Charley Barnes Is No Fairweather Rider

I have now owned my current bike, an Electra Glide Ultra Class, also known in the riding world as a "Geezer Glide" for just over 4 years.  I sat down last week with my mileage records and what I saw on the calculator summed up what I already knew:  I ride A LOT!

After crunching the numbers my yearly average over 4 years was an astounding 16,128 miles per year.  To put that into perspective, I put on less that 3000 miles TOTAL on my 4 wheel cage over that same 4 year time period.

The National average for miles per year on a motorcycle are about 2500 ; man, I do that in a month!

One "weekend warrior" told me last week that I have that big of an average because of all my Iron Butt rides but in reality, that isn't it at all.  Take a look:

• SaddleSore 1000 - 1000 miles in 24 hours
• Bun Burner 1500 - 1500 miles in 36 hours
• SaddleSore 2000 - 2000 miles in 48 hours
• Bun Burner Gold - 1500 miles in 24 hours

That is a total of  6000 miles on Iron Butt rides, soon to be 7000 when I nail the "In State 1000" later this summer.

Anyone up for a ride?