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Depending on traffic and the weather how often I will stop. On the perfect day when there is no heavy traffic and the weather is cooperating. I'll go from gas light to gas light. On heavy traffic days I'll stop around 45 minutes to an hour.
I stop when I need fuel or have to ****. Normally it's about every 175 miles. When I do stop I fill up, take a leak and finish a drink. That is about 15 minutes.
I ride with my dad a lot, he has a sporty..so 100 to 120 miles thats all he can do before he needs gas. Works for me though, I'm about ready to take a break by then. Of course that was with my Dyna with a factory seat.
I went with the Road Zeppelin seat on my ultra. Now when it starts hurtin, I just add or subtract a little air from the problem zone and bam! I continue on. Still stop around 150 to 160 to gas up though. Of course anytime I'm near luckenbach i have to stop whether it's been 10 miles or a 100.
I try to stop about every 150 miles (gas) ... obvioiusly there are a lot of factors at work here ... and for some reason, they don't seem to place a gas station every 150 miles (wazzup with that? ) ...
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