Longest Trip on Sporster.
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Longest Trip on Sporster.
Hi I am riding to my brothers house in Douglasville, Georgia its just outside of Atlanta, next week.its about 7 hours from Fayetteville North Carolina.Whats the longest trip anyone has made on their sporster?
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RE: Longest Trip on Sporster.
ive only ridden about 250 miles round trip...and i was a little sore,i think i would have been better off if i would have used some sun screen on my arms and back of my neck..i was feeling tired because of the sun. i dont think i would do 7 hours on any bike personally..
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RE: Longest Trip on Sporster.
A friend of mine did about 600 once coming back from Sturgis, and that was on a pre-rubber mount Sportster. She didn't have any trouble, and rode another 300 the next day. Seven hours is not really a very long day.
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RE: Longest Trip on Sporster.
A buddy of mine just made the trip from eastern Ohio to southeast AZ on a vanilla 05 883. The only mods were a sissy bar, snap-on windshield and forward controls.
I asked him if the 3.3 gallon tank was too small and he said it definately was.
His one bit of advice: keep Ye Olde 883 above 60 due to vibration.
Being under 30 years old doesn't hurt either.
He was frequently over 90 mph and his mileage was always over 45 mpg.
No carb farts. No weirdness. His bike just ran.
I met him 30 minutes after he got in to town and I bought my 883L the next day.
I asked him if the 3.3 gallon tank was too small and he said it definately was.
His one bit of advice: keep Ye Olde 883 above 60 due to vibration.
Being under 30 years old doesn't hurt either.
He was frequently over 90 mph and his mileage was always over 45 mpg.
No carb farts. No weirdness. His bike just ran.
I met him 30 minutes after he got in to town and I bought my 883L the next day.
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RE: Longest Trip on Sporster.
Last Fall a couple of us drove straight through to Denver. That was before I got the Sportster, so I was on my WideGlide, and it was 680 miles. It was a long ride, but wasn't all that bad, except for being a very boring ride through western Kansas, eastern Colorado. My 1200C is as comfortable as the FXDWG, so the ride would have been about the same if I had taken it.
Haven't had my Sportster all that long, so no "real long" trips yet. I did ride with a couple of guys down to Oklahoma City and then back up to Tulsa one day. That was a total of 435 miles, but we spent a couple of hours in Oklahoma City, so that was a nice little break. No problem at all, other than the fact it was sunny and in the mid 90's, so it was a little warm out.
Haven't had my Sportster all that long, so no "real long" trips yet. I did ride with a couple of guys down to Oklahoma City and then back up to Tulsa one day. That was a total of 435 miles, but we spent a couple of hours in Oklahoma City, so that was a nice little break. No problem at all, other than the fact it was sunny and in the mid 90's, so it was a little warm out.
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RE: Longest Trip on Sporster.
I bought my 05 1200C about two months on eBay. Flew from Tucson to Cookeville, Tn. to get it. Spent a few days there waiting for the tornados to pass. The ride back to Tucson was 1700 miles. One really neat adventure. One really neat bike.
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RE: Longest Trip on Sporster.
took my 2 month old sporty from philly to myrtle beach. We got a little lost on way down, (WAY LOST), when my buddy new a "shortcut". Added about 100 miles to our trip. Speedo read 650 when we got there, we left three days later and it was about 550 on the way home. took 10 hours down but one guy had the peanut tank so we were always stopping,
