Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > How many road miles & where did you go?

[madmav]

Just wondered how many road miles you did on your bikes in 2006
and where did you go on ya bike to do them?

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[monstermob 998]

600SS
just short of 14000 miles
1500 miles travelling to DD races
2000 miles DSC events and rideouts(not all DSC rideouts)
2500 miles travelling to family and friends
the rest was commuting and hooning around
longest single trip was to anglesey 600 mile round trip
four rears three fronts tyres (diablos)
two chain and sprocket sets
set of brake pads front and rear
three oil changes
two belt changes
ignition pick up failure-nothing that some head scratching,loctite and a good welt with the impact driver didnt sort out
one vertical head-woodruff key failure- sorted thanks to phil_h
one horizontal cam-woodruff key failure-sorted thanks to payneP
one reg/rectifier-fuggin nightmare, keefyb helped me sort that one
one nuetral light switch (the replacement is playing up now)
one broken throttle cable
two speedo cables
one rev counter cable
averaged around 65mpg
although i experienced a few mechanical problems the bike always got me home

[9rrr]

South of France via Calais, Morzine to Grasse via Napolean route, St Tropez, Monaco, San Remo, Cannes. 3000 miles and not a problem. What a bike love it love it love it.

[Nigel C]

don't know how many and the furthest i got was popham apart from that it was all commuting and trips to boxhill, bury hill, and Newlands corner

[bradders]

not many....3k this year of which 1500 was ring & back!!

not te self....use bike more!!!!!!

[SlowLearner]

Just clocked up 10.000 miles since sep 2005, about 8000 for 2006 probably.

Mainly trips to the coast, 40 mile coffee shop trips, the coffee shop is 3 miles from my house so not sure quite how this works ;-)

One big weekend trip to Belgium, France and Luxembourg, about 800 mile round trip.

Plan to do several more trips in the spring...... before i succumb to a 1098 sometime in the summer :-)

[749er]

for 2006, 10,500ish, and don't ask where I went!

About
4000miles on a ZX6R
2500 on the RSV1000R, the most memorable with Poledancer on the back
and another 4000ish on the 749

only done 95 on the S2R so far

[clint 999R]

2500 best miles i have ever done thanks to my 999r early sunday morning 6am start around derbyshire o and 2 donnington track days

[BDG]

Nearly 14,000 spread across 3 bikes, France, Italy, Scotland, couple of track days, off road in lots of places but the Welsh forests and moors weree the best. and general running around.

Ashamed to admit i did a lot more miles on the KTM than the Ducati this year, but my best ride of the year was over Shap on Raid the Lakes in the company of various Ducati, but my favourite moment was being passed by MartinH on his 996R, watching him lob it into a bend in front of me and listening to the glorious sound it made Awesome.

Next favourite ride was last weekend, winter looming, hadn't ridden the Ducati for a couple of weeks, weather was cold but dry and it was just so refreshing to ride the thing again before the arrival of SALT! Why can't they just use pepper on the roads instead.

[MARTIN H]

Probably only managed about 11000 miles this year. Of which 3000 were on the 996R (more than doubling its total mileage) The rest on the Multistrada. Never managed a South of France trip this year which usually adds 3000 or so to my total Did get to the Nurburgring though which was fun lapping alongside some mates of mine in their Caterhams and a 911GT3. Most memorable bit of that trip was being passed by a factory M5 with test driver in full race suit helmet etc. I was still braking for a corner and not even turned in when he appeared totally sideways and just drifted all the way round me and the corner. Awesome!

Had some memorable runs down a deserted Shap (A6 Penrith - Kendal) The one that stands out being the one Shaun mentions above. In company I think with JPM, Lily, Mr C and Padge? A great road for opening up a big sportsbike made more memorable chasing another 996r (Shauns) and listening to those termis rumble.

Had a few (but not enough) back road blasts up to Hartside (200 mile round trip) Brilliant either during the week or at the right time at weekend when its deserted up there.

Hope to do a good few more miles this year.