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[SBB]

She's made >800 miles days.  I think she could do as much on a bike as you can in a car with a trailer.

Now that's funny!

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[Jswerve]

She's made >800 miles days.  I think she could do as much on a bike as you can in a car with a trailer.

Well is she available? Tell her to pack her bags in June and she can ride behind me.

[BigLew55]

Well is she available? Tell her to pack her bags in June and she can ride behind me.

You'll have to keep up!

[Jswerve]

You'll have to keep up!

Why don't you and the wife jump on your bike and ride with us. Chip can make you guys a trophy for show casing your willingness to ride your bike a few hundred miles longer than others. You could spend the whole time in Colorado beating on your chest about it while we go out and enjoy the scenery 

[fastfreddy]

Sharks love the water by the way

[FlaHeatWave]

Sharks love the water by the way

FAST,

That old TourGlide in the background (with the Craig Vetter fairing)is awesome!!!
Do you know what year it is??

[fastfreddy]

Nope, I just noticed it, that was take at some leather shop in the hills this year, that was the first day of seven we got wet... Loved every minute of it too

[BigLew55]

Why don't you and the wife jump on your bike and ride with us. Chip can make you guys a trophy for show casing your willingness to ride your bike a few hundred miles longer than others. You could spend the whole time in Colorado beating on your chest about it while we go out and enjoy the scenery 

Or we could trailer out with you while we talk about how badass we are for owning motorcycles and matching trailers! 

[Jswerve]

Or we could trailer out with you while we talk about how badass we are for owning motorcycles and matching trailers! 

Lmao. OK this sounds like the best solution.

[porthole]

She's made >800 miles days.  I think she could do as much on a bike as you can in a car with a trailer.

Yeah - but your bragging about doing 1500 miles days - did you have a passenger?

Not that I would care to even try a 1500 mile day, I certainly would not try it with a passenger. That kind of mileage is not fair to a back seat rider. Heck, 500 miles probably isn't fair.

Most I have ever done in a day was solo, in a truck with big fuel tanks, and that was 1200 miles, and I wouldn't do it again. Just isn't safe.

It sure is good to hear though you wife can do better then 800 miles days, my wife can't do 800 miles days in a car or truck. Really good day for her is 600 or so, and that is only since we got the Ford. With the GMC she was limited to 4-5 hours at a clip

Now this comment isn't meant to be mean or nasty, more so an observation, but after any back seat or front seat rider for that matter completes their 5th spinal surgery, with a minimum of 2 separate fusions, couple of carpal tunnel surgeries thrown in for good measure, I'll put my wife up against them on any ride they care to try. Odds are it won't be much more the 1-200 miles a day.

I'm really curious to the 1500 miles a day. I'm no math wizard but.......

Using round numbers
1500 miles at 40 MPG = 37 stops for fuel, * 10 minutes a stop = 370 minutes or 6 hours total just for fuel.
That leaves only 18 hours in a 24 hour period to ride - which is an average speed of



83 mph, for 1500 miles 

[FlaHeatWave]

Yeah - but your bragging about doing 1500 miles days - did you have a passenger?

Not that I would care to even try a 1500 mile day, I certainly would not try it with a passenger. That kind of mileage is not fair to a back seat rider. Heck, 500 miles probably isn't fair.

Most I have ever done in a day was solo, in a truck with big fuel tanks, and that was 1200 miles, and I wouldn't do it again. Just isn't safe.

It sure is good to hear though you wife can do better then 800 miles days, my wife can't do 800 miles days in a car or truck. Really good day for her is 600 or so, and that is only since we got the Ford. With the GMC she was limited to 4-5 hours at a clip

Now this comment isn't meant to be mean or nasty, more so an observation, but after any back seat or front seat rider for that matter completes their 5th spinal surgery, with a minimum of 2 separate fusions, couple of carpal tunnel surgeries thrown in for good measure, I'll put my wife up against them on any ride they care to try. Odds are it won't be much more the 1-200 miles a day.

I'm really curious to the 1500 miles a day. I'm no math wizard but.......

Using round numbers
1500 miles at 40 MPG = 37 stops for fuel, * 10 minutes a stop = 370 minutes or 6 hours total just for fuel.
That leaves only 18 hours in a 24 hour period to ride - which is an average speed of



83 mph, for 1500 miles 

I think your math is a little off...
1,500 mi divided by 200 miles per tank = 7.5 stops?
Say 2 hrs stop time, = 22hrs travel time = 68+ mph

[Jswerve]

I think your math is a little off...
1,500 mi divided by 200 miles per tank = 7.5 stops?
Say 2 hrs stop time, = 22hrs travel time = 68+ mph

Either way 22 hours in the saddle is silly. Opens up a lot of opportunity for fatigued related crashes IMO. We will stick to what works for us. 6-700 mile days when trying to make time to a destination and preferably 2-300 mile days when sight seeing. Others may choose to do different mileage, and we would encourage them to do what works for them and keeps them safe as well. 

[BigLew55]

I think your math is a little off...
1,500 mi divided by 200 miles per tank = 7.5 stops?
Say 2 hrs stop time, = 22hrs travel time = 68+ mph

Very close.

It was nine stops, and I took 23:02 (maybe :03?).  It was well planned, and it went smoothly.  I closely monitored my awareness levels, as well  as intake/excretion for the day.  I don't run with a RD, and I pretty much keep the cruise set at speed limit +9.  Cops have watched me go by for years like that.  Stops are pretty quick.  Gas, document, nature, and go.  The walking gets a little creative to try to work in some lunges, etc. I keep water, jerky and trail mix on the bike.

And no, there was no BSR.  I have been thinking of trying to talk her into a SS1000, though.

Wow, have we veered this thread off course! 

... silly.

Thought we were done with this?

[Jswerve]

Very close.

It was nine stops, and I took 23:02 (maybe :03?).  It was well planned, and it went smoothly.  I closely monitored my awareness levels, as well  as intake/excretion for the day.  I don't run with a RD, and I pretty much keep the cruise set at speed limit +9.  Cops have watched me go by for years like that.  Stops are pretty quick.  Gas, document, nature, and go.  The walking gets a little creative to try to work in some lunges, etc. I keep water, jerky and trail mix on the bike.

And no, there was no BSR.  I have been thinking of trying to talk her into a SS1000, though.

Wow, have we veered this thread off course! 
Thought we were done with this?

We are

So which bike do you prefer anyway on your million mile marathons? Shark or bat?

[BigLew55]

We are

So which bike do you prefer anyway on your million mile marathons? Shark or bat?

Short answer: Bat!

Long answer is a novel, but I had a 2003 FLTRI that I put a ton of stuff on, and went through umpteen windshields and a few seats before I had it converted to a bat.  WAY better bike for the second half of my ownership.

Also, all the stability and aerodynamics stuff?  Don't cut it.  I put 10K on it as a shark and 12K as a bat.  MPG was the same.  Didn't wobble any better or worse.  Only difference I noticed was a MUCH BETTER air pocket for me AND the BSR, with just a plain 10" (2" inches shorter than FLHT) windshield.

Stories of the benefits of a shark fall on deaf ears here (hear?).

I will probably test ride a FLTRU in some form just out of curiosity.  I really do like the distinctive look...