Longest trip?

[Guest]

I'm trying to plan, and get the bike ready for, an Iron Butt(1,000 miles in 24 hours) ride this fall. I was wondering if nag GSers have done this or what has your craziest ride been?

[FiremanBob]

I'm thinking about doing one in the Fall, perhaps on the 550. When and where are you going?

[MunkyMastr]

I'm in Rhode Island, tentatively I'm heading up to I90 and over to Ohio, down to PA, and East back home. I was thinking in September. I'm hoping my wrists and elbows don't fall apart or off on such a long ride haha

[Steve]

Well, it was a long ride and we needed Iron Butts, but the way we did it, we did not even come close to qualifying by IBA standards.

Back in 1979, we were living in the Los Angeles area. We went to the Aspencade Rally in Ruidoso, New Mexico, a direct distance of about 850 miles.

Like Bugs Bunny's famous line, though, "we shoulda toined left at Albuquerque".

Compared to when we left home, the odometer was almost 5000 miles higher when we got to the rally.
Total trip was just over 6100 miles. Time was three weeks.

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[earlfor]

Longest nonstop ride was Bangor Maine to Naples Florida, about 1700 miles.

Earl

[Big T]

I'm sure that Shirazdrum is our current record holder - Montana - Arctic circle -Tierra del Fuego- Paraguay so far

850 Combat went from Tillamook,OR to Etna, Maine 2 summers ago

[crag antler]

How about this one for you?????

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=179225

[azr]

That seat looks like it would get awfully uncomfortable after 500 miles. That's got to be one of the most important items, a comfortable seat and the ergonomics on the bike have to be good. Is that what you are riding, you 1100??

[ddaniels]

Sorry, only about 350 miles for me. No problems on the 1000G seat.

[ddaniels]

Like Bugs Bunny's famous line, though, "we shoulda toined left at Albuquerque".
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You mean, "Albukoique"?

[Steve]

You mean, "Albukoique"?

Yep, sorry.

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[JEEPRUSTY]

I did 850 Kms one day in November
it was cold very cold.
I would think 1000 miles in nice conditions would be easy.

[gustovh]

Well let's see, I was 18 and rode a 250 dream from Portland to Helena non stop, does that count?

[JEEPRUSTY]

Well let's see, I was 18 and rode a 250 dream from Portland to Helena non stop, does that count?

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

[Griffin]

I was 23 years old and rode from Norfolk, VA to El Paso, TX on my GS700 in three days. The third day was Baton Rouge to El Paso, 1,046 miles.

In August.

The engine temp gauge was indicating about 80 degrees F higher than normal, and I began praying for the engine to blow up so that a trucker with an air conditioned cab could pick me up. Bike and I made it there, spent three days in El P, and then took five days to go back.

I left El P at 10:00 pm, and crossed New Mexico and Texas in the dark.