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[iski]

Not sure how many 1,000+ miles I have ridden in a day - never counted.  On long trips we usually hit 700-800 miles or more as long as we feel ok.  Burning as much daylight as possible, usually.

The longest I ever documented (gas reciepts/witnesses, etc.) - by both Long Distance Riders & Ironbutt were 2 back to back days:
1,210 on the 1st day & 1,195 on the 2nd day - total of 2,405 miles in 47 hours.  Jacksonville, FL to San Diego, CA.  Started out in the rain but first day only.  Great ride.  Round trip that week was just over 5,300 miles & a lot of fun! 
Link to my 50 CC Ride

Last year did 4 rides that were 500+ miles in less than 12 hours - longest of those was 665 miles and the total for that day was 947 miles (16 1/2 hours).

Longest 2 up day - about 600 miles and quite a few with my BSR that are 500+. 

[WFP]

I know Anne & I did 775 to Maumee, OH in 2007...I think that wa our longest two-up.  Then on to St. Cloud the next day for another 625.....then to Glendive, MT for another 550 but we were down in Jamestown, ND for about 4 hours, total of 2050...but that was when we were having problems after South Bend, IN.  Blown Throttle Position Sensor(TPS) and other sensors finally fixed in Billings....which was our original destination after 3 days.

When you are cruising past the Roosevely NP on I-94 in the middle of nowhere with the sun setting and the bike is shutting down it is very nervewracking...every mile felt like five!

From Glendive to Billings I probably had to keep the bike at 50mph to avoid loss of power from the fault TPS.

/Bill

[miker]

Nothing rides like a Harley...

[iski]

Nothing rides like a Harley...

True.

My shortest ride was to the mailbox & back.  Nothing like it.   

[ggraves427]

Left Milwaukee one morning on my 1997 Roadking and stopped when I got to Dallas.  I made it before sunup the following day.

[kraut]

you guys have easy rides - big country, no borders ...

In small, good old Europe, it's quite difficult to find a place more than 1.000 miles away 

We did it once, because of an urgent recall from my office - Dubrovnik => Dresden, some 1.500 km (a little less than 1.000 miles) in 20 hours - it was no fun.

I schedule not more than 300 miles/day and that's easy, nice and fun.

[Twolanerider]

you guys have easy rides - big country, no borders ...

In small, good old Europe, it's quite difficult to find a place more than 1.000 miles away 

We did it once, because of an urgent recall from my office - Dubrovnik => Dresden, some 1.500 km (a little less than 1.000 miles) in 20 hours - it was no fun.

I schedule not more than 300 miles/day and that's easy, nice and fun.

That long ride wouldn't be one I'd look forward too either.  Here we can count on long stretches of adequate roads and plenty of services.  Dubrobnik might be the gem in Croatia's crown but the roads to get to that top aren't my idea of a good time.

[09S/E roadglide]

about 800mi. from milwaukee ( ferry to muskegan Mi.) detroit, toledo, youngstown, oh, Cincinnati. last tuesday, on my SERG. sun up to sun down.

[altugo]

I have ridden from budapest to city center istanbul in 24 hours with my custom chopper.Bout 1000 miles.

[iski]

If anyone is interested in documenting their long rides, here are a couple of places that offer certification:

Link:Long Distance Riders
LDR offers certification for rides of 500 miles all the way up to Coast to Coast rides (USA) and also offers 2 rides for those who use the metric system (most of the world)

 
 



Link:Ironbutt Assoc.
IB certifies rides from 1,000 miles & up as well as a variety of rides around the world.

[Keithincda]

Well now we are in Steamboat Springs after riding the Silver Thread Byway (South Fork to Gunnison after Durango-Pagosa Springs-Wolf Creek Pass) instead of the Million Dollar Highway out of or overnight in Durango last night. As of getting off our trusty steeds tonight at 5:30 (Pacific) we are at a total of 2160 miles since 5AM Saturday.
We crossed four 10,500 ft passes (one at 11.500) and the Continental Divide 3 times today. Be in Jackson Hole tomorrow and Missoula on Thursday. I'll have a ride report and some pics to post later over the weekend.

[09S/E roadglide]

If anyone is interested in documenting their long rides, here are a couple of places that offer certification:

Link:Long Distance Riders
LDR offers certification for rides of 500 miles all the way up to Coast to Coast rides (USA) and also offers 2 rides for those who use the metric system (most of the world)

 
 



Link:Ironbutt Assoc.
IB certifies rides from 1,000 miles & up as well as a variety of rides around the world.

Im gonna get some patches next year!!!

[SBB]

Im gonna get some patches next year!!!

NEXT YEAR?
What's wrong with this year?

        

SBB

 

[iski]

Im gonna get some patches next year!!!

That sounds like a lot of fun!  Hope I get too ride more next year too - so far this year has been less than usual.

On that Coast to Coast Ride, between LDR & IB, I got so many steenkin' patches & pins that I don't have anywhere left to put them as far as vests go.   

[MIKEYTEE]

iski,
Buy a new vest!
Mike