This is the current miles on the Goldwing.
Mileage check in
Record mileage year?
Ever since the wreck I put on some serious miles on the Goldwing. I started off with approximately 4000 miles which was one of the driving factors for buying the bike.
As of today, I clocked in over 26,000 miles which is a hell of a lot miles for anyone. Even with commuters driving their cages it’s a lot of miles.
One year ago
Today marks the one year anniversary of my accident. Time certainly has flown by. Just about this time last year I was laid out in ER.
A quick recap, I was going to work and traveling just North of Ione when a car tried to pass a row of cars. He went into my lane on the two lane road and clipped the left side of bike. The rest is a blur, I believe I counter steered out of a full head on. I went down an embankment, shot up through a barbed wire fence and flew approximately 40 feet and landed in an open field.
When I came to, the fire department, CHP and paramedics were already there standing around me. My adrenaline was so high I jumped up and immediately fell down. My left knee cap had torn off and was sticking out my leg.
I went through 3 months of wound repair, 3 times a week at Kaiser Stockton. My body was completely black and blue, cuts everywhere, internal.
Unfortunately the 2015 Goldwing did not fair well and is on the lift table being taken apart. I’m not sure what I will end up doing with that bike as it’s not a priority for me to get it back together.
In any case I’m heck of lucky and blessed.
20,000 miles in 11 months!
I thought this was an interesting fact. I rode the new Goldwing for over 20k miles in 11 months since I had my wreck. That’s a lot since I still have 1.5 months to go to since I owned the bike.
I purchased the bike with 4,400 miles on the odometer. This is the mileage it has now, actually a little more since I rode 100 plus miles today.
7 months ago
I was in a bad motorcycle accident. Since that day I have ridden over 11,000 miles.
I had multiple strains throughout my body, contusions, lacerated liver, opened wounds, damaged kidney my left knee cap completely came off.
For the next 3 months I went to the hospital 3 times a week for wound repair, that’s 36 visits for body repair.
I am really blessed and lucky to be alive and still riding. I purchased another Goldwing 2 weeks later at a Sacramento motorcycle dealer. The genius in me decided to ride it home, that caused a month of additional infection repair. Not smart.
Goldwing Bagger Tires
This was one of the quickest deliveries from Wing stuff. I ordered like on Tuesday and it was delivered by Friday.
I decided to go with the original Bridgestone Excedra G852 rear and G853 front.
The original tires are still mounted on the bike and I’m thinking I’ll get at least 1000 more miles out of each
If I can hold off changing the tires I may hit 15,000 miles on the first set.
Already bug season
When the winter season rain and cold weather goes away, the bugs come out in full force. I don’t mind wiping the windshield down every time I pull inside the Manetarium.
That’s all part of being a daily rider. You get used to the different rituals you do before you take off and when you return.
I started using bottled water that I pour into a spray bottle. This seems to break down the bugs mess if done carefully. I do use towels that are not abrasive and soft on the windshield avoiding scratching the snot out of the outer surface.
Another step I take is spraying Honda Detailer cleaner onto the freshly wiped windshield and apply a layer of protection.
Back from Maui
The good thing, I was able to hop back on the sled and ride. The not so good thing, we lost that beautiful Maui weather and scenery. It doesn’t matter that it rains on my motorcycle rides, I’m completely used to that but jumping from paradise temperature down to the upper 30’s isn’t a happy vibe for sure.
On a side note, I really enjoy the have XM satellite radio. It makes the commute much nicer being able to listen a large variety of music and not have to flip around for radio stations that have a strong enough signal that is bearable for listening.
I still need to program a channel list. I’m still only using a small portion of channels that are in the R&B and Rap genre. There are many other stations that I have found but not programmed in yet.
Getting the winter miles in
I’ve been putting in a lot of miles since i got the Goldwing Bagger. The past few months have definitely been the coldest.
I have a good selection of gear to wear for most weather conditions here at NorCal so I’m set no matter what day brings.
Getting winter miles in
I bought the Goldwing Bagger November 9, 2024 with 4430 miles.
When I pulled into the Manetarium this evening I was at 10,067 miles. That’s 5,637 miles I rode in 107 days or you can say 3 1/2 months. The first couple months I was healing from my motorcycle accident.
At this pace I will have ridden over 20,000 by the end of the year.