David

     

Mr. 67GTO is right, I don't need a Vision of my own...   There's this lovely red one in the garage!...

ROFL

Mrs. 67GTO

Quote from: 67GTO on February 15, 2007, 08:37:54 AM
Mr. 67GTO is right, I don't need a Vision of my own...   There's this lovely red one in the garage!...

ROFL

Mrs. 67GTO

Another way of saying what's his is yours?!?   ;D

H₂O

What's hers is hers, what's mine is ours :)

We are now up to 688,273.0 total odometer miles. This is going to be fun to see how many miles we collectively put on in a year....

BUMP
Ok, half a year gone, Lets see where we are at:

I started at: 11,951.1
I'm now at 13,386.6

that gives me 1,435.5 to date.

that would average me out to 2,871 for the year (but i won't ride below 50ish, so it'll be less)
or 239.2 per month,
or 59.8 per week
or 8.5 per day (7 day week)
or 11.9 per day on a 5 day work week...

I bought my V on 6/2/07 with 10,755 miles on it.
Now, after starter and stator issues resolved, I'm now at 11,817 on the odo.

I ride, man... I ride regardless of weather.  ;D

Let's see:

1,062 miles in 29 days.  ;D (More is coming - now that all is well and good!) :)
That's:
265.5 miles every week,
or 36.6 miles per day (7 day week)
or 53.1 miles per day (5 day week)

put her up after she clicked over 10k and 4k mile last year..

opener was beginning of May

so, as of this morning ..... 1653 miles in 60 days (I'll out around another 150 miles on today's ride)

roughly 206 miles a week
28 miles per seven day week
41 miles per five day week

hmmm. i wonder if my odo is off... it's 17 miles to work for me one way, i take the bike at least 4 days a week...

ok, i started december at 6385, have just at 12130 now , and 48 days of that i couldnt ride due to neck surgery/enhancement/parts swap .
i try my best to ride the darn bike out of existance, but the more i ride, the better it is getting!
i have actually ridden a set of tires off, and am close to running the second set to the dump!
2 long rides during spring bike rally to okracoke for pirate runs
3 trips to tail of the dragon
two trips to savanah
six trips to spartanburg
a trip or two to atlanta
ridden almost every work day possible ,even in rain

losses for the year- my trunk- broken into and lid ruined ,but nothing missing
set of led lights - went tits up when r/r failed ,
set of rear bulbs
throttle rocker- came up missing during bike week
two pairs of wayfarers
a pair of elkskin riding gloves
two sets of bike tires- worn out completely(really harsh road surfaces here )
5 oil changes and doing the 6th today
my oem petcock seals
a yics
and one , only one,  stator .

all in all, been a damn good year so far for riding in the beachfront of dixie !

Kia, when you come up to the Gap, you gotta call me or Dave, we are a stones throw!

Not sure what my mileage is going to be on vision since I've been riding 3 bikes but I commute 130 miles a day 4 days a week.  I figure that's 260 miles a week if I ride it twice a week.  I'll probably end up with around 6000 miles on it for the year.

I think I've put on around 150 or so the first week on the road.  I know 100 of that's been the past two days.

Lucky, i always seem to end up there completely by accident! but will call next time through,or post a howdy in your e-mail .

if i manage to get this trade done , will definately be there soon on a shadow ACE 750-- isnt big, isnt a Vision, but guy says he will trade for a non running bonnie i still cant fix !

I sent a PM to MotorPlow when he requested the info.  My odometer showed 11,848.5 miles at the time.  Today, I have 12,944 miles.  Most of that was from the 25 year rides (about 700 miles).  Add in a 200 mile round trip to see inanecathode and about 200 miles of just playing around in the foothills close to Fort Collins.  I need to ride more but it's just been too damn hot lately!  Afternoon temps in the upper 90s & even to 100 a couple days.  I know - I'm a wimp when it comes to hot weather.  However, I enjoy riding even when the temps get down into the 40s, so Fall riding season can be fairly long for me.

The actual mileage on my V is about 500 miles less than indicated.  I replaced the 82 gauges a few years ago (@ 7300 miles) with an 83 setup.  It was in fantastic condition & showed only 500 more miles than my 82 odometer.

H₂O

About another 1,000 or so on mine since last post, hoping to hit the 20k mark before I go to California. :)

My numbers will be nothing compared to most of you as I only just got one of the bikes running a few weeks ago.  So far I have put about 50 miles on the bike doing test rides and 2 days of riding the bike to work.

She is running great so far.  A few things that I need to do to get her running better, but she is happy to be on the road again.

15321 when i got it this spring,, 16785 miles as of this morning

With 11,817 on the odo back on June 30th. I'm now at 13,182 here on Aug 2nd. Another 32 days and 1,365 miles gone by. The V is only getting better. New shoes have arrived and GPS is due this afternoon! This is going to be a good weekend....regardless of weather. ;D

Quote from: Lucky on July 01, 2007, 01:26:48 AM
BUMP
Ok, half a year gone, Lets see where we are at:

I started at: 11,951.1
I'm now at 13,386.6

that gives me 1,435.5 to date.

that would average me out to 2,871 for the year (but i won't ride below 50ish, so it'll be less)
or 239.2 per month,
or 59.8 per week
or 8.5 per day (7 day week)
or 11.9 per day on a 5 day work week...

As of tonight (11/6/07) i'm at 15,560
that puts me at 3,605 so far (mostly back & fourth to work.)

guess that explanes why i only got a season out of my Supervenoms...

Hi ther!
This is my endresult reading on my odometer for Year 2007:  58778,2 Km.
or in miles:36523,08021154480000 as the calculator Cybercalc v.2.1 put it.

For me in Sweden, the snow has arrived for the first time this season, it has melted away but there vill be more.......

For all of You who can be on two wheels the Year around HAVE FUN ;D

By the way, hasn`t ther been another post in this matter before?

Until next time on this Forum: Hapy Holliday`s  to You all

Roland........

"By the way, hasn`t ther been another post in this matter before?"

Now I knew!  It was here in the springtime, but what a memory I got :-[

Roland.............

Quote36523,08021154480000

wow...that's like 4 trips from the earth to the sun...Those international Vision riders really get around!

Another riding season is over.  I split the riding time between the Vision and a Ducati 750 Monster.

The Vision finished the season with 24,474 miles (2,685 miles this season). This is the third season with out any machanical problems.

Ride Safe and have a nice winter.

Dale

BUMP

It's getting closer to the end of the year. This is the list of screen names that I have recorded mileage for:

CoilXZCoyle
CoilXZCoyle
CoilXZCoyle
CoilXZCoyle
CoilXZCoyle
CoilXZCoyle
Riche
Nightvision
Nightvision
Nightvision
Supervision
Visionrising
dtknox
Zore
kwells
kwells
67GTO
Airplane Steve
Kiawrench
don_vanece
Tiger
Tiger
Tiger
MotorPlow
Lucky
GT@Oh
Sable
canadianlouie
Kenny
Kenny
Kenny
Rolle
Walt_M
Brian_Matthewson
DaveTN

(Multiple names mean multiple Visions)

If you put your bike up for the winter, send me the mileage when you do so I can record your "end mileage". If you don't store your bike, Send me the "End Mileage" as of December 31st, 2007. Three people have already sent their end mileage for a total of 8,951.0 Miles for 2007.

~MotorPlow

umm,

N_V
N_V
N_V

only has one runner and my brother's... Collectively, we have around 7500 miles, I'll give the finals in a week or two

hmmm kiss my wife at midnight 12/31, or look down to see the milage... tough choice..., lol

I'll let you know, motorplow,  Riding here slows in july and august ( I ride mostly at night , due to the heat) so our riding season is in its first 3rd.  I'll let you know how many kliks  I have by the end of Dec.

Well, This is what I gots for ya:

Smokebomb
Cherrybomb
Stinkbomb

Looking forward to the Miles Talleys.

Quote from: Night Vision on November 15, 2007, 08:56:06 PM
umm,

N_V
N_V
N_V

only has one runner and my brother's... Collectively, we have around 7500 miles, I'll give the finals in a week or two

Do you want total mileage for all 3 bikes or just the vision?  I don't ride the V as much as I do the daytona.

I didn't get the starting odo readings but can give you a pretty accurate estimate if you would like to include it in your tallies.
Red 82 got about 4500 mi's (3,000 to Colorado for the meet).
Black 83 got about 500 mi's (ridden mainly as backup when 82 is down).
This is the most riding I've done in 20 years.

Quote from: zore on November 16, 2007, 11:58:31 AM
Do you want total mileage for all 3 bikes or just the vision?  I don't ride the V as much as I do the daytona.

Zore,
I am just looking for the Vision. I am trying to total up the number of miles ridden on our Visions as a little project of mine...

Thanx,
MP

We are up to 13,951 Miles for 2007. I'm gonna ride mine to work to add a few more miles to the odometer.

Of course, I can now use your Ending Odometer reading for your Beginning Odometer readings for 2008!

The program I set up automatically converts from Kilometers to Miles and back again. I just need to know if you are submitting odometer readings in Miles ot Kilometers, Thanx.

VM,
I am going to need your actual Odometer Reading to plug into the program or it wont talley everything properly. Let me know what your end readings are. I will use your mileage and your end odometer readings to set the program with your beginning odometer readings.

Thanx,
Chris

Quote from: VisionMeister on November 16, 2007, 12:14:25 PM
I didn't get the starting odo readings but can give you a pretty accurate estimate if you would like to include it in your tallies.
Red 82 got about 4500 mi's (3,000 to Colorado for the meet).
Black 83 got about 500 mi's (ridden mainly as backup when 82 is down).
This is the most riding I've done in 20 years.

I'm sitting at 37,963, that probably makes for less than 400 miles this year  :'( .  Here's to hoping 08 turns out better, I usually manage between 4 and 7k.

I think I'm pretty much done.... seems the only decent days now are Wednesdays and I have to work on Wednesday

SmokeBomb 14,667

StinkBomb 0 because StinkBomb and DeckBike are now melded into ProjectBike  (code name PoopDeck)

CherryBomb gets Wednesdays off so I'm not sure yet

I'm riding much later in the year than i ever have, in part because i have no choice. i have one van & 2 bikes.  my wife's work hours overlap mine, so i have to ride to work.  not that i'm complaining...  ;)

another reason is that if i were still in New England i'd have colder temps & poss snow by now. it's only dipped lower than 40 once so far.

third reason is i happen to have warmer gear than i ever have.  i'm still wearing my mesh GX Air jacket, but with a Sierra Sport raingear jacket over it, the mesh jacket becomes air pocket & keep me warm.  couple that with thermal underware, Carhart insulated (fully fleece lined) jeans, Chaps, Tourmaster boots, breath guard, new Balaclava & Tourmaster winter gloves (after almost losing my pinkies with my old gloves going to work the other day) i stay pretty toast warm.

i looked at heated grips, but it seemed to me that it's the outside (tops) of my hands, exposed to the wind that would need it more than the palms.  also, if i got the kind of grip with the heater built in, & one dies, i have to buy a new set, but the ones that go under the grip would have to heat thru the whole grip befor i felt anything.  gloves seemed a no brainer...

anyway, i'm gettin off topic, i'll let you know when i stop riding...

--Lucky

I see my name isn't on the list - even though I did PM my starting mileage.   ???

Anyway, I did about 100 miles today - down to Longmont to meet kwells @ Boulder Bike Works.  He picked up his shortie handlebars.  While there, I noticed two more sets of low rise 83 bars, on 82 carcasses.  Temp was under 60 for the whole ride - cool, but not unpleasant.

Stopped at Left Hand Brewery for a barley pop & came on home.  Was dark when I got home, but it was a fine ride - even though it is pretty much a straight high speed drone down there & back.

Puts my current total mileage @ a tad under 14,500.  (approaching 3,000 for the year)  Hoping to get a ride in tomorrow - might be the last one of the year as we're supposed to get snow Monday.

H₂O

Lucky,
The heated grips do heat the palm of your hand, but in combination with winter gloves, the heat permeates throughout the gloves keeping your whole hand warm. I would not be without my heated grips. One of the best upgrades to my bike. The heated grips and heated vest allowed me to ride home from work yesterday morning with an outside temperature of 27 Degrees F. My winter (below 40) gear: Long sleeve Shirt, Heated Vest, Mesh Joe Rocket Jacket, Winter Long Coat, Boots, Socks, Long Johns, Jeans, Helmet, Winter Gloves.

~MP

Quote from: Lucky on November 17, 2007, 10:08:13 PM
I'm riding much later in the year than i ever have, in part because i have no choice. i have one van & 2 bikes.  my wife's work hours overlap mine, so i have to ride to work.  not that i'm complaining...  ;)

another reason is that if i were still in New England i'd have colder temps & poss snow by now. it's only dipped lower than 40 once so far.

third reason is i happen to have warmer gear than i ever have.  i'm still wearing my mesh GX Air jacket, but with a Sierra Sport raingear jacket over it, the mesh jacket becomes air pocket & keep me warm.  couple that with thermal underware, Carhart insulated (fully fleece lined) jeans, Chaps, Tourmaster boots, breath guard, new Balaclava & Tourmaster winter gloves (after almost losing my pinkies with my old gloves going to work the other day) i stay pretty toast warm.

i looked at heated grips, but it seemed to me that it's the outside (tops) of my hands, exposed to the wind that would need it more than the palms.  also, if i got the kind of grip with the heater built in, & one dies, i have to buy a new set, but the ones that go under the grip would have to heat thru the whole grip befor i felt anything.  gloves seemed a no brainer...

anyway, i'm gettin off topic, i'll let you know when i stop riding...

--Lucky

I had heated grips on an atv  and they were ok.  On my bike I have used  Hippo Hands,  for years , for those who done know them, I'm told  they were created by Craig Vetter . They cover the whole end of the handle bar and you put your hands them, gloves and all. The ones I have are  not Vetters, I don't think they still make them.  With my winter gloves  my hands will start to suffer in about 30 min.,  with them  I can ride till my feet can't take any more.  In april '04   I rode from Salem OR. to Port Townsend  WA. about 300 miles in what turned out to be a blinding downpour, the cars were leaving  enourmous bow wakes  and it was about 40 deg  still air temp , at 70 the wind chill was who knows?  I didn't  put on my rain pants  because there such a pita to get on, and suffered accordingly . but my hands were toasty even after 7 hours.

Hippo Hands can be found on eBay.  They were a Vetter product & appear to still be very popular.  I saw a set go for over $100 last year.

I'm fine with my AlpineStar SP-1 armored gloves with thin glove liners until the temps get below about 45 (F).  For colder weather than that, I have a heavy pair of elkhide work gloves & some Smartwool liners.  Those have never failed to keep my hands warm - but I haven't been out in anything below 40 (F) in them yet on the bike.  They keep my hands warm while using the snowblower, though & that was for a couple hours @ 10 - 20 (F).  I retired them from snowblower duty because they tend to get pretty soaked - even with sno-seal or mink oil treatments.

H₂O

Up to 26,448.0 Miles riden last year with only 8 bikes reporting. That's a 3,300 Mile average thus far with 2 bikes reporting zero miles.

ending odometer readings for my two visions
82= 17525; ridden approx 4500 mi's this year
83= 35218; ridden approx 500 mi's this year
hopefulley I'll be able to ride as much next year

I'm at 15383 for the year.  Starting mileage was around 9000 in January.

Quote from: Night Vision on November 17, 2007, 09:49:26 PM
I think I'm pretty much done.... seems the only decent days now are Wednesdays and I have to work on Wednesday

SmokeBomb 14,667

StinkBomb 0 because StinkBomb and DeckBike are now melded into ProjectBike  (code name PoopDeck)

CherryBomb gets Wednesdays off so I'm not sure yet

ok, punch CherryBomb out at 10,870  miles

Quote from: zore on November 20, 2007, 01:49:56 PM
I'm at 15383 for the year.  Starting mileage was around 9000 in January.

I got 8,000 Starting Mileage for ya.

Quote from: MotorPlow on November 21, 2007, 09:16:01 AM

Quote from: zore on November 20, 2007, 01:49:56 PM
I'm at 15383 for the year.  Starting mileage was around 9000 in January.

I got 8,000 Starting Mileage for ya.

You are probably right.  I'm looking at my logs and on 9/3/2006 i had 7415.  That was also the time I bought my 675 daytona so the xz did not get ridden much.  Wonder why?  :)

Up to 40,000+ Miles for 2007 so far.

Odom reads 10,156 mi. .....not much riding this year :-[

End of season riding clocked in at 38,700 km  ;) for the Vision and that is generally my around town bike with one trip to Syracuse, NY meet.  I had about the same for my Venture as I split my riding time about half and half.

 :) Snow, -5c, (25f)...don't see me riding until the spring now... :'( Ah well, maintenance time is here... ;)
This past year has been the best, so far, for kilometer's/mile's covered in the three years that I've been back in the saddle ;D ;D ;D and "The Mistress", after the initial blown stator problem ::) has run like a dream ALL year long.
The spring OnROV set us up for a good year, with Wolf having a Summer OnROV ride weekend in and around the Sarnia region, thanks Wolf. A trip to NightVision's area around Syracuse for another great week-end, Thanks N_V, or may I call you...er' no!! ...and to round the year out a Fall OnROV. In between there was Port Dover, for the Friday the 13th meet, Paris and Milton for swap meet's with a few ROV and non-ROV guy's and the solo ride's... 8)
Thank-you all for a great ride season...in and out of the saddle ;D :D :D :D :D... 8) I'm already looking forward to a better 2008 season... 8)

"The Mistress"
Start Km's 22,043/14,535 mile's.......End Km's 29,626/18,516 mile's.......Total Km's 7,583/4,738 mile's..one happy weekend warrior 8)

"The Canadian"
Zero Km's/Mile's...To be unvieled in 2008 8)

"The Black Panther"
Start Km's 23,256/13,776 mile's.......End Km's/mile's ??? I gotta speak to Lil'Blaster ;)

                     

Ok, i think i'm done,
ending milage for '07:

Luckys' Vision: 15,892.3

Cafe' V: (starting & ending milage: 0) 13,758.1  Not yet road legal, but there is the odo reading if you do this again next year.

--Lucky

  I guess it's-time although I did have the yellow machine fired up out side today. This year I put 17,168 kms (10,668 miles) on the Red & White Vision- out to Denver & back, down to Syracuse NY,out to British Columbia and back &  plus riding to work.
   On the Yellow 83 I put 3,556 kms (2,210 miles) on local rides & down to the Vision get together at Tiger's. That runs me up to 12,878 miles this year on two Visions-not to bad for an old fart!  Now here's the deal - get out and Ride these bikes love it !
      I also put 3,633 kms (2,257 miles) on the TDM  and only 580 kms (360 miles) on an 81 Xv920rh, its obvious that I must pick up the pace a bit on these two!
       I guess 15,495 is the grand total for all the Bikes. On the Red & White I am at 93,623 kms, while the Yellow one has a total of 40,154 kms.
  The Xv920 has 53,924 kms and the TDM has 47,813 kms.
      I'm hoping I can do better in 08. ;)
                          Cheers & Happy New Year!
                                   Ken S.   

I have no idea what my end mileage is, i never recorded the original :(
Guessing a thousand or so :)

Kenny, I like your stable !  I've never riden a xv920 , but Guzzi John , former vision rider had one  and I rode with him  a bunch.  I've always thought I'd like a TDM, most bikes have too many cylinders and it has the ideal number! ;D

19,100 on the odo. as of 1/1. not sure how accurate it is though, my speedo reads slow. ::) at least thats what I'll tell the Po Po. ;D ;D

tben, the odo IS accurate , its gear driven. The speedo is driven by a rotating magnet. The 82 speedo  is very inaccurate . Mine  was reading 55 at 65   and  at an indicated 85  it was doing 105.

 My year mileage ends @ 55,390   Only riding 1,500 for the year.  I did have my speedo unhooked for maybe 300 miles, before I lubed, and hooked it back up.  Half of that riding was at Colorado.  I still have the AVONS that were new @ the KINGMAN AZ. ride,in Fall 2005! 

I had 40810 miles at the end of 2007.  I average between 1500 and 2000 every year since I bought the '82 new in '84.

Pat S.

Hi Motorplow,
Happy New Year! Sorry about the late reply, my end of the year mileage was 22,376 Miles.
Take care   Vic

Regarding of couple of brake-downs I made ~8000 km this year and now its ~59k km on my Vision.
Longest trip were 1800km in two days (well, 36h - its amazing, how comfortable is she).

Partly because of these brake-downs I drive Aprilia RSV 1000 Tuono ´03 since last fall and keep the V as a secondary bike :(  But that also means i have enough time to restore it and give her a fresh look  8)

Corwin thats great !  My MN friend, Guzzi John Pierson,  has a  Hybrid 82/83 Vision and an  Aprillia  Futura.
he refers to it as a giant Vision!! :D

Hey Rick, actually mine is also hybrid 82/83 Vision :D
Tuono is pure sport bike, so cant compare it with Vision - its very light and extreamly responisve compared to V. Vision´s handling is also great - i`ve made some serious powersliding with it @ 90 kmh on gravel roads couple of times and V is just so predictable and follow corners very precisely. I absolutely love riding Vision  :)

Did the final check

Red V
Begin:2505
End:5305

Blackie
Not Driven 2007
Mileage 20976

Motorplow

Sorry for the late responce. Year end odometer reading: 2358

Actualy rode it this year but not much. Hoping this year will be better.

End year mileage for 2008 is 2527

It's not end of year here yet (at least i hope.   :o)

silver vision  - my travel bike 6,324 for 2008
black vision - not done  yet for the year-- will be under 2000
700 fazer 400 and done for the year

should be able to squeeze another 5-6 weeks out here

I'll let you know come December or so...  Except for the CROV spring run, it's all commuting for me.

Brian

I think by december I'll have my snow tires on

Quote from: kwells on September 24, 2008, 02:50:19 PM
I think by december I'll have my snow tires on

Yes, but see those mountain like things in your icon photo?  If you look at my sig photo, right at the horizon it's blue.  That would be the Pacific Ocean  ;D

The weather here is not so much of an issue as opportunity is.  :(
Here is today three years ago, 9/24/05, at Whiteface.

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ouch that is a small image  ::)

better?



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Quote from: Brian Moffet on September 24, 2008, 04:37:53 PM

Quote from: kwells on September 24, 2008, 02:50:19 PM
I think by december I'll have my snow tires on

Yes, but see those mountain like things in your icon photo?  If you look at my sig photo, right at the horizon it's blue.  That would be the Pacific Ocean  ;D

Lucky bastard!

you can keep that ocean. I'll keep my 4 months of snowboarding

eww, snow.