Good read!! Glad you had a good trip with few, if any, issues/problems. We just got back from our annual, which I'll post up a bit later. Need to let my back relax and rest a bit. Nothing as exciting as yours, but we got a decent ride in!
Thanks for the reports!

 

Congratulations, well done and good posts. We appreciate the effort to do all of it.

 

Guys, try this link. https://rideplanner.harley-davidson....2&locale=en_US

Once you open the link, click on view/edit ride plan and you can zoom in and see every road. You can also see detail turn by turn instructions. I planned it with hotel stays so each ending day is at a hotel.

If that doesn't work, I'll recreate the ride in google maps. Keep in mind that this ride plan includes a day before starting the 48 and a day after. Day before to visit friends in Brewster, WA so my 48 trip stated in Spokane, WA and ended in Klamath Falls, OR. The last day was getting home and visiting a 93 year old uncle in Eugene, OR on the way.

More on the trip later.

 

For years (actually decades) I've planned many trips and booked motels with only a Road Atlas and a telephone but I've never done one as grueling and demanding as yours.
To me the overall mileage isn't as much of an issue as the number of days and mandated daily mileage. Trying to do this with another person (especially riding their own bike) could be very stressful and another bike increases the chances of mechanical problems as well as the chances of having an accident.

Considering the mileage, the weather, and your itinerary, you did very well.

I'm tired from just reading your posts!

 

Hey FXDXTSport.

You sound like Hoka Hey material.

After you you have a chance to wind down, give it a look at

www.hokaheychallenge.com

you can also read my account of the first year I rode it at

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/off-topic/837516-i-ve-decided-i-m-not-going-to-publish.html

If you read my account you can ignore the first few chapters as they pertain to my youth and what brought me undertake the Challenge.

I am tentatively planning on doing it next year but nothing firm yet. If you think it is something you might want to try, contact me and I will be more than happy to give you any advice I can regarding prep and tactics that I have learned.

Congrats on this current ride. You should be proud.

 

Your an inspiration. I am dreaming of doing a cross country trip but I never have the time or the money. Around how much did you spend in total?

 

wow thats awsome...

 

Congrats,well written-glad you made the time frame. I,m sure there are many of us a bit jealous we probably can,t pull this off from our bucket list----Good Job

Rocker

 

In 2000, two buddies and I did 45 states in 17 days, 7700 miles. We even took 2 days off to visit my brother in Pasco, WA. Three of those days were 850+. Way to go!

 

I'm going to post my thoughts on the ride later but here are some stats (I like numbers).

Total Miles 8036.3
Total Fuel 221.3 gallons
Average Miles Per Day 502.3 Several Short Days for side trips
Longest Day 559.0 Claremore, OK to Santa Rosa, NM
Shortest Day 332.1 Blue Ridge Parkway and Back of the Dragon.

Miles Per Gallon
Santa Rosa to Albuquerque 48.10 Running at a constant 60
Livingston, MT to Billings, MT 28.40 Running at a constant 85
Overall Average 36.30

Moving Average 61 mph
Moving Hours 131.7
Max Speed 95.00 Not sure where that happened

Highest Gas Price $4.339 Bedminster, NJ
Lowest Gas Price $2.225 Oaklahoma City, OK

Hotel cost $1,707.92 I had 2 free nights using rewards points
Fuel Cost $683.63
Food cost ~$250.00