coast to coast.... the hard way

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Drewpy will need it if hes riding the buell, 300 miles of hwy ridin gmakes me want to give up motorcycling. Its a fun biek to ride but def not for long distances.

shit... I've done 700+ on a DRZ... you can do more than that

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Mr Lefty

shit... I've done 700+ on a DRZ... you can do more than that

I did 250-300 with gas man one day on the DRZ, it was a fucking nightmare. Worse than the long ass day to indy we did on the 600s, LOL. I am too use to my comfy ass russell day long now, it is so very very nice.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by dReWpY

Gramps and Steve in a van with a trailer. prudoe bay to key west in 84 hours

I hope you move faster with resting and packing with nighthawk than you do every time I have ridden with you. LOL

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by dReWpY

Gramps and Steve in a van with a trailer. prudoe bay to key west in 84 hours

Uh... what's that like 6000 miles? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK that.

[Trip]

It's 5500 miles. If you did a BBG every day, it would take you over 3.5 days (84 hours), more like 87/88 hours. There is no way the IBA would certify that ride in under 84 hours.

That is a retarded goal.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Trip

It's 5500 miles. If you did a BBG every day, it would take you over 3.5 days (84 hours), more like 87/88 hours. There is no way the IBA would certify that ride in under 84 hours.

That is a retarded goal.

Didnt a guy do that run in 70 soemthing hrs a few yrs ago?

[shmike]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Didnt a guy do that run in 70 soemthing hrs a few yrs ago?

86 and change was the record set in 2009.

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by Trip

I did 250-300 with gas man one day on the DRZ, it was a fucking nightmare. Worse than the long ass day to indy we did on the 600s, LOL. I am too use to my comfy ass russell day long now, it is so very very nice.

yeah mine was on slab too... so very little moving around... hence my reason for resting my legs on my tank LOL...

it actually hurt to sit for the first couple days of the rally... didn't help that we rode those days too... LOL

[G-Rex]

Originally Posted by tommymac

havent some guys ridden sport tourers through there?

Yes, they have, and still do.

However, I'm here to tell you, the ONLY way that is doable is if there is PERFECT weather for a 30 hour time span, AND the road is in great condition.

There was one spot, approximately 20 miles long where they were working on the road, and the dirt was so loose and rocky that if I would have had my Hayabusa with me, or anything short of the KLR, I would not have attempted it.

While it *can* be done, I'm not going to be the guy to recommend it. I'd hate to see someone get up there, within 300 miles of Prudhoe, and have to turn around because of road conditions. That's why I took the KLR. I was *not* going to turn around.

ETA, I did 500 miles per day for 3 weeks on the KLR. That sucked. Don't recommend that kind of daily mileage on a single cylinder. LOL

[Trip]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Didnt a guy do that run in 70 soemthing hrs a few yrs ago?

Originally Posted by shmike

86 and change was the record set in 2009.

what shmike said, a normal rider going that far should keep it to BB status, so about 5.5 days. Trying to go for BBG+ status on a tank like the Buell he has is just retarded, you couldn't sleep at all for 84 hours and would need absolute perfect weather the entire trip.