Tripping

[The Stranger:Me]

So if one is planning a long trip what is a reasonable distance to allow for in a day.

Note I did not ask who has the biggest balls and sat in the saddle for the longest.

I realise that there are many variables, just a good target for a days ride, keeping it safe.

[Big Dave]

How long is a piece of string?

[Hitcher]

If you pace yourself, and if the weather and roads are good (traffic and road condition), then 700km isn't unreasonable. Anything less than 200km is hardly worth getting all dressed up for...

[White trash]

I ride from Auckland to Welly regularly, stopping only for fuel. You don't see much, but ya get there.

[crashe]

I rode my Virago from Ak to Hastings (461kms) in 4 and 1/2 hours... just cruising...and that was long enough.... stopped for pitstops, petrol and food.
Plus dealing with the cold, did it at the end of April.

I am planning to ride down to Wellington at some stage, but will stop off in Palmie on the way throu.... so that will be a longer ride.

Also planning to ride to New Plymouth as well...

I guess it depends on where you are planning on going thou and how sore a arse you want at the end of the days travel..

[Skyryder]

So if one is planning a long trip what is a reasonable distance to allow for in a day.

Note I did not ask who has the biggest balls and sat in the saddle for the longest.

I realise that there are many variables, just a good target for a days ride, keeping it safe.

There's a hell'va lot of vairables to take into account but excluding them anything over 700 k's is getting into the danger zone. That's a consevative estimate. Possible to do a lot more but concentration is getting a bit flawed by 700 k's.

Skyryder

[scumdog]

Hokitika via Arthurs Pass to South Otago on a Sporty in mid summer (40 degrees temp) is my limit (too far really) and C.B. was NOT happy with that distance without rest. (O.K. we had lunch at Twisel but you get my drift).

Oh, 740km in distance.

[Skyryder]

I ride from Auckland to Welly regularly, stopping only for fuel. You don't see much, but ya get there.

I did that last Christmas and came through the Desert Road. Never di get the milage. What's the distance?

Skyryder

[White trash]

Myself, Jimbo600, Fizzerman and BusaJim all rode together from Picton to Alexander with gas stops and one beer stop only. 874km? the route we took and after that long on a GSXR, you know about it.

[White trash]

I did that last Christmas and came through the Desert Road. Never di get the milage. What's the distance?

Skyryder

'Bout 670 that way I think. It's 30kays shorter to go through National Park, Taumaranui way and skip Hamilhole.

I went from Papakura, to Newlands via SH22 and the Paraparas in 6 hours 20 minutes on Riff Raffs SV earlier on in the year. One of the all time best rides I've ever had.

[Zed]

So if one is planning a long trip what is a reasonable distance to allow for in a day.

Note I did not ask who has the biggest balls and sat in the saddle for the longest.

I realise that there are many variables, just a good target for a days ride, keeping it safe.

500-800kms. Your personal fitness is one of the more important variables, some people are completely stuffed after only a couple of hours riding let alone the whole day!

[crashe]

500-800kms. Your personal fitness is one of the more important variables, some people are completely stuffed after only a couple of hours riding let alone the whole day!

Yep Zed is correct about fitness levels..... which is why I am building up my fitness before I do another run either back to Hastings (in November), Wellington or New Plymouth.

I have found that just going out on rides at the moment that I get very tired.
When I did the Coro loop recently... I was so stuffed after that ride.
I have found since I had my operation that I am no where near full fitness, but I am working on it.

[SARGE]

So if one is planning a long trip what is a reasonable distance to allow for in a day.

Note I did not ask who has the biggest balls and sat in the saddle for the longest.

i do Auckland - Rotorooter a few times a year.. heading down over labour weekend again ..sitting on my balls much longer than that and i start talking to myself in Portugese.

iPod and a few smoke breaks to keep the voices in your head at least talking in the same language and you'll be sweet.

i did Cleveland Ohio- Bristol Tennesee in a day (12 hours.. hey ..i was on a Harley FSXT..a few twisty roads slowed me down) day's rest and onto Miami Florida for the Jimmy Buffet show (12 more hours)

3 days hangover recovery and a day to find my handlebars ( LOOONG story...bolted to a headboard in the Dade County Holiday Inn... ) and i was back in the saddle to Atlanta Georgia to hook up with a friend (6 hours through Florida swampslands in the in the fog is WICKED!) Both of us headed to Myrtle Beach South Carolina, saw Lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet and partied at some HUUUUUUGE titty bar..dont remember the name of it but they had a VW Beetle painted up like a boob..

Ended up 2 days later trying to get tickets to the Brickyard 500 in Indianapolis and 3 days later in Clevland and back into rehab


what was the question?

[limbimtimwim]

So if one is planning a long trip what is a reasonable distance to allow for in a day.Note I did not ask who has the biggest balls and sat in the saddle for the longest. I realise that there are many variables, just a good target for a days ride, keeping it safe.

500K does me. I reached this conclusion because that is two tanks for me without getting nervous of running out of fuel. My days when I am mucking around go like this:

• Get out of bed
• Small breakfast
• Go somewhere
• Have lunch
• Fill up tank
• Go somewhere else
• Fill tank
• Find somewhere to sleep
• Find food
• Sleep.
• Repeat

That's if you want to ride the next day, and the next, and the next, etc etc. If you have a finite trip in mind, then you can go futher. Mind you, I rode from Haast to Picton in one day once, which wises.co.nz tells me is 673Km, but mate that's a long 673Km in the rain. I would never repeat this effort, I was totally f*&^&*ing destroyed at the end, and this was on the back of 2 weeks of being on holiday. On hindsight it wasn't wise and highly unpleasurable.

So I suggest you take it easy, and you'll be more comfortable.

[crashe]

Plus I would also take into account, whether or not the roads were twisties or more straight roads.. on a long trip.
The more twistie they are, the more tired you will get, due to concentration.