How long was your longest ride?
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 755
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From: Kansas
60 miles (maybe)
At least 95% of my riding is commuting. I doubt that I've ever gone more than 60 miles in a single day. I put the 3.3 tank on my 48 this summer thinking that I would take a day trip somewhere, but I haven't.
Cruiser
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 114
Likes: 0
From: Cincinnati
You guys who are riding 500+ miles in a day, are you listening to music along the way? I love riding, but doing 500+ miles in a day leads me to believe you're spending some time on the highway and that, to me, is boring.
Novice
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 15
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From: Blacksburg VA
about 600 is the most i did but that was on a fully loaded 2009 goldwing (friends dad bought one but had a broken thumb so he wanted me to ride it back instead of trailing it. So it was more like 600 miles in your arm chair at your house. Can't say its my kinda bike but it sure was cozy
Road Master
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,208
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From: Chicago Area
I've thought about doing the same thing but I love the looks of the peanut tank so I haven't done it. I also return to, all of my riding is purely recreational. Rides to nowhere on a saturday afternoon and for that, it doesn't bother me to stop every 75 miles.
You guys who are riding 500+ miles in a day, are you listening to music along the way? I love riding, but doing 500+ miles in a day leads me to believe you're spending some time on the highway and that, to me, is boring.
You guys who are riding 500+ miles in a day, are you listening to music along the way? I love riding, but doing 500+ miles in a day leads me to believe you're spending some time on the highway and that, to me, is boring.
Can't speak for others, but my music was provided by Vance & Hines.
Tourer
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 343
Likes: 5
From: Puget Sound, WA
Coming back I rode the superslab, but that proved a fortuitous decision, as rain clouds were drenching the interior while the coast remained sunny.
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 44
Likes: 1
From: El Paso, TX
630 miles +- each way on the sportster.
The longest trip i did, not on the sportster, was about 1300 miles each way.
I listen to tunes. on one of my trips, my ipod took a dump and the last 400 miles I only listened to wind noise. Just having the ear buds in helped though.
The longest trip i did, not on the sportster, was about 1300 miles each way.
I listen to tunes. on one of my trips, my ipod took a dump and the last 400 miles I only listened to wind noise. Just having the ear buds in helped though.