You have to time yourself. It depends on what kind of riding you do. If you ride in more open areas in higher gears, you wil get more miles per hour. Conversely, when you spend more time in tight conditions in lower gears, you will travel less miles per hour. Record the amount of time you ride along with the miles you traveled for a few rides. Then you can establish an average.
This is unfortunately hard to figure out,some days we ride for 5 hours and only put on 30 miles in the tight stuff,some days we can ride in trails and logging roads and put on over 150 miles in 5 hours.You can go down to your local lawn mower repair center and have them check into a hour meter,it has a inductive wire that wraps around your spark plug wire and is fastened by a small bolt or double sided tape and keeps track of the numder of hours the engine is running for,You can also get a small anolog one that you can make a mount for behind the front number plate by the odometer and it is wired into the electrical system,my friend has this one and it works fairly well,its small and I think he got it a Acklands-Granger here in Canada,I believe they are located in the U.S. also.
I think you can get a cheap Hobbs meter from someone like Wick's aircraft supply if its critical to have it to the minute. I usually just glance at my watch when we pull away from the truck, and again when we get back.
Of course, I never stall it back in the woods...:laugh:
speaking of miles vs hours,, everyone says rebuild after 30-50 hours or whatever,, but if you moving fast and putting on more miles than most people,, wouldnt your "time to rebuild" hours drop down to 15-25?
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