Call it odd...curious...(or Hornblower will call it something else)...but when I took my bike to 'my dealer of choice' yesterday, and turned it over to their qualified service dept., they needed to make note of my current mileage on my bike, which is 18,500. Technically, the bike STOPPED recording any further mileage on it, as part of the lightning strike. The Speedo, Teach, and all 3 Odometers are not working. In my opinion, given what my bike currently shows on the faded odometer, and given the miles ridden since the lightning strike, I say I am right at 18,555 miles. (forgive me...I had to use the 555 number, because that is the race number for Subaru on their World Rally Circuit race cars).
When the dealership owner, Dale, came out to talk with me, and we talked about the mileage on my bike...Dale also has 18,500 miles on his F6B.
Now, it is rather curious, that our two bikes, (and we actually live about 10 miles apart from one another) just happen to have the same mileage as one another, and most likely high mileage for these F6B's, compared to what is being done around the rest of the country.
You know, some of you folks live in drier places than we do...and in places less likely to be struck by lightning...
So, two questions arise here: Why is it that our two bikes...10 miles apart...have almost the exact same mileage on them, both at 18,500 ?
And...in pondering that question, what are other riders on this forum finding their current mileage totals to be at ?
Personally, I would love it, and be tickled by, if a rider in Oklahoma, or Texas, or Florida, or Pennsylvania, or wherever would have 25,000 to 30,000 miles on their bike right now. These are meant to be ridden...not polished.
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Originally Posted by Mustangjake
