http://rally.star-traxx.com/rallyview.asp?Rally=30 Quite an eye opener, how many miles in a day?? -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 GSF600S http://www.toastyhamster.org BONY#38
At 55 or 40mph? Have you seen what some of them are riding? Jeez.... -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 GSF600S http://www.toastyhamster.org BONY#38
No chance, steady 95 stopping every 140 miles (but for no more than 15- 20 mins). They're yanks and deserve to suffer.
Grim, sure, but not exactly difficult, it's just about the ability to sit there riding for 12-13 hours a day.
Ginge wrote Although if their ride is anything like as comfy as the one I had over the weekend; a zillion miles in straight line is more likely to make your eyelids sire from the matchsticks than anything else.
.... have you done it then -- Steve Parry K100RS SE & F650 and a 520i SE Touring for comfort (not forgetting the SK90PY) http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
I've done 1600 in a day (which was tiring). I've also done 1000 more than a few times, but have never had cause to do more than 300 the following day. I don't percieve repeating 1000 a day as a huge problem though, so that's most of the battle won.
I suspect your perception would change after the third day or so -- Steve Parry K100RS SE & F650 and a 520i SE Touring for comfort (not forgetting the SK90PY) http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk
Steve Parry wrote That would be more to do with the mind and arse numbing drugs which I suspect are a normal part of this endeavour.
I agree. A dispatcher will be on the bike all day as will a DAS instructor. The actual milage doesn't add a whole load of difficulty. Not pleasent but we'd all be able to do it.
You don't know what you're talking about. I used to drive for a job. It's hard to do serious distances every day.
I know it's something I'd be capable of doing, and it wouldn't be all that difficult so long as I approached it with the right attitude. Good for you. I used to do 400 miles a day, on top of 9 hours work, I'm well aware what it takes to carry on traveling when fatigue sets in, I still believe it's something I could manage without significant issues. Going long distances does not require any special or unique skill, just the right attitude, and a willingness to carry on when most people would stop.
Ginge wrote Stamina is what you mean and what the **** do you bunch if soft fucking kiddies know about it? **** all that is what.
Here's another one for the more sensitively arsed... http://www.3flagsclassic.org/pr.htm 2600miles over 5 days. Istr hearing somewhere that when it first re-started, it was an out and out race, with some bikes having auxiliary pannier tanks and fuel transfer pumps. Looks like the organisers might have toned it down a bit.
True. You can do it for a day or two, but quite apart from the sheer arse-numbingness (and real pain) of sitting in the saddle, the total fatigue load would really pile up. If those fuckers are doing it for 11 days, I'm quite impressed. I reckon I could have had a serious shot at that about 10 years ago, when I was used to high mileages, but I've never done 11kMiles over 11 days.
