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Hit a new milestone today.....250k! And some ride pics too

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Yup as the title states... the trusty old F4i rolled over 1/4 million miles today like it ain't no big thing, kept right on going! I know I'm a mile off, I was hoping to snap some pics soon as it turned but the road we were on was kinda sketchy to pull over safely so just went a little further up until we got to a parking lot. Close enough, lol. Still running like a dream!! 6 trackdays and counting (maybe I'll get fast one of these days.... smh)... doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon!








Then a few other pics from todays (rather chilly) riding adventures

In front of us is Old Fort Rd... Awesome road but lots of gravel spots. It used to be part of my awesome 120 mile/day daily commute through the mountains everyday that I had back in 2010 before I moved. The road behind is we took for the first time today... awesome road but turns to gravel right at the end for a short ways (less than a mile I think) up to where we're at here



Stopped in Black Mountain for some lunch... friend of mine that I used to work with several years ago (she was the HR lady at the last place I/we worked at).... her and her husband decided to start their own business and opened a small pizza shop. They just opened on Friday, so I wanted to go and show her some support and check it out. Freakin' GOOOOOD stuff!!



Heading up NC 80... Lake Tahoma in the background



Blue Ridge Parkway





Got to the Brown Mountain overlook on NC 181 right after the sun went down. Had to get heading home after this cuz it was getting cooooold (prob high 30's/low 40's) and Scott doesn't have any heated gear so he wanted to get home before it got too cold. He's tough though I gotta hand it to him, lol



Same spot but looking the other way over Table Rock mountain




Then a few from yesterday (sat).... Scott and I were out geocaching as we've been doing for a bit here lately. Went for a little walk through the woods looking for one and buried in the middle of nowhere in the woods... an old house! Right past the house was a big open area surrounded completely by more woods, and there was a little hut type thing over by the trees. As we were walking past the house Scott made the comment "only thing that kinda worries me out here is that it's hunting season".... we get up to the open area and right then we hear a voice out of the hut... "trying to hunt over here". Kinda freaked us both out, we said oooookkkk and turned around and walked back the way we came, lol... never did find it



So we wrote that one off and went to another not too terribly far away from that one. This one sounded pretty simple.... all the hints pointed towards steps. And steps we found! Supposedly many many moons ago there was an old funeral home here... a large part of the perimeter of the old crumble brick foundation is still there, forming a big hole in the middle of these trees! This wasn't far off the road but very much overgrown now. After looking all over around the steps, and after Scotts quote of the day, "Ummmm.... is that a skull over there??" (human.... but in his defense from the angle we were looking it really did look like one... ended up being an old white milk jug with some holes, lol), but we finally did find it. Not really near the steps prob 30 feet away under a broken end of a cinder block



We had gotten kind of a late start since I had to work that morning, so it was getting late and we got heading home




Then a few from Thursday (turkey day!)... it was almost 70 degrees and we both had the day off work, so why not?? Some more geocaching going up NC 181... didn't find anything here though



Brown Mountain again



Sunset in some kids park, lol.... this is the same spot where we found the old house in the woods above, but it was getting dark here and we didn't get that far in



Went back to the house and it was foooood coma time! I must say Scotts mom is an awesome cook, lol. Even had some homemade apple pie and brownies too. She gave me a box and said to take as much home as I wanted, along with some homemade chicken and rice soup too. Certainly can't complain!




Aaaand what the hell... been awhile since I posted any ride pics up so a few from last weekend too. Our first try at geocaching... this one was pretty easy and found it right away. Lots of these, like this one, are right on our normal ride routes, we just never knew they were there, lol. Kinda silly but still fun



Then up the normal route... Brown Mountain yet again



Up NC 80.... Lake Tahoma





Supposed to be another cache at NC 80 and the Blue Ridge Parkway off on a little trail. Apparently last year sometime the forest service did a controlled burn and it was destroyed, said he was gonna put it back but never did find it. We did have our own little parking nook though, lol



Started getting late so we made our way back towards home... with a stop at Ryans Buffet for some dinner



Did I mention we like to eat?? LOL (this was actually from the night before, but oh well)




I think that's all I got for now, haha. Sorry for so many... I like pictures, heh
 
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LOL my car has 434,300 and change...runs great!


Yea I need to buy a honda commuter. Im doing 240 miles a day now. I have a suspicion that the yami will never make it that far. . .
Doooo iiiittt.... can't go wrong! :)


You're pretty annoying.

He's sharing his pics. Deal with it or GTFO.
Bwahahahahha :lmao:bow :bowroll

See Nancy, this is why we love you :fact :love


Thanks for sharing Jared! I love geocaching but haven't gone in a couple years now cause the ticks around here are so out of control. Every 10 feet you walk you find 2-4 on you. It sucks!!

:cheers



:bowroll:

:laugh
Yea we're just starting to get into it, but it's def fun! Thought it would be a cool thing to integrate into our rides since many of them are in the same area anyways. We need to get an actual GPS though... using our phones now but cell service is very sparse out in the rural areas here and that's where most of the ones we're going to are. So several times we've found ourselves at the spot but with no phone service to use the GPS or get on the website to get some hints and whatnot. And that sucks about the ticks!! Nasty little things (and deadly too.... couple years ago my trainers black lab died literally in her arms on the way to the vet from a tick). Luckily we don't have a big problem with them here, couple random ones now and then that's about it


Damn that's quite a milestone. Being a Honda im not too surprised it's still going strong (with proper maintenance, of course) but I'm damn impressed with how clean it still looks. I've seen so many bikes that look beat to hell with a tenth the miles just from riding :bow
Not gonna lie she has had a few facelifts, lol. Has been down a few times so plastics and whatnot aren't original. But I do try and keep it somewhat clean and looking presentable at least, lol


Awesome...are you just doing the normal maintenance on the bike? Has there been any major issues with all that mileage? Just curious.
Yup not really doing anything special, just keep all the fluids clean all the time, valves check, plugs changed, etc. And I always check everything over to make sure there are no problems that needs to be addressed before they become bigger problems. Only big issue was a trans problem back in 2008 at 114k, jumping out of 3rd gear. Ended up having to replace 3rd and 6th gears and the shift fork. Looks like I'm prob gonna have to do it again this winter too as 3rd gear is getting a bit fussy at times again. Not bad but I do want to get it fixed before track season starts again. Other than that it's just been a few little things.. R/R's, clutch cables, cooling fan blades, batteries, water pump, steering head bearings, wheel bearings, etc. Valves have only actually been adjusted twice


Thanks guys for the compliments :) I just like to ride... a lot!! haha :sing
 
#12 ·
Please stop taking pictures of your food, it's not as impressive..and its annoying.

250k is a fcuk load of miles...
 
#14 ·
Incredible milestone. Here I thought I was doing good with 100K on my Goldwing!
I've often wondered how many miles I could rack up on just one bike.

Well done!
 
#18 ·
Damn that's quite a milestone. Being a Honda im not too surprised it's still going strong (with proper maintenance, of course) but I'm damn impressed with how clean it still looks. I've seen so many bikes that look beat to hell with a tenth the miles just from riding :bow
 
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Damn Jared...unbelievable. My dad asked me how many miles I have on my 07. I said 35k. He said wow!! Do you think it'll last till 50k? I told him about you and your bike and how it hit 250k...he was amazed and in shock. Then he's like, scratch what i asked. :laugh
 
#20 ·
Anytime I tell anyone about a bike being able to last over 100K people look at me like I'm nuts or something...

Congrats on the mileage marker OP that is awesome.
 
#21 ·
you just reminded me about a guy who i had a class with said sportbikes only last about 10k before you have to replace the engine....lol
 
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i bet you know that CBR and its particular nuances like the back of your hand. it probly even has you arse permanently imprinted in the seat :p

kudos on the high mileage, way cool
 
#29 ·
Props to you. Watched you racking up miles on a few other forums as well. You surely should get some sort of iron butt award LOL. I would write Honda about it though :fact I really would.

I know saab back in the day bought up some super high mileage cars to put in their dealerships and gave the owners new cars. Granted in this economy I doubt that will happen, but write in to Honda. It can't hurt and share with the manufacturer.
 
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