Honey turns 100

Yes she has been growing older (wiser) gracefully and now hit the century mark during the return of a recent trip from Malawi.



Herewith a few interesting statistics of her life:

I bought her on 16 Jan 07.

I have owned her for 896 days and we have covered an average of 111.864955 km’s for every day of her life thus far.

The fastest 10 000 km’s was from 90 – 100km which was covered in just 56 days – it did include a 6200 km trip to Malawi. The average being 89 days to cover 10k km’s.

The longest was 131 days to cover from 50 – 60k km’s. I have to add that I had the BURP as a second bike and covered 10k on her while clocking mileage on Honey.

In her 100000 km’s she has consumed 6028.1 litres of fuel at an average of 16.63 km’s per litre.

The best consumption I have achieved was 24.66 km’s per litre and the worst 8.49 km’s per litre. There has been a definite decline in fuel consumption since she reached the 55 000 km mark.

The most fuel I have managed to fit into the tank during fill up was 38.01 litres even though according to the owner’s manual she can only carry 33 litres of fuel.

The longest distance covered on a tank before refuelling was 714 km’s. After upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista I have never managed more than 650 km’s per tank.

She is on her 7th rear tyre with the best mileage of 16199 achieved on a Metzeler Tourance.

She is on her 5th tyre, although one was damaged by a pothole and I had to replace as I didn’t trust that buldge. Best mileage on a front was 20555 km’s – also a Tourance.

I have spend R 84 793.44 on her maintenance which turns into a running cost of ± R0.85 per kilometre.

Things I love about Honey.

Her reliability. Thus far her battery gave in once during the winter of 07 and was replaced under warranty. Head lamp replaced 3 times. Apart from that no other problems, not even a flat.
The fuel range.
Comfort

Things I dislike about Honey

Her ground clearance. I would love to fit a set of Wilbers and raise her ride height by another inch.

Modifications I have done.

Full Remus Exhaust.

K&N Airfilter.

Ohlins steering damper.

Hyperpro suspension springs

Handlebar raisers.

Touratech Bashplate.

B&W short levers.

Most memorable trip we have done: Visit to Ponta de Quro in Sep 07.

Best stretch of road ever ridden: The road from Britstown, over Carnavon to Sutherland.

Worst stretch: During Dec 08 from the Sani hotel to Himeville in very muddy conditions.

Honey enjoying the beauty of lake Malawi



Honey enjoying some wildlife during a trip in Apr 09



Honey’s favourite is taking her owner to places less travelled



One of the best trips we had – Ponta in Moz



Ain’t she a beat?



She has travelled to the far corners of SA



Her preferred road surface



Sometimes objects bigger than her got in her way



One of the best roads ever covered



Taking care of her owners needs



Sometimes the going was not smooth



The one and only time I have ever dropped her



A brand new Honey being eyeballed by friends during her fisrt rally – The Stag in Feb 07



Man this is a reliable machine



Her happiest moment – taking her owner to placers where he can enjoy R&R



Beautiful backdrop



Happy bike and owner after she hit the 100k mark on Sunday morning just outside Carolina



Thanks old faithfull one - May you give me another 200k km’s

Awesome Leo !!!

May she bring you many many more miles of smiles!!

WOW Leo!!!! Congratulations to you and Honey

I'm not sure what impresses me more - the fact that she did 100,000km, or your statistical & record keeping ability! Well done, on both accounts. May you have many, many, many more!

Absolutely amazing Leon.

Once in a while an exceptional post is made and this ranks right up there with the best.......certainly a post which “forced” me from “hibernation” to say RESPECT boet......for you and the bike!

I enjoyed reading it so much, I would feel guilty not posting a remark.

Thank you for sharing your landmark in a nutshell.

THE TRUE SPIRIT OF BMW BIKING!

Well done Leon,
Great pics. What memories !
The last 100 000 I experienced was when we did the Buff trip with Brian Canoo many years ago.One of the riders in our group clocked the 100K mark which was a huge event.
Yours is even more spectacular with all the awesome trips you have done in such a short time. GREEN with envy ! I think this is what we ( bikers) all desire !
Hope one of these pics end up on the Club Wall of Fame !

Best regards
Deon P

Imagine that MadnohB... I see you are also just one post shy of the elusive 1000 mark - what a coincidence

But please promise me not to post too many pics of yourself getting your 1000!!!

Leon,

Would love to hear more about your trips.
What I have discovered after each trip that I have done is that I have become a bit wiser with regards to what to take along and what to leave behind.
Leon from your many trips, would be great to hear what you found useful on your trips.

The one and only time I have ever dropped her

Well done! I'm sure there is a couple of people that can say they've reached the 100 000 mark... but surely not a lot that can say they've only dropped the bike once doing so!!!! Congratulations on reaching your 100 000km on you bike and being able to tell some awesome tales while doing so!!!
O ja, and for getting MadhonB to post!

Well done Honey! I can see you're smiling all the way . . .
Leo, Thanks for sharing - this is truely exceptional!

Leo wrote:.. we have covered an average of 111.864955 km’s for every day of her life thus far...

Amazing.

Thanx for sharing. You make me green with envy.

WOW!!!

This is what we all dream about. What a privilege to actually do it!

Well done Leo and Honey!!

Great post! Well done!!!

Ja-nee Party wil en ander kan. Baie geluk Leo. Great post.

Ongelukkig het ek nie net my fiets ontelbare kere "gedrop" nie maar ook al die statistieke

Ek het ook gesien dat my fiets na 'n verandering in olie keuse aansienlik beter brandstofverbruik kry na 80 000km. Gebruik jy nog die std olie (Ek dink dis ELF)???

Doing 100 000kms between 2007 and now takes some doing. Excellent going - question - waht do you do when an Elephant blocks your road. Suppose clean underwear was the order of the day.