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Been mild so far.

After a few hundred miles I’m inclined to agree.

I’m at the most ghetto of the ghetto motels. $36.99 a night.

did you pull it into the room, i would.

Not this sled you wouldn’t.

Ready for a thousand tomorrow!

Yep. Yep. Owner of the motel already signed my start witness form. Brother will be the ending.

there is a road that basically cuts east/west across the central part of nevada. Few years i played chase em with a bmw on my wing all the way across there, mostly at three digit speeds. Just awesome. Didn't see a cop the whole way. I have a friend that was road testing a high end bmw for bmw a few years ago, he did about 1500miles in a 24hour period. He was a member of the "iron butt" association if i remember that right. I have done 1000 miles straight once or twice.

Ron.

That’s cool. Only the elite achieve that.

I have an 03' K1200LT, it has reverse.

That's a nice bike Flave, safe travels...

Steelhead, renegade, slummy and myself are waiting to welcome you! No love?

1,000 miles is impressive, I would always try to roll out at 4am, right when my biorhythms we’re kicking in, generally I would get done after 11pm. 18 - 20 hours more or less. Pull over and nap when you need it.

I-24 exit 11 clarksville
Take a left off exit
Go about 1/3rd mile
Take 1st right
Go past ATV dealership about 200 yards

Midsouth Shooters Supply!!!!!
Go in customer service/in person pick up door.
Ask for Steve at counter
Dont get sucked into conversation with his 325 pd coworker Bubba
( Dude is like forgetful Jones from sesame street he WILL fugg your order up at least 3 times garunfuggingteed)

Steve will help ya out with choosing from their .177 and .22 caliber
pellet selection and what might work better for lizards for ya!!!!

The important question is

what are you carrying?

Oops. 8:15 PM eastern.

You’re loaded. Answer tomorrow.

Iron Butt? Does that mean you'll be wearing assless chaps?

Paddler just spilled on his computer.

I've yet to do a certified iron butt ride. I've done 1,500 straight through multiple times from Ohio to a relative in colorado. And many 1,000 mile days.

Mostly on a k1200. That k16 will do the job.

Safe travels!

-Jake

i had a wing because i liked that two wheel version of a f16. when you lite up that 1800 cc fuel injected machine, is is like hitting the afterburner.
but, the other reason was i liked to ride with my wife and a wing is a great husband wife touring machine. It absolutely stinks at slow speeds.
If i would have been my self, it would have been a top of the line bmw'er. As i remember you can adjust shocks and the windshield on the fly.
and they are very manuverable. I road back on my wing from portland one time along the river east and then down. I adjusted the shocks, had electronic push button cruise control, extenders for my legs/feet, back rest, extra large windshield, am/fm radio and cb and i could set the cruise at 80 or 90mph, and it was effortless. My grandson had a crotch rocket riding with me. Uncomfortable seat position, high rpm piece of caca engine, 40years younger but he was hurting at the end of the day. I just laughed. The only thing i should have done was convert one of the saddle compartments with steyrofoam to hold ice, beer, or wine with a long plastic tube. Thats what made my wife a believer. A trip down to a winery near mexico, four or five iced bottles of wine, and she was sipping wine in that armrest seat all the way back north.
when we had electronic radar on the freeways all over phx, my bmw buddy would take a helmt with a dark face cover, hide the plate, and at about 2am in the morning make a run on the freeway at about 130mph, hitting every radar pit/camera site on the freeway. They never did catch him.

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I would set the odometer (back when they were mechanical) on 000 before I set out. Somewhere late that night that night the final 999 on the odometer rolled over to 000 again it was time to quit for the day.

But 1500 miles In a single ride? I couldn’t even begin to touch that.

There’s always a bigger fish.

I've never done any marathon rides. But one weekend some friends and I took off around 11AM to go to Gatlinburg,..ride the dragon, ect. I got back at 8:30PM the next evening and had put 800 miles on. That was at age 44 on a Triumph Bonneville.

That's about as much riding as I want to put on in a weekend.