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One hundred & eleven thousand, one hundred & eleven miles.

I'll never again get six-of-a-kind on the odometer. It's really a testament to the machine. The previous owner put most of the miles on but I've enjoyed putting on the last 12,000. Runs like a top. Smooth, quick, fast, agile and gorgeous.

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My last significant MILEstone (2014 Audi A5)

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I know it's arbitrary but I love hitting those kind of numbers too.

Nice looking bike, btw
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My last significant MILEstone (2014 Audi A5)
Yowza!! That’sa lot of time Behind the wheel and in a cage.
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I know it's arbitrary but I love hitting those kind of numbers too.
Me too. I planned my ride yesterday so I’d be someplace safe to pull over and take the shot.

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Aside from mileage that bike looks really fearless.
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Somewhere I have a picture of the speedo on my old Triumph with a nice round 5000 miles showing on it. Not normally a big deal as I bought the bike with 3900 showing.

But the bike was a dead original 1953 model which I purchased in 87, so when I took the picture later that year the bike was 34 years old.

I’ve got pictures of the speedo showing 10000 and 15000 as well but then the rigid framed little bugger and my bad back weren’t getting along so it got sold on.

Last time I saw that bike it was sitting in a military vehicle museum with little more mileage on it than when I sold it.
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Somewhere I have a picture of the speedo on my old Triumph with a nice round 5000 miles showing on it. Not normally a big deal as I bought the bike with 3900 showing.

But the bike was a dead original 1953 model which I purchased in 87, so when I took the picture later that year the bike was 34 years old.

I’ve got pictures of the speedo showing 10000 and 15000 as well but then the rigid framed little bugger and my bad back weren’t getting along so it got sold on.

Last time I saw that bike it was sitting in a military vehicle museum with little more mileage on it than when I sold it.
Picture of the bike? How'd it end up in a military museum? Thanks. Miguel
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That's awesome! You already know.i love your BMW. It's an absolute classic and the colour fits the style perfectly.
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That's awesome! You already know.i love your BMW. It's an absolute classic and the colour fits the style perfectly.
Thanks Harbinger. I'm looking forward to stopping by the side of the road again and taking a photo when the odo hits 123456, likely in summer 2023.

Get out for a ride this weekend. Miguel
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This was on my Freightliner bus.
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This was on my Freightliner bus.
Wow. OK, we need to see pictures of your Freightliner bus please!
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Picture of the bike? How'd it end up in a military museum? Thanks. Miguel
ex Canadian military 500 side valve Triumph, still had its service numbers fading out on the tank

with the MP markings on the helmet, canvas bags and blackout mask on the headlight I used to get some funny looks in traffic, even got pulled over by the cops a few times to explain the damn thing.

stripped all the canvas and the black out mask off for use at my wedding. Had to wrap the back of the leaky old bugger to keep her dress clean as well. Note the extra veil she had made for over the helmet.
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same chick, stickin her tongue out for the camera ... another old crock of a bike...

got rid of the bike, kept the girl... best decision ever.
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November 2019 in our VW Westfalia camper. We were on our way home coming over the Tioga pass in Yosemite:
is it the diesel? those are near impossible to kill.
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An appreciation of my Kymco Yeger GT 200

Today, after twelve years of ownership, I hit 10,000 miles. I bought it new, as a step up from my first scooter, a Yamaha Vino 125.
The problem is that my wife always wanted a Vespa, and after I found her a slightly used 250 GTS, I loved her ride more than mine, I had to have one too. So, after less than two years, the Kymco became the extra scooter. When I lost garage storage, I paid to store the Vespas inside while the Kymco sat snow covered through NYC winters.
As a fourth scooter, it costs around $50 a year for full insurance coverage, registration, and state inspection. It has never been worth enough to sell, so I keep it as a spare.
Recently, I started to ride it more after my wife got her new Wutherspoon Edition Primavera, so as not to leave her in the dust when we ride together. Although she loves her new Vespa, she takes her 250 when we go on longer rides.
I’ve developed a new appreciation for the Kymco. Despite its name, it is powered by a liquid cooled, fuel injected, 175 cc motor. I outweigh my wife by 120 pounds; despite that, the Kymco is so much faster than the Primavera. Unlike Vespa, the Kymco speedometer is accurate; reading exactly the same as GPS. On any kind of serious hill, she gets left behind. Unlike the 150 Vespa, it really is highway capable; it will top out at better than 70mph with a rider under 200 lbs.
I admit it is ugly, and for a tall rider like me, it is nowhere near as comfortable as my GTS. It has been extremely reliable, with very little maintenance other than oil changes.
It has some nice features, like a flash to pass headlight button, and a second trip odometer that when it hits 600 miles, lights the oil can icon. I think it was intended to remind owners to do the first service, but I like it as a reminder to check the oil, even though it never uses any.
So, while not my first love, it’s the one I’ve owned the longest, and it’s a keeper.
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is it the diesel? those are near impossible to kill.
No, the original 1.9l petrol engine started to gulp oil (a quart every 200 miles) so a Subaru 2.2l was transplanted. 130hp instead of 89hp - the engine VW should have developed themselves.
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I was riding Madison Sully’s 2008 GTS today and stopped to archive its passing 10,000 miles.
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This's my Guzzi California, which dad bought new in 1973, turning 300.000 kms (186.411 and some miles) in 2016:

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This's my Guzzi California, which dad bought new in 1973, turning 300.000 kms (186.411 and some miles) in 2016:

Now that's impressive and a great story as is Fritz Katzenjammer's.
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November 2019 in our VW Westfalia camper. We were on our way home coming over the Tioga pass in Yosemite:
Amazing! I don't think I'll drive that many miles in my lifetime with all vehicles combined.VW made some amazing vehicles.

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This's my Guzzi California, which dad bought new in 1973, turning 300.000 kms (186.411 and some miles) in 2016:
Thanks for the video. Great looking bike. Your father still riding it? Are you riding it?. Miguel
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ex Canadian military 500 side valve Triumph, still had its service numbers fading out on the tank

with the MP markings on the helmet, canvas bags and blackout mask on the headlight I used to get some funny looks in traffic, even got pulled over by the cops a few times to explain the damn thing.

stripped all the canvas and the black out mask off for use at my wedding. Had to wrap the back of the leaky old bugger to keep her dress clean as well. Note the extra veil she had made for over the helmet.
Thanks for the stories and the picture! Miguel
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This was a picture when it was new.
Now I recognize it as a Freightliner. I'm sure I'd seen these before but never thought they were Freightliners.

Thanks. Miguel
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Cool!
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2009 GTS250 today at my endorsement test.
Wow, only 2222 miles!. I see from your other posts you've only just acquired it. A note of caution, some of the older 250's can suffer from LCD damage due to many hours left in the intense sunlight. It would be a shame if this was to happen to your pristine scooter.
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Thanks for the video. Great looking bike. Your father still riding it? Are you riding it?. Miguel
Hello, thanks!
Dad had a stroke in 2008 and I inherited the bike back then, but I already had another at the time and begun riding the Guzzi only in 2011.
Then I worked at sea for 2 years (2013-2015) but starting from late 2015 I've been riding it continuously.
I have 6 motorcycles now but still manage to do a few thousand kms per year on the Guzzi!
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I hope you had a cupcake afterwards 🥧
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Not in a Scoot, but I put all 120k+ on this myself. The second is on my '13 BV350. It's not miles, I know, but it is a big number.
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Here's a couple from the LX
Nice ones! Pi was unexpected
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Not in a Scoot, but I put all 120k+ on this myself. The second is on my '13 BV350. It's not miles, I know, but it is a big number.
Friggin’ hot Syd!! Miguel
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Wow, only 2222 miles!. I see from your other posts you've only just acquired it. A note of caution, some of the older 250's can suffer from LCD damage due to many hours left in the intense sunlight. It would be a shame if this was to happen to your pristine scooter.
Thanks for the tip, my old Toyota has suffered that too. Vespa lives in the garage but for 8 hours at work I'll have to put something on there.
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No, the original 1.9l petrol engine started to gulp oil (a quart every 200 miles) so a Subaru 2.2l was transplanted. 130hp instead of 89hp - the engine VW should have developed themselves.
The engine that they did (pay to have developed) was the Oettenger WBX6 -- the 2.1L wasserboxer stretched to 6 cylinders and 3.2L. Pity they didn't think it was cost-effective and so sold the rights back to Oettenger (who built a few for aftermarket swaps).

A Subaru swap is a very good choice. But, oh, what might have been.... ~sigh~
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