Long Day In The Saddle ?

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05-25-2011, 10:59 AM

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Like he said,,get an extra day,,and rent a U-Haul for your bike

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05-25-2011, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by WVHogRider

Take an extra day off on the front and tail ends of that weekend then and split the two 800 mile days into four 400 mile days. You'll have the extra hours per day to let your body recoup/get use to the longer rides. Otherwise, trailer it, or fly & ride.

Besides MONEY...time is not on my side .. I would love to take 2 days to do the 800 miles but not in the cards this time.

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05-25-2011, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by cHarley

That's pretty impressive, that's an average speed of 78.6 mph. With the 3.3 gal tank, you'd have to make close to 10 fuel stops alone, not counting peeing & food, so you had to be running about 90+ mph for the entire 14 hours.

It was a long ride I had made the entire trip from Ft Hood to My dads house north of Seattle in 2 1/2 days. The trip went from Ft Hood-Lubbock-Albuquerque- Durango, CO- Moab- Salt Lake City- Twin Falls- Boise- Umatilla, Or- Grandview, Wa- Yakima- Ellensburg, Wa- Seattle- Lynden, Wa.
Of course this was a while back and these are the cities that I remember going through after looking at a map. There were several 100+ mph stretches through open areas. I remember finding a place in Idaho that had 70's era gas pumps still. It was a long trip to do in just a couple days but, it was amazing to see the huge changes in scenery through out the trip. Best part of the trip was a stretch of I5 just south of Bellingham, Wa about 25 miles from home that has some nice wide two lane twisties that you can push 100+ through. Great trip I definitely recommend riding down there just give yourself a reasonable amount of time to make the trip.

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