Crossing 100,000

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Crossing 100,000

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Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a profile shot as the traffic on Interstate 81 was heavy, but I was able to stop next to milepost 288.5 (about 2 miles south of Toms Brook, Virginia, US) to get this shot from the seat. She's a 2002 R1150R that I purchased in 2005 from a salvage yard in Cumberland Maryland. She had 14K on the odometer and has been a perfect angel ever since. I was returning from a ride to Cleveland OH from Harpers Ferry WV via Parkersburg and the Potomac Highlands.

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Congratulations!
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Long live the R! =D>
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Paging Mr. John Litner! While riding with John the other weekend, his turned over 123,456.7 but he missed the photo op! :lol:

Nice milestone!
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WOW!

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Welcome to the club. The nice thing about hitting 100,000 miles in Canada is that the odometer is metric. Mine shows 162,000.Great bikes EH!
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Many returns of the zeros! Ought to be good for a couple more...
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Did you have to replace your clutch yet? If so, at what mileage was that done? Just curious. I have a buddy here with 95K and he's worried about his clutch.

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Boxer wrote:Did you have to replace your clutch yet? If so, at what mileage was that done? Just curious. I have a buddy here with 95K and he's worried about his clutch.

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My only two problems with this bike have been a final drive bearing (I thought a tire was riding oddly and the mechanic traced it to the bearing) and the clutch slave cylinder, which I replaced myself. No problems with any other component. Just added another 350 miles today as a cold weather ride and she's purring like a kitten. Hope you buddy's clutch holds!
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RRANDY wrote:Welcome to the club. The nice thing about hitting 100,000 miles in Canada is that the odometer is metric. Mine shows 162,000.Great bikes EH!
Indeed - great bikes. And I'm sorry that only the US and Burma, or Myanmar (or whatever) are the only two countries on earth still holding on to this idiot system of weights and measure. Why all US school kids completely hate fractions and we use a fractional system of measurement is beyond me, but that's beyond the scope of this forum.
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wncbmw wrote:Paging Mr. John Litner! While riding with John the other weekend, his turned over 123,456.7 but he missed the photo op! :lol:

Nice milestone!
Yeah, those and the cool palindromes like the 100001 I missed just a mile afterwards just haunt ya..
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wvwoof wrote:
RRANDY wrote:Welcome to the club. The nice thing about hitting 100,000 miles in Canada is that the odometer is metric. Mine shows 162,000.Great bikes EH!
Indeed - great bikes. And I'm sorry that only the US and Burma, or Myanmar (or whatever) are the only two countries on earth still holding on to this idiot system of weights and measure. Why all US school kids completely hate fractions and we use a fractional system of measurement is beyond me, but that's beyond the scope of this forum.

Ummm, Great Britain? Aren't they still using inches feet.... miles? They talk like they do. I've worked in both so long that it's not an issue, I just go along...

(I'm more bothered by speedos that aren't accurate, and suspect the odos aren't either. That's like 5% faster depreciation, annoyed cagers if you want to drive the limit and don't know what 65 really is on your speedo, that sort of thing.)

I'm 93K from my first 100K, hope to live so long to ride so much!
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SteveJJ wrote:
wvwoof wrote:
RRANDY wrote:Welcome to the club. The nice thing about hitting 100,000 miles in Canada is that the odometer is metric. Mine shows 162,000.Great bikes EH!
Indeed - great bikes. And I'm sorry that only the US and Burma, or Myanmar (or whatever) are the only two countries on earth still holding on to this idiot system of weights and measure. Why all US school kids completely hate fractions and we use a fractional system of measurement is beyond me, but that's beyond the scope of this forum.

Ummm, Great Britain? Aren't they still using inches feet.... miles? They talk like they do. I've worked in both so long that it's not an issue, I just go along...

(I'm more bothered by speedos that aren't accurate, and suspect the odos aren't either. That's like 5% faster depreciation, annoyed cagers if you want to drive the limit and don't know what 65 really is on your speedo, that sort of thing.)

I'm 93K from my first 100K, hope to live so long to ride so much!
We use a rather confusing mix...

Long distances are measured in miles.
But all children are taught to measure things in centimetres and millimetres.

Weights and volumes are even more confusing - tbh I just ignore it and buy what looks like the right amount!


Congrats wvwoof - I'm not far off myself. :)
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