How many miles do you put on your 500?

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Re: How many miles do you put on your 500?

Postby citadel vulcan » Mon Apr 28, 2014 1:42 am

I bought my '96 A model in December, got it running in January (Didn't run since early 2009). It had 12,500 miles on it. I've already put over 3,800 miles (16,300) on her so far. My gas mileage is crap right now, but until I swapped on some Dyna Mufflers, I didn't realize how rich she was running. Someone must have rejetted before I bought her. I've got the mix leaned out as much as possible, but with the stock airbox, it starts backfiring and bogging down a little after I get past 1/4 throttle. Just got some pods yesterday. Hopefully that should fix that issue. 34 mpg (37 is my best so far) with a 500 is ridiculous, but it is still better than my lifted Jeep Cherokee (15 mpg average, 17 mpg highway).
'96 EN500A7 (Pod filters, Dynojet Stage 3 w/ 136 mains, Dyna Mufflers, Custom dented tank)
'00 Jeep XJ Cherokee 4.0L 4x4 (6" JY lift, Locked Front, 31" MTs, Cowl Snorkel, Cherry Bomb, Offroad bumpers, Superwinch 9500lb winch, LED Lights

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bikerbill
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Re: How many miles do you put on your 500?

Postby bikerbill » Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:07 pm

It's Official: 200,000 miles on Hidalgo!

She passed this milestone at mile marker 167 on Interstate 20 east bound in Louisiana. Oh, and this was at the end of a 700+ mile day with the first 450 miles in the rain. :(
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'97 EN500LTD 'Hidalgo'
269,000+ miles so far
VROC #3833
IBA #635

SlipStreamer Enterprise II, Vista Cruise,
Cobra Spots, Drifter solo seat,
Pro-Tac backrest, ScottOiler,
F&S luggage rack, LED lights,
4-gal AUX fuel tank

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Re: How many miles do you put on your 500?

Postby Triangles » Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:19 pm

WOW congrats
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bikerbill
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Re: How many miles do you put on your 500?

Postby bikerbill » Sat Mar 26, 2022 1:43 pm

250,000 miles!!

Hidalgo crossed the 1/4 Million mile milestone today!!
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'Biker' Bill
'97 EN500LTD 'Hidalgo'
269,000+ miles so far
VROC #3833
IBA #635

SlipStreamer Enterprise II, Vista Cruise,
Cobra Spots, Drifter solo seat,
Pro-Tac backrest, ScottOiler,
F&S luggage rack, LED lights,
4-gal AUX fuel tank

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Re: How many miles do you put on your 500?

Postby Triangles » Tue Mar 29, 2022 12:22 pm

That is crazy!!! congrats. I don't think anyone else is even remotely close to you. :lol:
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bikerbill
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Re: How many miles do you put on your 500?

Postby bikerbill » Wed Mar 30, 2022 6:12 pm

Not Crazy Triangles. She’s Comfortable.
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'Biker' Bill
'97 EN500LTD 'Hidalgo'
269,000+ miles so far
VROC #3833
IBA #635

SlipStreamer Enterprise II, Vista Cruise,
Cobra Spots, Drifter solo seat,
Pro-Tac backrest, ScottOiler,
F&S luggage rack, LED lights,
4-gal AUX fuel tank

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Re: How many miles do you put on your 500?

Postby Triangles » Fri Apr 01, 2022 12:07 pm

Crazy as I can't imagine putting that many miles on a vehicle. I only travel by all my vehicles maybe 5-8k per year. most of that is commuting to work. Between my wife and I we also have 7 vehicles :lol:

With gas getting so high, I find it hard to want to ride as it now costs about twice as much per mile to ride my Vulcan 500 compared to just taking my car.
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bikerbill
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Re: How many miles do you put on your 500?

Postby bikerbill » Sun Apr 03, 2022 8:05 am

We definately live in different worlds regarding driving. In addition to my riding I drive a service truck 25-30k miles per year. In the last 10 years I have driven over 275k miles between two trucks for the company I work for.

Riding is done as therapy. :)
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'Biker' Bill
'97 EN500LTD 'Hidalgo'
269,000+ miles so far
VROC #3833
IBA #635

SlipStreamer Enterprise II, Vista Cruise,
Cobra Spots, Drifter solo seat,
Pro-Tac backrest, ScottOiler,
F&S luggage rack, LED lights,
4-gal AUX fuel tank

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Re: How many miles do you put on your 500?

Postby LeoGray » Mon May 29, 2023 4:40 pm

bikerbill wrote:We definately live in different worlds regarding driving. In addition to my riding I drive a service truck 25-30k miles per year. In the last 10 years I have driven over 275k miles between two trucks for the company I work for.

Riding is done as therapy. :)


That's a great job you have done!
Riding is a therapy is very rare thing I believe! 8-)


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