MOPED ARMY

Mileage is a funny thing if you ask me. I have had several bikes you could ride thousands of miles, without servicing at all, and then several you couldn't get 10 miles on without any issues. For the most part, once you get the bike "set" which you have if you went 1000 miles in a week. You should find that you will get many more miles than the suggested maintenence intervals. I would keep a spare motor laying around if you are counting on this thing getting you to work.. On a side note, My roomate rides a cheap chinese scooter 50 miles/day to work. It has 14,000 miles on it. it is stock and running fine.

but long story short, yea, you are going to do more maintenence. wheel greasings, brake pads, exhaust build-up, and belt wear will plague you. But once you tighten everything down a couple of times it won't rattle off again. You shouldn't have ANY carb issues, they like being run all the time. Belt tension is extremely important for you. and try to use your brakes fully or not at all. the slide to a stop style of braking will have your pads glazed in no time.

Good luck to you sir. I definitely have put 5000-6000 miles on a kinetic tfr in one summer. I think I only had 1 break down issue. but hardly any maintnence. after it was all set in place.

4-6,000 miles a year but spread over several bikes. Being off from work since feb and good weather I rode over 4,000 mi already but where I live "around the block" is over 10 miles

@ J.r.~Oh gawd I hate ta even think how many miles the g-3 has on it after 14 years of hard riding ; Let's see so far I've worn out 9 rear tires and 4 in front and 5 chains so far as well and in milage well I've been to the Moon and back once !~And the ol'Trooper just keeps Puttin along .(PS) 3 sets of brakes and the front berings went out 3 weeks ago !~And a Partage in a Pear tree ~ (edited)

I ride between 5-20 miles a day, especially since my truck is on the injured reserve list. They do like to run, so fresh fuel is a huge plus. Once you get shit tight it is not an issue unless the roads suck like they do where I live. Never a bad thing to tighten things up once a month. I take the bus in the rain though, Hobbit fender not good enough to keep water off engine. Motobecane made front fenders right! I add one ounce of sea foam to every gallon of pre-mix I make. No carb issues ever. Most I ever put on in a season was 6,800 miles, on a 50v. Only things that needed replacement were both brake cables and rear tire as I rode doubles a lot. These bikes were made to run, sitting does more damage than running. If Hobbit sits longer than a few days it is harder to start. Always does though. When you put them up for winter, drain carb, then try and start it until it will not even pop. This takes more than you may think. Let it idle until it dies, then do it again. then do it again until it will no longer even start. I have been doing this for years, and I have NEVER not had a no start in the spring! :) I used to use stabil, no complaints. Had hobbit sit 3 yrs once, (with dry carb) and full tank. Fired up the second time, ran for shit until that fuel was gone, but ran. 2 oz stabil for extended storage of a full tank. 2oz per gallon for more than a year of sitting. I have been riding since '98 and never had a no start in spring. Never. Just saying. Hobbit is still my most reliable bike. It just runs. Always. If you have a station that offers ethanol free fuel, buy it. I do it costs a fortune, but small engines love it! Best of luck!

I ride 25 mi/day commuting. I have done this for over 40 years and the inconvenient truth is that the less mods you do to the ped, the more reliable it is.

I still ride a kitted ped to work some days without incident, but I try nt to push it.

I do 40+ miles daily.

Work near industrial area where the trucks jack up the road.

Find myself re-torquing the cylinder head, exhaust bolts & intake once or twice a week.

-Honest™