Longest trip?

[gustovh]

661 miles according to google maps but this was likely before the interstate highway system was built.

It was early summer 1969. They said that the dream wasn't a trail bike, but I proved em wrong.
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[Jethro]

Definitely the craziest was leaving the GS rally in Fayetteville, WV at 6am, in the rain, and arriving home that evening in NH at 8:30. That was 912 miles in 14.5 hours for an average speed of 62.9 mph... with 7 gasoline stops. Let's just say that PA was all but a blur and for the next three days I was worried that State Police from 7 states would be knocking on my door.

Longest enjoyable ride was Nova Scotia for a long weekend. I think I clocked 2400 miles pretty much just to ride the 100 miles in the Cape Bretton National Park. And I did that one on a GS. Worth every bit of it.

[Skateguy50]

Jethro, that is my plan for pre moosehead this year. I took that entire week off and heading up Friday after work to Bangor or Houlton and on from their. I will be ready to sit at camp and do nothing come Thursday morning.

I got friends on both sides of the boarder in Houlton so that crossing is my plan, also got a friend with a place in Nova Scotia so might get someplace other than a tent to crash a few of the nights.

[sedelen]

Rode from Seattle Washington to Orlando Florida, 4 days 3400 miles, but I was 26 then, and very homesick. Looking back on it, that was a very crazy thing to do, what was I thinking? Even still I often think of doing it again but it would probably kill me now.

[Jethro]

Jethro, that is my plan for pre moosehead this year. I took that entire week off and heading up Friday after work to Bangor or Houlton and on from their. I will be ready to sit at camp and do nothing come Thursday morning.

I got friends on both sides of the boarder in Houlton so that crossing is my plan, also got a friend with a place in Nova Scotia so might get someplace other than a tent to crash a few of the nights.

Oh man, I'm severely jelious. That is such a great trip. Make sure to allot an entire day (or two even) to explore all of Cape Bretton National Park. Not just the Cabot Trail, but all the off shoots to the fishing villages etc. I have to get back up there sometime!

[Tom R]

Longest trip I ever had lasted about 18 hours - which was quite easy to do back then.

[gustovh]

I've done a three 2,000 plus mile rides on Suzie Q now, all split amonst several days, the longest ride in one day was around 650, butt sore on that one.
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[snicrep5]

It was early summer 1969. They said that the dream wasn't a trail bike, but I proved em wrong.
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did u see bryan adams and his first real six string, that he bought at the five and dime?

[ArtByScars]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Clifton+Park,+NY&daddr=Bennington,+VT+to:Rutland,+VT+to:US-4+E%2FWoodstock+Rd+to:Chichester,+NH+to:grittys+Portland,+ME+to:Edgewater+Rd+to:43+Foreside+Road,+Falmouth,+ME+04105-1708+(St+Mary+the+Virgin+Church)+to:Newcastle,+Mechanic+Drive,+ME+to:Edgewater+Rd,+Gray,+ME+04039+to:43.51754,-70.37761+to:Old+Orchard+St+to:rocky+hill+rd+and+Main+Street,+Amesbury,+MA+to:Orient+Point,+Orient,+NY+to:Pool+Stars,+Merrick+Road,+Seaford,+NY+to:WTC,+New+York,+NY+to:Babylon,+NY&geocode=FeATjgIdN1ia-ynZwQd0ehLeiTGMVzDDj5YZbA%3BFbZEjgIdGhuj-ylZsFYtrJXgiTEjRrkifIskwA%3BFQBymQIdwoam-ykjuAWIYyTgiTEAsQzj_gDC-g%3BFYDymQIdrvKu-w%3BFWDukwIdkYa--ylLjZyOxW7iiTF0HQP3Y8e43w%3BFbckmgIdPgTQ-yEYOH7rR5j5Oin1Z33BP5yyTDHzH8fmKOxsjg%3BFdJ-nQIdGKbN-w%3BFfMCmwIdPGTQ-yFyV5bir_C_WSmp28UUUoOyTDGcxkBuut8NTA%3BFVNznwId08_Z-yn3vsHEmZOtTDELjCp52rDZtA%3BFY18nQIdsq_N-ynXMyr1jIqyTDE4CTJStOJgxA%3BFWQGmAIddh_O-ylXc5nwVqGyTDHN8nP464NGjA%3BFRz-lwIdNC_O-w%3BFWS9jQIdOefF-ykfUk_U5ePiiTECT8v3_sGt-A%3BFUDvcwIdyYix-ykfkRFDu6DoiTFgPlXB97rV2Q%3BFVGAbAIdPoSe-yGFybtJiRfv_CkJ3w1kPX_CiTGaCBKuxCkNmw%3BFTw1bQIdYqmW-yG0K5HbWUzXRQ%3BFWf3bAIdlSOh-ymHgnv5O9PpiTE4S1wsWLnL3g&hl=en&mra=ls&via=10&sll=40.679597,-73.903656&sspn=0.566552,1.113739&ie=UTF8&ll=40.810691,-73.931122&spn=0.565437,1.113739&z=10

Or see "turning a funeral into a journey" thread

[gustovh]

did u see bryan adams and his first real six string, that he bought at the five and dime?

Not sure what your are talking about.
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[MunkyMastr]

Whoa! I had a ****ty DMV week, apparently rhode island is retarded haha. But that's another story. So many amazing replies!! I'm jealous of some of these rides, and I hope to have another story to add in September. Personally, I've done 500 mile days, but not all at once. Usually about 200 miles out, ride around, and 200 miles back. I think I can do it.
Yes, I am taking the 1100e, and yes I think it will be uncomfortable, I've been offered a 2000 road king and a 04 Bonneville to do it on, but I want to prove to myself that I can do it on MY rusty old turd. Keep the stories coming! Amazing!!

[crag antler]

did u see bryan adams and his first real six string, that he bought at the five and dime?

Not sure what your are talking about.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFjjO_lhf9c&ob=av2n

[gustovh]

Well I am an old fart, but Gotcha.

[argonsagas]

It was early summer 1969. They said that the dream wasn't a trail bike, but I proved em wrong.
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Thanks for provoking a memory. (I actually typed proviking, but changed it)

Trail riding with a non-dedicated machine is something most current riders know little or nothing about. Motorcycles have changed considerably over the years. Where one bike was used to do it all at that time, sports bikes have since become common and no one will consider taking their machine off-road.

I had a Triumph 500 twin when the Honda Dream was on the market and sold it when a Moto Guzzi V7 came available. THAT was a dream machine that took me across much of America as well as on many off-road ventures, always in great comfort.

The Guzzi could go anywhere, and it did. I rode it all year, through rain, sun and snow. Its longest day trip was Milwaukee-Toronto.

The provoked memory is watching a rider working to manoeuvre his Honda Trail 90 along a narrow path that went up a steep hill. (roughly 60 degrees)




I was watching from behind because he was ahead of me, and the thick grass on each side of the trail negated the idea of passing him..

He was most annoyed when he heard the thump of the Guzzi behind him and he pulled off the trail at a wider spot to let me pass.


After we got to the top and he joined his group who had similar machines, he looked over the Guzzi (it was outfitted for highway use, with HD windshield, extra lights, engine guards, rear carrier and full-size HD bags) and, ignoring reality in his annoyance, insisted that machine could not come up these hills.

All I could say in reply was that he should have told me that beforehand.

[Jethro]

Trail riding with a non-dedicated machine is something most current riders know little or nothing about. Motorcycles have changed considerably over the years. Where one bike was used to do it all at that time, sports bikes have since become common and no one will consider taking their machine off-road.

You should see the looks I get in NH when I'm in the woods on my FZ1! The class VI roads do not scare me.