vfrgiving Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Won't be low mileage for long...😁 As neat as the odometer reset was , the manner in which I did it is what I'll remember most. I'm currently riding said 200,000 mile VFR across the USA to Cali. Third such trip for this bike. The odometer rolled near the half way point, in the wastelands of Texas west of Abilene. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFR80025th Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 To VFRGivng and RC79 and GRUM and all others with your high mileage VFRs I salute you. Impressive riding and even more impressive machines I have 18,000miles or 29,500 kms on my 8th gen and I think that's high mileage LOL. Keep riding and ride safe all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Terry Posted October 13, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted October 13, 2023 6 hours ago, VFR80025th said: To VFRGivng and RC79 and GRUM and all others with your high mileage VFRs I salute you. Impressive riding and even more impressive machines I have 18,000miles or 29,500 kms on my 8th gen and I think that's high mileage LOL. Keep riding and ride safe all. I used to be the same but when you get down to it, the engines will go practically forever, what starts to feel baggy is the suspension, steering, cush drive and sometimes the brakes. All these are easy enough for an owner to service or upgrade with basic tools. My other ride is a 2005 ST1300 with nearly 130,000km, but with some new bits in the forks and a YSS shock it handles better than new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer bmart Posted October 13, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted October 13, 2023 I'm a low performer, but it is hard to get mileage on any one of them! Celebrate me. lol 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfrgiving Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 hour ago, bmart said: I'm a low performer, but it is hard to get mileage on any one of them! Celebrate me. lol If it makes you feel better, I'm a lightweight too. The highest mileage 5th gen I've personally encountered is in fact not mine. That accolade belongs to a 2001 VFR owner from Canada who I met purely by chance over this summer at a popular motorcycle stop in WV. His odometer was about to be at 0... for the 3rd time. 390,000 KM, which I'm sure is well over 400K by now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted October 14, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted October 14, 2023 To borrow a phrase... "It is not the size of your tachometer that matters" Did you enjoy the rides honey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfrgiving Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 9 hours ago, Dutchy said: To borrow a phrase... "It is not the size of your tachometer that matters" Did you enjoy the rides honey? The miles have been alright... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfrgiving Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 A little over a week since rolling the odometer, and 0 miles no more. After hanging out around LA for a week the old VFR successfully returned me back east. Enjoyed a bit more local back roads before landing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC79NC001 Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 That last pic looks a lot like WV or OH to me ! I can't wait for my next trip to the west coast ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfrgiving Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 47 minutes ago, RC79NC001 said: That last pic looks a lot like WV or OH to me ! I can't wait for my next trip to the west coast ! Good eye, that would be the former. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer bmart Posted October 20, 2023 Member Contributer Share Posted October 20, 2023 WV rocks. The roads are dirty, but the people are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clint0s Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 5/17/2023 at 11:55 AM, Grum said: You got it vfrgiving. The worrying thing as stated in the Owners Manual under the heading of "Instruments, Controls, & Other Features" it states - Odometer "The display locks at 999,999 when the readout exceeds 999,999" .......Buggar, so once I've done a million kilometers I'll need a new instrument panel, bike will be only just run in at that stage! Just switch to miles and you can get another 378,629! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatshoutybloke Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Not as impressive as some but not bad for 9 years from new. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC79NC001 Posted November 12, 2023 Author Share Posted November 12, 2023 Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'. VFR owners ride and enjoy their machines, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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