Am I Nuts?
Big Kahuna HDF Member
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From: Calgary eh
Total thread hijack but,
Do you know how hard and fast you have to ride to cover 1100 in 15 hours?
You have to make that run to appreciate how hard it is.
That is nothing but fuel stops, no food stops, no time for getting a drink. You are eating and drinking from a tank bag on the bike.
And I won't discuss the highway speeds you need to run to average 75 mph after deducting for fuel stops.
1100 miles in under 15 hours is a crazy fast, efficient long distance run.
Do you know how hard and fast you have to ride to cover 1100 in 15 hours?
You have to make that run to appreciate how hard it is.
That is nothing but fuel stops, no food stops, no time for getting a drink. You are eating and drinking from a tank bag on the bike.
And I won't discuss the highway speeds you need to run to average 75 mph after deducting for fuel stops.
1100 miles in under 15 hours is a crazy fast, efficient long distance run.
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From: Florida
Go do it and check back in with us. (it will only take you 15 hours)
On the bike 15 hours, no big deal.
On the bike and riding hard enough to cover 1100 miles in less than 15 hours is a grueling, very fast, very efficient long distance run. The farther you go, the harder it is to keep up the pace. Traffic, city bypasses, weather, slow exits and gas pumps, road construction, highway patrol, even boredom and fatigue slow you down... In a cross-country run you will deal with all of it.
The math is easy. But math isn't riding the bike
Big Kahuna HDF Member
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From: Calgary eh
Been there done it. See my sig.
Go do it and check back in with us. (it will only take you 15 hours)
On the bike 15 hours, no big deal.
On the bike and riding hard enough to cover 1100 miles in less than 15 hours is a grueling, very fast, very efficient long distance run. The farther you go, the harder it is to keep up the pace. Traffic, city bypasses, weather, slow exits and gas pumps, road construction, highway patrol, even boredom and fatigue slow you down... In a cross-country run you will deal with all of it.
The math is easy. But math isn't riding the bike
Go do it and check back in with us. (it will only take you 15 hours)
On the bike 15 hours, no big deal.
On the bike and riding hard enough to cover 1100 miles in less than 15 hours is a grueling, very fast, very efficient long distance run. The farther you go, the harder it is to keep up the pace. Traffic, city bypasses, weather, slow exits and gas pumps, road construction, highway patrol, even boredom and fatigue slow you down... In a cross-country run you will deal with all of it.
The math is easy. But math isn't riding the bike
btw, this summer me and some friends are doing our BBG, or should I say attempting to do it. 2500km in 24hrs. (1500mi). That one will be a little more difficult to do. But I have a good fast route planned so it should be good. We're also planning an IB up the Alaska hwy... 2500km in 36 hrs. Not sure if we can do it though since the gas stations up there close down in the night. We'll see. We're kookoo, I admit.
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From: Wisconsin
I know the little time I have and the miles I have to cover will not allow me to stay on the side roads without sacrificing days. So I have been mapping a route using the interstates, and also picking up a few side roads along the way if time allows. I think the big factor will be how the first half of the trip goes, and if it goes great I am hoping to possibly take off an extra day from work and leave a day earlier to return...then I can take it easy on the way back using less traveled roads. I will admit too I feel as if somehow I have found some of my youth back and am excited as i plan. I forgot how good some things are.
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Been there done that too Jonesee, IBA#49204. The math says 15 hrs on the road, I didn't say he had to do it non stop, but it can easily be done in a day. I've done the distance in 16 hrs and change and didn't find it hard at all. But that's not the point, the point is he has 5 to 6 days to do the trip. Not clear if he has to return in that time frame as well. But either way it's totally doable.
btw, this summer me and some friends are doing our BBG, or should I say attempting to do it. 2500km in 24hrs. (1500mi). That one will be a little more difficult to do. But I have a good fast route planned so it should be good. We're also planning an IB up the Alaska hwy... 2500km in 36 hrs. Not sure if we can do it though since the gas stations up there close down in the night. We'll see. We're kookoo, I admit.
btw, this summer me and some friends are doing our BBG, or should I say attempting to do it. 2500km in 24hrs. (1500mi). That one will be a little more difficult to do. But I have a good fast route planned so it should be good. We're also planning an IB up the Alaska hwy... 2500km in 36 hrs. Not sure if we can do it though since the gas stations up there close down in the night. We'll see. We're kookoo, I admit.
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You could ride around England in circles.
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From: Wisconsin
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. TS Eliot
Sometimes the comfort of the mind needs to outweigh the comfort of the body. Not trying to be all Zen like...but this is a trip I need to push myself on, keeping in mind not over doing it....so his comment of can be done in 15 hours is good....if it takes me 2 days who cares...the point is I am doing it, and it needs to be done. CRAP...midelife crisis
Sometimes the comfort of the mind needs to outweigh the comfort of the body. Not trying to be all Zen like...but this is a trip I need to push myself on, keeping in mind not over doing it....so his comment of can be done in 15 hours is good....if it takes me 2 days who cares...the point is I am doing it, and it needs to be done. CRAP...midelife crisis
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From: Wisconsin
How odd is it the more I think about making this trip it is so much more than a man making a ride...it is has become a journey for me, a rebirth of some sort...and whether some admit it or not, I think many can relate to exactly what I am speaking of.
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I have spoken to several riders who tried to push themselves to the limit. And woke up in the hospital, with tubes coming out of them, with no memory of how they got there.
This summer I went on an 85 mile, one way commute when I was tired. Usually I don't ride if I am tired, because you need to be sharp when riding. On the way home, I was on a strange, twisty, turny road and I entered too hot, there was gravel. I tried to stand the bike up, and hit the rear brake easy, but I was going too fast, so I took the shoulder, at about 40mph. Luckily there were no obstructions and I rode on the grass for about 30 feet and then got back on the road.
I went back later to see how it happened, and I noticed a 25mph curve warning sign, that I had spaced out on. That curve had a ravine about 50 feet deep, so I would be hurting or dead if I left the road.
So I applaud your spirit of wanting to push yourself, but don't be afraid to stop when you are tired. I am not trying to be a buzzkill, just reminding you that bad decisions on a motorcycle can cause death/disability.
Ride safe.
I have spoken to several riders who tried to push themselves to the limit. And woke up in the hospital, with tubes coming out of them, with no memory of how they got there.
This summer I went on an 85 mile, one way commute when I was tired. Usually I don't ride if I am tired, because you need to be sharp when riding. On the way home, I was on a strange, twisty, turny road and I entered too hot, there was gravel. I tried to stand the bike up, and hit the rear brake easy, but I was going too fast, so I took the shoulder, at about 40mph. Luckily there were no obstructions and I rode on the grass for about 30 feet and then got back on the road.
I went back later to see how it happened, and I noticed a 25mph curve warning sign, that I had spaced out on. That curve had a ravine about 50 feet deep, so I would be hurting or dead if I left the road.
So I applaud your spirit of wanting to push yourself, but don't be afraid to stop when you are tired. I am not trying to be a buzzkill, just reminding you that bad decisions on a motorcycle can cause death/disability.
Ride safe.