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Old 07-01-2011, 04:34 PM   #11
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The leader of the rally went down. This is sad. This dude got Alaska and was going to get the 4 corners. He was way ahead, one dude had a shot to beat him cause he got Key West on leg 2. Would of been a classic battle.

This is 10 days of riding.

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Old 07-01-2011, 09:06 PM   #12
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yeh they finished today, waiting to see the results published tommorrw
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Old 07-09-2011, 03:44 AM   #13
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Old 07-09-2011, 10:35 AM   #14
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Did 900+ miles in a day once, kinda boring for the last few hours, but not painful or anything. 1,000 miles not that big a deal on a reasonably comfy bike.
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Old 07-09-2011, 11:29 AM   #15
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Did 900+ miles in a day once, kinda boring for the last few hours, but not painful or anything. 1,000 miles not that big a deal on a reasonably comfy bike.
The first day, no. 11 days in a row is a WHOLE 'nother thing though.

I've done 1200 mile days on my Hayabusa. Do I recommend it? Hell no!

The BMW, I've done a 900 mile day and could have done a few hundred more.

"Reasonably comfy" being the key there.
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Old 07-09-2011, 11:33 AM   #16
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The first day, no. 11 days in a row is a WHOLE 'nother thing though.

I've done 1200 mile days on my Hayabusa. Do I recommend it? Hell no!

The BMW, I've done a 900 mile day and could have done a few hundred more.

"Reasonably comfy" being the key there.
yes... I've done 750 in a day on the DRZ with Gas and Capt... I didn't want to sit down for a few hours when I got to Trips... my ass hurt for a good three days...

I did 980 on my ZZR and only stopped because I reached my destination. I could have gone on, though I was crazy tired.

But yeah get on a big comfy tourer... it's another story... still insane day after day
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Old 07-09-2011, 01:19 PM   #17
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Ive done a few really high mile days and yep the comfort of the bike makes the difference between being able to do it day after day
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Old 07-09-2011, 01:29 PM   #18
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Ive done a few really high mile days and yep the comfort of the bike makes the difference between being able to do it day after day
how does the comfort/lack of speed of the KLR compare to the Speed/lack of comfort of the Honda?
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Old 07-09-2011, 01:55 PM   #19
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Night and day. its easy to get frustrated on the KLR on the highway or while accelerating because of its lack of power.

I shouldn't get frustrated because it has the same acceleration as just about any compact car on the market today. but as a bike it falls flat on its face. I changed the gear ratio of the final drive so that as a thumper it isnt spinning at 5k vibrating me to death on the highway, its now much more comfortable at 75mph where before it would be almost painful to go over 65, the vibrations were crazy (all I did was go up 1 on the front sprocket). Its fairly comfortable and I can sit on it all day, and it has plenty of room to let me move around. The biggest down side which is easily fixable is that without the big windshield I get blown around and wiped out from fighting the wind, with the big windshield (thats what I have on it now) its not bad.

The CBR is angry and powerful and uncomfortable. Its really not bad, but being leaned over like that for hours can take its toll on the body. When I rode to the rally last year I had that monster tank bag which I filled up as much as possible to lean against. and that worked great, but the body position for anything over a few hours is enough to break your back. I can do a 1000 mile day on it, but I need to use heat pads to keep from cramping up between my shoulders and on my lower back

Surprisingly I used to have a shadow which was much less comfortable than either of my current bikes, my ass went through teh seat in half an hour and I felt like I was sitting on the frame, the bike chugged along with no problem but the position of my arms put my hands at chest height and it would just wipe me out after a few hours, in fact with that bike a 300 mile day would just kill me.
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Old 07-09-2011, 02:43 PM   #20
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Think I saw a v-strom or two in there. Lots of BMW and Honda. Not many Harleys
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