Longest trip?

[gustovh]

Not quite a trail bike, but did OK on the Old Barlow Trail.

[DanTheMan]

I'm trying to plan, and get the bike ready for, an Iron Butt(1,000 miles in 24 hours) ride this fall. I was wondering if nag GSers have done this or what has your craziest ride been?

Yes I have, and many others. Check out my sig line.

[gustovh]

Have a good tool kit to include things to fix wireing problems. Some kind of flat fix, a good set of bags and an aux. fuel tank. Camelback water container, cool vest and a butt load of no doze.

Start sitting on hard chairs and surfaces to toughen up the old postierer, it works. A good windshield is a must to help keep from tireing fighting the wind.

Uh good luck my butt is only good for around 700 m.
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[tatu]

Lots of rides round Europe but the furthest one way was 2500miles to the Middle Atlas Mountains and Sahara. (Morrocco) The longest time in the seat was 30hrs from Gibralter to my back door in UK, 1500 miles, it took that long because of a really, really bad rainstorm between Madrid and Paris only stopping for fuel.
That had to have been the most misarable bike ride I've ever had.
I wouldn't have missed a moment of it.
The GS seat has to be the most comfortable ever.


</DIV>I used to run spare clutch alongside the one in use, tyre levers and bicycle pump under the tank, I had a spare 15 litres fuel tank with 5 litres of engine oil that mostly got used on the chain as I lost my chain lube.
This was at a time when a Pirelli Phantom was only good for 2 / 2.5k miles, I managed six thousand miles out of this tyre. I thought I'd get one in Paris but I was so knackered that I couldn't be arsed for several reasons. I had a spare tube and a plan in case of blow out. At each fuel stop I could see how much the tyre had worn in spite of conserving it.



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[Hovmod]

I did Trondheim - Amsterdam (1850 km = 1150 miles) in a little less than 30 hours once, on a BMW r65gs.
Iron Butt indeed.
I was pretty exhausted.

[Guest]

My brother and I rode the Natchez Trace after reading about it in the AMA magazine. Two days and just over 1200 miles. Enjoyed the ride but the Trace was not what we expected but we should have known. Ride 10 miles and you've ridden the whole thing, the rest is about the same. Although it was a little better once we got into Tennessee. There is an interesting bridge.