Naw. Nearly anyone can do it on a modern bike. The FJR makes it even easier.Wow, simply amazing!
Tip 1: Mindset
Tip 2: Anything but Harley
Tip 3: See -
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Naw. Nearly anyone can do it on a modern bike. The FJR makes it even easier.Wow, simply amazing!
They're particularly fun when you do the two consecutively.....snerk.The 1500 mile+ trips are unreal. I can see 1000 in 24 hrs.
I agree the number 1 thing is mindset. You have to get it in your head to get from point A to point B the best way possible. This is not for everyone. Just a different style of riding. Its not about twisties or smelling the roses. To me its about putting miles behind you in the most efficient manner. Kind of a quirky way of having fun I guess.Naw. Nearly anyone can do it on a modern bike. The FJR makes it even easier.Wow, simply amazing!
Tip 1: Mindset
Tip 2: Anything but Harley
Tip 3: See -
You certainly have that covered now!I rode straight through from Woodinville, WA to Page, AZ in just over 17 hours just to laugh at beemerdons.
That is also when I decided that extra light is not a option but a necessity.
...and that sir, is how the insanity begins!One day I will probably run across a few of you guys and find myself 1000 miles from home at the end of the day. And then realize I gotta get back. Then I will know the real meaning of fun.
If you do it simply to get the cert, I get that. Sometimes you need more of a reason to do it than the cert, like some have said...simply getting home. For me, it was punching up my favorite BBQ and realizing that door to door was 500 miles, and I thought, that sounds good for lunch.I don't discount the efforts or achievements of those who do LD riding. That type of riding is just antithetical to why I get on the bike.
Wrong 2 cylinder bike then. My TL1000R was smooth as silk for my 750 mile journey and got better gas mileage than theNothing against anyone that's rides one, 2 cylinder bikes are just not my thing. Got cured of that on a 650 Yamaha on a 700 mile run with very little time for fuel and other stops. Rode a Harley once and could not see anything in the mirrors at stops. Awful lot of money for a vibrator that I don't want or need. LOL
I agree. Although it was only a 980 mile day coming back and not worthy of a piece of paper, it was still more than worth it to go to Long Island and back in that weekend to pay my respects to a hero son. I will have memories of that trip long after other memories fade.If you do it simply to get the cert, I get that. Sometimes you need more of a reason to do it than the cert, like some have said...simply getting home. For me, it was punching up my favorite BBQ and realizing that door to door was 500 miles, and I thought, that sounds good for lunch.I don't discount the efforts or achievements of those who do LD riding. That type of riding is just antithetical to why I get on the bike.
Get your mind right, a comfy seat, some tunes/podcasts/books-on-tape to quiet the voices in your head, and tell someone when to expect you. The FJR will do 62.5 on cruise control the entire trip without breaking a sweat.
Not so, The feejer will hold 90 plus mph all day long. Well at least until the gas tank runs out. Northern ME you can just cut loose.+1 to what Bounce said.Only crazy lunatics would think of holding it at 90 all day long. Oh and the FJR would rattle apart. And the final drive would begin leaking and explode. On top of all that, your eyes would begin watering from such intense focus that you're liable to hit some free range cattle, if of course there were some around.
Naw, those kind of sustained speeds should only be done by professional riders on a closed track.
Or sheep, sorry, couldn't help it.+1 to what Bounce said.On top of all that, your eyes would begin watering from such intense focus that you're liable to hit some free range cattle
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