{"id":8491,"date":"2018-01-04T17:15:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T00:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=8491"},"modified":"2018-01-04T17:15:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T00:15:04","slug":"counting-the-miles-for-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/counting-the-miles-for-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting The Miles For 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bikes cruising up Cochetopa Pass.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Under the circumstances, I’m surprised I rode and drove more miles in 2017 than in 2016. I think that’s only because 2016 was my lowest mileage year on record. I covered only 6,268 miles in 2016 but made it 8,047 in 2017. And of that 5,043 was on my three bikes. The car got just 3,004.<\/p>\n

For the bikes, I rode the Honda 713 miles, the Kawi 2,742, and the Suzuki 1,588. The only thing that surprises me there is the Honda. I made it a point–I thought–to ride that bike as much as possible but I still tallied fewer miles on it than the year before: 713 vs. 901.<\/p>\n

I really expected to put a lot more miles on them all in the year. But Judy and I took off on a ride to Alabama where we got snowbound for three days in western Kansas, and that trip got substantially revised. Then I left with the OFMC on our annual trip but after the second night I cut that trip short and rode home because I was sick as I’ve been in years. And then, with my Mom ailing and us taking four separate trips to South Carolina to be with her, that used up a lot of time I had planned on spending in the saddle. As I say, I’m surprised I managed to pass 2016. What was my excuse in 2016?<\/p>\n

OK, well fine. What am I going to do in 2018 to get those numbers back up higher?<\/p>\n

Of course there will be the OFMC trip. And I promised Mark Tuttle, editor-in-chief at Rider<\/em> magazine, a piece about riding the Bighorn Mountains. That was a casualty of my Mom’s illness last year but it’s back on the front burner this year.<\/p>\n

And once again I’m planning a long ride with the Rocky Mountain Motorcycle Rider’s Club<\/a>, this one to the Pacific Northwest. That should add a good many miles, not to mention be a heck of a trip. And I’m betting this one won’t get snowed out the way the Alabama trip did.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, it’s only January 4 and I’ve already been out on two of my bikes this year. That leaves the Suzuki and I’m looking to be out on it tomorrow. I mean, hey! It’s January in Colorado. It’s time to ride!<\/p>\n

Biker Quote for Today<\/h3>\n

Tailgating a car is illegal. Tailgating a motorcycle is premeditated murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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