Test fleet: Yamaha Ténéré World Raid

A lack of a daily commute doesn't mean that mileage is kept to a minimum

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I used to think that the low average mileage clocked up by so many British riders was just down to the fact that they weren't using their bikes on the daily commute to work. And, four years ago, the situation changed quite drastically for many of us, with working from home becoming the norm rather than an occasional bonus. Despite that, the last month has seen more miles piled into the Yamaha than I had expected.

I hadn't thought I'd actually done that much, until I totted them up for this article, but bearing in mind that the times that I had used the bike, only a couple were the 24-mile round trip to the office, and every other outing saw at least 100 miles covered. Add in a blast down to Heathrow (most definitely the most bike-friendly of all the UK airports, with free motorcycle parking), and all of a sudden my daily average was higher than if I'd been into the office each and every day through March...

Pay attention boy!