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What is the longest trip you've made - 11/16/2004 2:39:50 AM

sirlimpzalot

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What is the longest trip you have taken on your motorcycle?? I have taken some crazy, LONG rides..South Carolina to Sacramento in 3 days on a FZR600 and back ( in 4 days) and back again.....that is close to 9000 approximate miles done in a span of only 9 months...I rode from South Carolina to Florida, New Jersey, Indianopolis..
That poor little bike was less than a year old and had 60,000 miles on her...I ride about 25,000 miles a year now
I am just curious if I am the only one who is NUTS!!! HA HA

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RE: What is the longest trip you've made - 11/16/2004 9:38:26 AM

Duke

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Well Limpz, I haven't done anything nearly as crazy as that!

But I also had a 1990 FZR600 that I took to Illinois in APRIL back in 1992! It was about 35° when I left my house and about the same for the last hour when I came home. About 1 hour down the road, I was going to turn around and come back. My hands were absolutely frozen! I would take turns putting my hands under the fairing by the engine to keep them warm. It was only about a 500 mile trip each way though.

Haven't had much opportunity to do any long trips since.

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RE: What is the longest trip you've made - 11/16/2004 7:26:19 PM

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You're not the only crazy bastard on this site. I rode from Cincinnati to Orlando in one day, just shy of 1000 miles in 16 hours. My quads and hamstrings hurt like hell that night. Nothing a little Beam couldn't take care of though. I then rode back to Cincinnati 3 days later. Cincinnati to New Orleans in one day. I could go on and on. I ride about 15,000 miles every year. If my sex life was like my motorcycle life, I would be a man whore. I contanstly get a different bike every 2 years or so.

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RE: What is the longest trip you've made - 11/16/2004 7:49:26 PM

sirlimpzalot

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When I did my cross country trips I would write the mileage down and tape it to my triple tree and then not stop until I hit 1000 miles later!!
I have had around 45 motorcycles myself

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RE: What is the longest trip you've made - 11/17/2004 11:39:15 AM

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You two are my hero's. The most i've done is from Jax to daytona or Orlando. Only about 2 hours or so each way. I'm looking foreward to doing some bike road trips this coming summer though.

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RE: What is the longest trip you've made - 11/17/2004 7:26:32 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: sirlimpzalot

When I did my cross country trips I would write the mileage down and tape it to my triple tree and then not stop until I hit 1000 miles later!!
I have had around 45 motorcycles myself

Must have had one helluva gas tank on that thing to not stop for 1k miles.

I had to stop every 160-180miles to fill up when we did the Saddlesore 1000 ride.

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RE: What is the longest trip you've made - 11/18/2004 3:00:49 AM

sirlimpzalot

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That bike would get about 200 miles between fill ups and it was a chance to stretch

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RE: What is the longest trip you've made - 11/22/2004 12:03:28 PM

girlie600

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I just got my bike this season and wanted to get some kind of "longer" ride in before I put it away for the winter. So i took a 180mile ride with the b/f it was great....can't wait till the summer! so yeah that was the longest to me so far :)