Got Vixen (my bike) on August 28th 2008 (my birthday) brand new with 0 miles. Took me 1 year, 2 months and 1 week to the day to break 10k!
I am so proud of myself that I actually got emotional when I hit 10k exactly. All the memories of my rides, how much I have grown personally and with my riding skills since I started. How I have ridden more miles this year alone then all of my riding friends COMBINED (ok cept a very select few who are new friends). What miles are to come.

I cant wait to write my "End of my first season" blog at the end of the year.
 

Now I really have to be careful and keep my ego in check. Stats show that once a person passes that 1st or 2nd season that they are more likely to crash because they get cocky or over-confident. I can't let myself do that. I tell myself I wont, but I also told myself I was riding my own ride. Then I found myself keeping up with a group of 6 fast friends on a canyon I had never ridden before going 80-90mph. Where & almost wrecked but I stabilized the bike before anything serious happened & I kept on riding although I broke my pace from them and came back to reality.
From that I learned that it is easy to fall into a mistake without even realizing it. I honestly thought I was on the upper edge of my skill level not the pebble falling edge about to fall off. A girl died on that same canyon a few months after my first ride on that canyon...I rode that canyon the day before she died on it with some good laid back rider friends. That could have been me.
I am going to spend alot more time in the parking lots and working on my slow skills. Also spend alot more time in the canyons ON MY OWN so I can learn and work on my lines on my own without any unknown peer pressure to push myself beyond my limits.
I know full well what can happen - I have heard about it, seen it, read about it for years - but that dont mean chit. Riding is a very personal experience. I have to do this my way & keep myself in check.

very nice job!!!   I love racking up miles on my odometer...  who cares about re-sale value.... Zman and I call odometers, FUN METERS.  It's just proof of how many miles of fun you've put on the bikes!!!!!

Wow I never thought of the resale value...
Good thing I dont plan on trading her out or selling her! LOLI can see myself just rebuilding her over and over to keep her running for-eber & eber!
Now...time to learn some bikeMechanics so I can know WTF I am doing before I put on too many miles!

yeaaah...the dealership was a little surprised to see me come in for my 11k service last month. They laughed when I asked em "my manual no longer says when to get work done on the bike...Its every 3 to 3.5k miles right?" They laughed that I passed the manual's suggested service miles so quick lol.

I may not be fast or the best but I got the miles :D

I hate to say it, but i think you are going to pass me up.... I work too much and since I work from home, I never have get to commute to work.  I guess i could get up and go ride around for a while as if i'm going to work, then come home and work.   I might just start doing that. :)

Also curious.... how many miles per year does everyone ride?    I know psyko says he puts on a crapload each year.  I think he said 30k.   wow.