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Longest trip?

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Longest trip I ever had lasted about 18 hours - which was quite easy to do back then.
 
I've done a three 2,000 plus mile rides on Suzie Q now, all split amonst several days, the longest ride in one day was around 650, butt sore on that one.
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Whoa! I had a ****ty DMV week, apparently rhode island is retarded haha. But that's another story. So many amazing replies!! I'm jealous of some of these rides, and I hope to have another story to add in September. Personally, I've done 500 mile days, but not all at once. Usually about 200 miles out, ride around, and 200 miles back. I think I can do it.
Yes, I am taking the 1100e, and yes I think it will be uncomfortable, I've been offered a 2000 road king and a 04 Bonneville to do it on, but I want to prove to myself that I can do it on MY rusty old turd. Keep the stories coming! Amazing!!
 
gustovh said:
It was early summer 1969. They said that the dream wasn't a trail bike, but I proved em wrong.
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Thanks for provoking a memory. (I actually typed proviking, but changed it:rolleyes:)

Trail riding with a non-dedicated machine is something most current riders know little or nothing about. Motorcycles have changed considerably over the years. Where one bike was used to do it all at that time, sports bikes have since become common and no one will consider taking their machine off-road.

I had a Triumph 500 twin when the Honda Dream was on the market and sold it when a Moto Guzzi V7 came available. THAT was a dream machine that took me across much of America as well as on many off-road ventures, always in great comfort.

The Guzzi could go anywhere, and it did. I rode it all year, through rain, sun and snow. Its longest day trip was Milwaukee-Toronto.

The provoked memory is watching a rider working to manoeuvre his Honda Trail 90 along a narrow path that went up a steep hill. (roughly 60 degrees)




I was watching from behind because he was ahead of me, and the thick grass on each side of the trail negated the idea of passing him.. ;)

He was most annoyed when he heard the thump of the Guzzi behind him and he pulled off the trail at a wider spot to let me pass.


After we got to the top and he joined his group who had similar machines, he looked over the Guzzi (it was outfitted for highway use, with HD windshield, extra lights, engine guards, rear carrier and full-size HD bags) and, ignoring reality in his annoyance, insisted that machine could not come up these hills.

All I could say in reply was that he should have told me that beforehand.:D
 
argonsagas said:
Trail riding with a non-dedicated machine is something most current riders know little or nothing about. Motorcycles have changed considerably over the years. Where one bike was used to do it all at that time, sports bikes have since become common and no one will consider taking their machine off-road.
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You should see the looks I get in NH when I'm in the woods on my FZ1! The class VI roads do not scare me.
 
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Not quite a trail bike, but did OK on the Old Barlow Trail.
 
MunkyMastr said:
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?
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Yes I have, and many others. Check out my sig line.
 
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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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.

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</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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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.
 
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.
 
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