whats the most distance you've travelled

[black13]

g'day,
whats the most distance you've travelled in a day? I'm coming to jindy,its about 1200kms from adelaide , thinking about doing it in 1 day, asked some truckies at work about pleecemen on the roads the way I plan to go, they reckon their not a problem.
how far do you do in a day? your input appreciated


roll on jindy

[BUSGO]

I can quite comfortabley do about 800 in a day if I want to. Especially once daylight savings kicks in. If I have a long day in the saddle, I leave at about 6am and pull up at about 4pm.
If you had a good 1 hour rest in the late afternoon, you could easily do another 3 or 4 hundred ks before dark.

I don't know if you will get an answer from Cowboy or Tone but they have bums that are shaped to the saddle and have been known to do much longer day rides.

[Tony Nitrous]

Unfaired "Naked" Busa, Renthal Moto-X bars, with pillion.

940k's, Brisbane to Dubbo. 1 day,

2 days on the beer, LOTS of beer, in a Hotel over a night club that
shut at 4 or 5 in the morning.

940k's, Dubbo to Brisbane, 1 day, with a cracked frame.

[kawasuki]

Did 1050klms in a day with a pillion (a slow one to). And some parts of the trip hit 45c. Faaaaarkkkkin Hotttttttt.

[black13]

I used to do regular rides from kalgoolie to perth on my 95 daytona triumph when I lived in WA. the body is a lot older & rounder nowadays ,dont know how the bones will cope with that sort of distance in a day. I regurlarly do 300-600km sunday rides with no pain, but with plenty of stops. I'll probably wing it & if I burn out will stop overnite somewhere & relax


roll on jindy

[Volvi]

split your ride, its safer. do 750 odd 1st day have a good sleep and cruise in alert and alive doing 450k the next day. do it in one hit you may be endangering yourself in the last 300k's. Thats my advice.

[Volvi]

PS, Ive done Melb-Gold Coast twice stopping at Dubbo on the ST1100.
Melb-Syd in one hit on the busa.

[Slowdownjack]

Newacstle to Maryborough Qld 1155ks,never again!
Newcastle to Apollo Bay Vic 1213ks,never again !

[arthur dunga]

coolgardie to ceduna in one go on a cannonball run, perth to melb.me on an xs 1100 yam ,mate on a kawa 900 in 79, sitting on the ton plus at night through roo country was scary shit .wore the right shoulder off the tyre cause of the cross wind.seem to recall some bloke did a round australia trip in a matter of weeks on a 6 cyl kawa around that time, like two

[m8ee]

I think Cowboy gets the title - he did 2000 in a day. (Brisbane to Mackay........ AND BACK!!)
I think about 1200 is my best, and I tend to agree with Volvi - more than 8 or 900 a day is asking for trouble.

[Dan85]

did a bit over 1200km's twice at he speed limit. my only suggestion is rest up alot the couple of days before u do it. get yor self a camelback hydration system and keep your fluids up. alot of people that do big stints on a bike seem to forget they sweat alot and smashing a 600ml bottle of water at fuel stops just wont cut it. if you keep hydrated and have small snacks along the way and decnt no fatty ligt meals regularly you will be right doing long days riding. come back to doing anything physically exherting for long periods of time

[Ward P]

I'm obviously a pussy.
Phillip Island to the central coast was about it for me. about 1000k.

but sore arse for a couple of days after.

why not break the ride and enjoy the journey. Sometimes it's the journey and not the destination.

You're most welcome to camp on floor at my place in Tallangatta Thursday night if you want. (Or I'll give you a motel room at cost)

We'll be leaving for Jindy about 10am Friday Morning.

[BLACKZOOK]

I picked up my new busa in September 04 in Sydney and rode it to Townsville. It was the first time I had sat on a busa and the first time I'd ridden a bike in over ten years.

First day was Sydney to Kingaroy running the motor in - had it serviced by my mate at Kingaroy Suzuki overnight then next day rode to Townsville and the chiropractor.

Around 2400k's in 2 days then back to work the next day.

Never again

[mechanx]

I've done 1600 km in a day , but 1200 would be easy . make sure you get a decent size camelback.

[Louwai]

I did Brisbane to Dubbo 1 day & then Dubbo to Melbourne the next day when I moved to Melbourne.
Bike was fully loaded with about 100kgs + me.
The entire way on the speed limit as I had just been given the 1 point for 12mths option.