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#149579 BlackHorse (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 348 longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   Well, its too darn cold to ride (17 degrees at 6 am this morning) so all I can do is think about good times last summer. In August, I rode from Indana to Massachusetts to visit my brother...it was a great ride and got to see a bit of new england. but thats another story. On the way home, I had planned to travel 8-10 hours and get a motel, but at that point in the trip, motels were toooo expensive, so I just kept riding. I ended up riding over 700 miles before hitting the proverbial wall and stopping for the night. At that point I didnt care how much the motel cost, but fortunately, motels were cheap in the middle of Ohio. The last 100 miles were painful...I took every excuse to stop and walk around abit to get off my butt. So, what was your longest ride?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #149580 davehrn (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 262 Re:longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   750 - 800 trying to make the iron butt 1500 - 2 day trip from Ohio to Star days in Colorado ... should have tried it when there wasn't a horrible heat wave - missed the Iron butt by 1 hour... but made it to longmount safely... end of the first day the wife nearly passed out on the back of the bike coming out of St. Louis... so the second day I took it easier... no patch is worth a life... ~Guido   Logged     Flash & His Bike... She\'ll possess you. Then destroy you. She\'s death on wheels. She\'s... Christine   The administrator has disabled public write access. #149581 Questcap (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3209 Re:longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   My longest was Colorado Springs (Fort Carson) to my home in SE Massachusetts, some 2,200 miles I think. Did it twice in '73 (home and back on leave)and once in '74 (home before going to Germany). I was young, and it was a '72 650 Yamaha. From post, I'd get to Kansas City on Day 1. Day 2 would take me to NE Ohio. And on Day 3, I'd hump it the rest of the way home. Usually took about 12 hours each day, from like 9 to 9. The last day though, I'd just push on through, and would get home at 1 am. Had to stop about every 110 times to be able to feel my fanny again... that thing had the very worst saddle!   Logged     Sig pic deleted - larger than 450 pixels and 50 kb   The administrator has disabled public write access. #149588 fireman922 (User) Chrome won't get ya home, but it will get ya laid. Platinum Boarder Posts: 4342 Re:longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   I did 1200 miles in 20 hours, coming back home from Laconia last summer. On the way out, I did 1126 miles in 19 hours. That was figured by GPS, which was within 25 miles of what was shown on the odometer. Paul   Logged     Grow Old or Die Trying...   The administrator has disabled public write access. #149612 thebru (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 947 Re:longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   My longest ride was from L.A. to Maryland and back. Went up thru Michigan across the Rainbow bridge into Canada and back down thru Niagra Falls. This was on a new 76' Gold Wing. My way of finding a place to move to, which is how I found Boulder, Colo. 2 years later I moved here. I've since ridden from Boulder to Baltimore in 3 days, one day was 850 miles, which I will never do again! This last summer was a 2350 mile ride but 10 days to do it. Lot's of rides in between. I used to look at long rides as a challenge, let's see how fast I can do it. Now it's merely for the pleasure of riding. Although the mind still wants to challenge, the body says NO. Little Feat once wrote: "And you know, that your over the hill, when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill"   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #149666 BAJACRUISER (User) Always ready to ride..... Senior Boarder Posts: 223 Re:longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   In my two years I have riding, the longest was from La Paz, Mexico to Guerrero Negro, Mexico, both cities in the Peninsula de Baja California. It was a 1000 miles round trip and went 13 riders of my motorcycle group "Californios" We visited the Salt Mines and the Rupestres Pictures You can see the whole ride in this link : CALIFORNIOS RIDE   Logged     BAJA CRUISER www.californiosmotoclub.com.mx [url=http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/76405.html?bannertypeclick=big2]   The administrator has disabled public write access. #149696 BlackHorse (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 348 Re:longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   fireman922 wrote: I did 1200 miles in 20 hours, coming back home from Laconia last summer. On the way out, I did 1126 miles in 19 hours. That was figured by GPS, which was within 25 miles of what was shown on the odometer. Paul Fireman,I think you get the prize...1,200 miles in one day is amazing...my ass (not to mention the rest of me) was done after 700 miles. You must have been cruzin fast on interstate highway. It took me almost that long (17 hours) to travel the 700. My hat is off to you sir!!   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #149700 ultrastar (User) Keep The Speedometer Side Up Platinum Boarder Posts: 2937 Re:longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   From San Jose, CA to Longmont, CO in 1 and a half days in the midle of July, let me tell you a long HOT ride thru NV and UT   Logged     Keep The Speedometer Side Up http://s366.photobucket.com/albums/oo105/ultrastar1/   The administrator has disabled public write access. #149704 Frank_W (User) Riding The Filthy Sow! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3510 Re:longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   How do you prepare for something like that? Do you work up to it? I haven't had the Roadie on an interstate, yet. The big rigs scare the crap out of me, even when I'm in a car! I guess I'm going to need to conquer that first, if I'm going to make a longer ride like that. I'd like to do some runs from say... Tennessee to Missouri, and eventually ride out to California.   Logged     My Music Whatever...   The administrator has disabled public write access. #149705 fireman922 (User) Chrome won't get ya home, but it will get ya laid. Platinum Boarder Posts: 4342 Re:longest ride 3 Years, 4 Months ago   Blackhorse, On that run, I was all interstate, It is surprising how you have to ride 80 or so to average 60-65. I really hadn't planned to ride back in one day, but once I got going I didn't know when to stop. The ride back was easier too. After 7 days in the saddle my butt was acclimated, and riding from a cooler climate to a warmer one helped. Before I try anything like that again, I'm getting an Ultimate seat. It's funny, I saved all my receipts and log to get my "Iron butt", but once I had done it (twice in 8 days) I never turned in anything. Ride safe, Paul   Logged     Grow Old or Die Trying...   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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