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2015 MILEAGE REPORT

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__ 753,332 _ TOTAL MILES FROM __44____RIDERS LOGGED AS OF 3/3/16!

CALLING ALL ROMEOs, the 2015 riding year has come to an end and it is time to turn in your miles. I am anxious to recording miles for the 2015 riding year. This is not a contest and there will be no prizes, awards and no audit. I will post the information, if you will send me, 1) approximate miles ridden Jan-Dec 2015, 2) the motorcycles you rode this on—make, model and year, 2) your first name and city, 3) highlights of your riding this year. I know some of the numbers seem high but these are meant to be the number of miles you rode this year not the total miles you have ridden in your whole motorcycle riding career :o

Here is a link to what was turned in 2010. viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1022 (2010.. 25 riders turned in 409,657 miles)
Here is a link to what was turned in 2011. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1583 (2011.. 77 riders turned in 1,209,282 miles)
Here is a link to what was turned in 2012. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2197 (2012.. 115 riders turned in 1,627.751.6 miles)
Here is a link to what was turned in 2013 viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2741 (2013.. 85 riders turned in 1,083,469 miles)
Here is a link to what was turned in 2014 viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3335 (2014..55 riders turned in 717,348 miles)

You may not think what you have done this year is of interest to anyone, but I think you would be surprised. I am always interested to hear how far guys are riding or if they just go to Romeo lunches, the different bikes guys enjoy riding, some are new, some old, some big, some small, and most of all where did you go this year. Maybe you went to Eskridge, KS or maybe to Alaska. Please share no matter how grand or how small everyone will enjoy. If you have been to a lunch. YOU ARE A ROMEO. If you don't know you mileage let us hear from you anyway. This is our only way of finding out who we are, what we are riding and where we are from.

Send info to Roger, twowheels2eat@yahoo.com

1,600 MILES....2003 Harley Davidson Ultra....Bernie R....Olathe, KS
Hi Roger et all,
Greetings from "a rainy" Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Cathie and I have been here in our RV for a bit over 3 weeks. Good to see "snow-bird friends" and escape the Kansas City/Olathe snow and cold *:) happy.
In 2015 can report only a bit over 1,600 miles on our 2003 Harley Ultra. Like a year ago/in 2014 spent a lot of the summer time on the road in our RV so limited but very enjoyable time with the "ROMEO'S".
Upon our return in the spring in 2015 got in the RV and put over 13,000 miles in three major trips to the Hill Country of Texas, aka LBJ Texas White House area (3weeks), then off to Niagara Falls and onward to Nova Scotia, Canada (9weeks), lastly a fall journey to Cool Colorful Colorado to enjoy the fall Aspen colors (3weeks). All were great trips but no ROMEO miles *:( sad.
Hope this note finds all well and smiling, look forward to seeing you all in the spring and racking up more ROMEO miles in 2016. All the best, Bernie

2,400 MILES....various....Bill B....Overland Park, KS
4,200 MILES....2004 Gold Wing....Dave....Shawnee, KS
4,400 MILES....2001 Gold Wing....Frank "POLISH PRINCE" L....Kansas City, KS
I know you have been busy but I sent you my mileage jan-23 @ 4400 '01 WING. I have been waiting breathlessly for my name to appear in the marquee lights. :o Anyway it will be "full throttle" again after march 2 when I should get the all clear from the Doc. Feeling ok and trying not to do anything that I shouldn't be. It took a good 3-weeks before I regained full movement and no pain. Nurse Ratchet [aka wife] has kept some tight reins on me. So in order to not jeopardize any future activity being a good guy. ;) HAPPY TRAILS

5,234 MILES....2008 Kawasaki....William C. "BIG CHOPPER"...Overland Park, KS
5,500 MILES....2012 Harley Davidson Street Glide....Bill J....Butler, MO
5,546 MILES...."Green" Gold Wing....Norm "BUCKSHOT" & Linda M.....Basehor, KS
I missed a lot of riding time this year but I still got 5546.0 miles almost all Romeo rides Buckshot on the green wing with the Gremlins on the trunk

7,635 MILES....2014 BMW R1200GSW & 2012 Victory Cross Country Tour....Bob P...Springhill, KS
8,400 MILES....2014 Harley Heritage Softail....Doug E....Olathe, KS
I traveled 8,400 miles in 2015 on my 2014 Harley Heritage Softail, about 900 more miles than last year. I did them pretty much all to ROMEO lunches in the Eastern and KC groups; and with a couple of my motorcycle buddies around Olathe. I am pretty much a fair weather rider and would NEVER consider riding to Texas in Ice and Snow.

9,306 MILES....xxxx Indian....Mick L.....Lawrence, KS
This year due to several health issues I made no major trips and the miles I accumulated were basically those going to ROMEO lunches and a few short rides with friends. I rode pretty normally through May but in early June I was basically "grounded" and haven't been on a bike at all since July. I did manage to accumulate 9,306 miles for 2015, but I intend to make up for this lackluster performance in 2016!! I also want to express my appreciation to Swanee for taking over leadership of the Eastern Kansas ROMEO's the second half of the year. He has done a terrific job!!

9,340 MILES....2003 Gold Wing Trike....Randy R....Butler, MO
11,382 MILES....various bikes...George L....Belton, MO
11,889 MILES....various bikes....John D....Chanute, KS

Here's my list for 2015 - and it is all by Honda motorcycle this time:
1969 CB750 - 2,059 miles,
1982 CBX - 3,655 miles including a CBX Rally near the Tail of the Dragon in NC,
1982 CB1100RC - 2,010 miles, including a ride on a windless day heading south on KS 7 at 7,000 rpm in 5th indicating 125mph, and,
1983 CB1100F - 4,165 miles

12,628 MILES....2013 Harley Davidson Fat Boy....Kenny G....Urich, MO
12,654 MILES....Gold Wing....Bob L....Wichita, KS
13,373 MILES....2014 BMW K1600GT....Gary & Mary D....Parkville, MO
We started our year on a 2009 BMW K1200LT but made the mistake of stopping by Engle Motors and test rode a new 2014 BMW K1600GT in April. On April 20th we traded the LT for the GT which now has 11,626 miles. Our first ride on the GT was the "Ride Around Arkansas" where we travelled over 1,700 miles and touched all border states including Missouri, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. The rest of our riding involved a trip to a rally in Dillard Georgia. We enjoyed almost the whole trip going in torrential rain until arriving at our destination. Our trip to Georgia took us through Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and ended up in Dillard Georgia, Our return trip followed a more southern route which took us into Arkansas before returning home. The rest of our riding has been to the Romeo lunch events. I will attach a few pictures. There is one of us pulling our Unigo trailer on the Tail of the Dragon; also included is one of me on the LT taken on the Talimena Scenic Drive and probably one of the best pictures we've ever taken.

According to my LT service records, we rode +/-1,747. We took a trip to Arkansas and did some riding around Harrison and Eureka Springs plus the Romeo weekly rides.

13,567 MILES....2002 Gold Wing....Mick S.....Lawrence, KS
Ok now I give total miles I rode on each bike for 2015
2002 Honda Goldwing 11,072
1999 Honda Valkyrie 674
1999 Kawaski Drifter 808
1998 Honda Valkyrie 1,013
Total miles I rode for 2015 on my bikes was 13,567
Now the states I traveled in: KS, OK, TX, AR, MO, IA, IL, IN, NE, SD, ND, WY

13,775 MILES....various....Kenny K....Parkville, MO
13,775 miles on 1980 Yamaha XS1100 Special and 2003 Harley Davidson Road King

14,148 MILES....2008 Gold Wing....Ted & Penny K....Kansas City, MO
14,214 MILES....2012 BMW R1200GS....Swanee L....Topeka, KS
My miles were down to less than half what I did the first year of retirement in 2012. Finally found the sheet with beginning miles and it looks like I did 14,214 with majority on the 2012 R1200GS Beemer.
ROMEO rides made up a good portion of them with occasional day trips to bordering states, but no long road trips this past year. Have enjoyed setting up some rides for Eastern Kansas Group but look forward to seeing Mick back in the saddle soon, and like him I'm hoping to do a lot more miles in 2016!

14,257 MILES....2 Harleys....Roger "Harley Rog" M....Topeka, KS
15,000 MILES....2008 Gold Wing....Don S....Lenexa, KS
15,500 MILES....Harley Davidson "Street Glide"....Duane Z....Salina, KS
16,000 MILES....Gold Wing & Can Am....Rod I....Shawnee, KS and Arizona
I rode 10500 on the goldwing and 5500 on the CanAm in Arizona for a total of 16,000 milles.

17,564 MILES....bmw?...TerryBlueRT....?
17,564 - rides to and from Georgia, Natl Rally in Billings, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washinton, Utah, Colorado, Arkansas 2x,

17,782 MILES....2012 BMW GSA....Dennis C....Camden Point, MO
I rode a total of 17,782 last year. This included a trip to moto gp in Austin Tx, trip 2 to Kentucky, 3 trips to Arkansas, a trip to Montana that went on to highway 1 and 101 from Washington to San Diego.

17,845 MILES....2012 Yamaha V-Star 1300....Ruth S....Topeka, KS (Most probably our high mileage "Lady Rider" :D
18,383 MILES....2008 Gold Wing....Mike H....Shawnee, KS
18,485 MILES....?? BMW ??....Junior K....Independence, MO
19,323 MILES....2005 Honda ST1300....Roger Sm....Wichita, KS
I rode a total of 19,323 miles in 2015, on four motorcycles. Most of the miles (14,444) were on my Honda ST1300. I would have had more, but the universal joint went out at the end of September, so I took the bike out of service to replace the u-joint and complete some other maintenance. The XR1200X ran 2,306 miles during the year, mostly on short day rides and ROMEO get-togethers. I put 1,956 miles on the KLR650, and another 417 on the '73 Honda CL350.

The first trip of the year involved hauling the XR1200X to South Padre Island; I rode, including a lunch with the Texas ROMEOs, while my wife and the dog went beach combing. In mid-April, Steve, Mickey, and I rode to Austin for the MotoGP. Late April brought the annual spring ROMEO rendezvous in Eureka Springs, and Mickey and I returned to Arkansas in mid-May for a regional Motorcycle Sport Touring Assn. rally. In June it was back to Arkansas again for the Motorcycle Sport Touring Assn. national rally in Springdale. In late July Steve and I did between three and four thousand miles while trying to finish riding all the paved passes in Colorado. It turns out we missed one, and apparently they've paved another, so we'll have to head back this year. Steve and I made our annual pilgrimage to Indianapolis for the MotoGP in August, with Lonnie in tow, and Steve and I stayed around afterward to ride some of southern Indiana. I rode to the Hub, near Harrison, Arkansas, in mid-September, for the fall ROMEO rendezvous. Back to Arkansas (Mena) in late September for some riding with friends. Lonnie and I trailered bikes to Kerrville in October for an MSTA rally. During the year, I made it to at least 45 ROMEO rides.
Roger Smith
'05 Honda ST1300
'12 Harley XR1200X
'09 Kawasaki KLR650
'73 Honda CL350

20,023 MILES....2012 Gold Wing....Ed J....Gardner, KS
20023 miles on a 2012 Goldwing. I did the moonshine lunch run, Ride around Arkansas, and went to Sturgis, also took a second trip to Arkansas. Ed, Gardner, Ks.

20,131 MILES...Harley Davidson...Dan D....Lone Jack, MO
Log 20,131 mi for the White Harley Davidson in 2015.
Dan D.

20,530 MILES....2009 Kawasaki Concours....Jim G....Olathe, KS
My total mileage for 2015 was 20530 miles on a 2009 Kawasaki concours and a 1992 Honda VFR
Jim G. Olathe Ks

22,848 MILES....2014 Gold Wing & others....Keith K....DeSoto, KS

2013 BMW F700GS - 2,898 miles
2014 Goldwing - 17,451 miles
2015 Indian Scout - 2,499 miles
Total - 22,848 miles
Made a trip to Eureka Springs for the Rendezvous and went on to North Carolina from there. Rode the Goldwing.
Made another trip to North Rim of the Grand Canyon.Rode the Goldwing.
Made another trip to Indian/Victory Plant and rally in Iowa.Rode the Goldwing
Made another trip to Colorado and rode a lot of the back rodes in mountains and attended BMW rally. Rode the BMW.
Made another trip to South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Rode the Goldwing.
Made a lot of the lunch rides for the various groups of R.O.M.E.O.'s
Keith

24,300 MILES...2 bikes...Ron H....Moundridge, KS

19,800........2012 HD Limited....4,500.........2007 HD Sportster

24,912 MILES....2013 HD Triglide....Bill & Linda H....Harlingen, TX and Topeka, KS
According to Swanee that puts us just 10 mi more than "the circumference of the earth " for this year & just slightly more mi than last year. Again, Linda was along for most of those mi.
We went to TX a couple times & just riding & ROMEOs for the most part.

25,029 MILES....see below....Allen C....Perry, KS
Here are my numbers for 2015. Thanks for organizing this.

1300 Honda VTX=400
Victory Vision=16,212
Victory Cross Country=5,384
V-Strom=3,033
Total=25, 029
Enjoyed riding with all of my ROMEO buddies this year.

30,055 MILES....2012 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing....Bill G....Olathe, KS
30,620 MILES...2011 Harley Davidson Ultra Limited...."Harley Charlie"....Mulvane, KS

I visited here and there this year; Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas. Two bike total, 30,620 miles

2011 Harley-Davidson Ultra Limited, 30,292
2014 Sportster Touring, 328 miles

33,210 MILES....KLR....Harry B....Topeka, KS
34,000 MILES....various....Duane "Bucky" B....Lawrence, KS
My miles this year were 34k
6k on my KLR. Rode it to Wyoming to a FSSNOC Lunch.
7k on the Harley. Rode it to Sprint Lake Iowa to Victory Rally
5k on 1975 Honda. Rode it to Spring ROMEO Rendezvous
16k on Moto Guzzi. Rode it to Grand Canyon twice. Once in Spring and once in Fall. Pulse road all bikes to ROMEO Lunch rides.
Had a great time and am looking forward to doing it again this year.
Bucky

34,581 MILES....2015 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing....Melissa & Roger S....Leawood, KS
40,753 MILES....1999 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic....Dave W....High Point, NC
1999 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic 3,383 miles.....2011 650 Burgman......2,601 miles......2012 650 Burgman 35, 010 miles......Total miles 40,753. Rode most every day, weather permitting. Mostly day rides with one ride to Florida.

41,010 MILES....2 Gold Wings....John E....Shawnee, KS
35 States :!:

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