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Old 06-12-2011, 10:29 PM   #1
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anyone here done over 200 at once?

i rode from dahlonega to calhoun today and back again. my ass was numb! i had to help my girl drop off her car for her granda to repair and paint. so we thought it would be fun to ride the bike there and back, wrong!! i realized though a good set of hwy pegs would have made an enormous improvemtn! stil i love my little 250
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Old 06-12-2011, 11:49 PM   #2
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Re: anyone here done over 200 at once?

A little over 400 on the GZ was my best day.
This was on the Blue Ridge Parkway with a 45 mph speed limit.

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Old 06-12-2011, 11:53 PM   #3
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Re: anyone here done over 200 at once?

I went 360 miles,but I'm considerably smaller than you are.
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Old 06-13-2011, 07:13 PM   #4
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Re: anyone here done over 200 at once?

I did a couple of rides close to that on the Geezer, but, even on my larger bike, 180 is about when I want to quit usually. I once did about 550 in a single day on the big bike, but I took all day and it was the end of a larger ride. Usually my neck shoulders and upper back start to get stiff at the 3 hour mark.
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Old 06-13-2011, 07:18 PM   #5
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Re: anyone here done over 200 at once?

swamp butt kicked in and i was starting to get sleepy! mmy pass was freaking out hitting me and stuff lol
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Old 06-13-2011, 07:21 PM   #6
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Re: anyone here done over 200 at once?

damn jwr on a gz i just couldnt imagine....
i did to a trip to columbus GA from houston tx, i belive it was clost to 1000 miles, in a solid 24 hours. no rest or stoping even though heavy rain, i ended up with a bad cold from it but i did it, once in my life and last lol
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Old 06-14-2011, 06:39 AM   #7
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Re: anyone here done over 200 at once?

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damn jwr on a gz i just couldnt imagine....
i did to a trip to columbus GA from houston tx, i belive it was clost to 1000 miles, in a solid 24 hours. no rest or stoping even though heavy rain, i ended up with a bad cold from it but i did it, once in my life and last lol
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Dang. You should have taken some pictures of that in-flight refueling.

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Old 06-14-2011, 10:11 AM   #8
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Re: anyone here done over 200 at once?

Rode from Dalton, GA. to Cheaha State Park in Alabama one time. It was like 254 round trip.
It was nice to have a sleeping bag stuffed between my back and my rear luggage box. It acted as a back rest and allowed me to change booty placement as I got tired.

I've also pulled a Dalton - Gatlinburg ride, which isn't that many miles but it's also about 3 hours.
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Old 06-14-2011, 01:02 PM   #9
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strelok!! you got a real life LOL outta me on that one! :2tup:
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