Distance riding on your crotch rocket!
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I'm in the middle of relocating to Lincolnshire from West Oxfordshire. New house, new job, new life!
Anyway, I rode the 600RR up on Saturday to store it for the winter at the new house, a total of 165 miles. Jeez, she's no motorway mile muncher! After about 80 miles my knees and arse were screaming at me for a break! I wistfully watched a K1200 rider cruise past on the M69 in complete comfort. He must have been laughing his ass off!!!
I must have looked a sight at the petrol stations, hobbling about like an old man.
It's a strange thing, but the journey took almost as long as by car, but actually felt like it took no time at all.
Definately the furthest I've ridden the bike so far. Perhaps the VFR 800 was the bike for me after all :-)
cheers
J
Anyway, I rode the 600RR up on Saturday to store it for the winter at the new house, a total of 165 miles. Jeez, she's no motorway mile muncher! After about 80 miles my knees and arse were screaming at me for a break! I wistfully watched a K1200 rider cruise past on the M69 in complete comfort. He must have been laughing his ass off!!!
I must have looked a sight at the petrol stations, hobbling about like an old man.
It's a strange thing, but the journey took almost as long as by car, but actually felt like it took no time at all.
Definately the furthest I've ridden the bike so far. Perhaps the VFR 800 was the bike for me after all :-)
cheers
J
julianb said:
I'm in the middle of relocating to Lincolnshire from West Oxfordshire. New house, new job, new life!
Anyway, I rode the 600RR up on Saturday to store it for the winter at the new house, a total of 165 miles. Jeez, she's no motorway mile muncher! After about 80 miles my knees and arse were screaming at me for a break! I wistfully watched a K1200 rider cruise past on the M69 in complete comfort. He must have been laughing his ass off!!!
I must have looked a sight at the petrol stations, hobbling about like an old man.
It's a strange thing, but the journey took almost as long as by car, but actually felt like it took no time at all.
Definately the furthest I've ridden the bike so far. Perhaps the VFR 800 was the bike for me after all :-)
cheers
J
Anyway, I rode the 600RR up on Saturday to store it for the winter at the new house, a total of 165 miles. Jeez, she's no motorway mile muncher! After about 80 miles my knees and arse were screaming at me for a break! I wistfully watched a K1200 rider cruise past on the M69 in complete comfort. He must have been laughing his ass off!!!
I must have looked a sight at the petrol stations, hobbling about like an old man.
It's a strange thing, but the journey took almost as long as by car, but actually felt like it took no time at all.
Definately the furthest I've ridden the bike so far. Perhaps the VFR 800 was the bike for me after all :-)
cheers
J
I am an old man and my knees are completely
, that was why I had to change my bike recently. If its weekend only riding only then keep it, if like me you use it most days and do the odd tour then perhaps something else might be more suitable, plenty of choice out there.
In a perfect world we would all have two bikes, the hooning/track bike and the comfortable one. However when this has been raised in the Ballon household I get a lot of
from the 'War Dept' Does not stop me dreaming. MV 1000F would do it for me.
Kiwi,thats one thing that was scary as well about my long journey,riding through the Highlands of Scotland on a bike i knew wasn't known for its tank range,plus the F1 light was coming on,oh,and the headlights kept blanking out(pitch black,never seen a town for miles,oh yes,and plus the other half was in the car behind me with our dog who had managed to tear her chest open,quite a stressful day all in!
Oh the joys of biking!
Oh the joys of biking!MattOz said:
2200 miles in 5 days on my Fireblade back in May. I'm 6ft2 and it was fine. Guess you just need to do more miles and get "hardened" to it a bit.
Matt
Matt
I remember those 2,200 miles very well....especially the trip home on the N93 what a fantastic road that was
Edited by Andy Oh on Monday 23 October 11:20
MattOz said:
2200 miles in 5 days on my Fireblade back in May. I'm 6ft2 and it was fine. Guess you just need to do more miles and get "hardened" to it a bit.
Matt
Matt
You're dead right, I'm 6'7" and when it's warm, dry & sunny (like in Europe), miles are no bother (this year was our 7th Euro trip). After 5 days or so covering 300 miles per day plus, the roads need to be entertaining though, long boring motorways are a killer. Still, rain is worse, like the 6 hours in Italy in September.
Worst riding condition I have ever experienced. That said, we took the motorail from Avingon to Calais on the route home this year & will not be doing that again. Long boring motorways it is then!
St.Malo to Andorra and back in 5 days in July on the Blade with nothing but extreme facial expressions to complain about.
Saying that, it got a little hot at 37°C in Andorra la Vella trying to find the hotel.
No aches or pains though, just beautiful riding.
PS. I wouldn't try this on a 600 though.
Saying that, it got a little hot at 37°C in Andorra la Vella trying to find the hotel.
No aches or pains though, just beautiful riding.
PS. I wouldn't try this on a 600 though.
Essex to Marseille, Marseille to Valencia and Andorra to Santander each in one day (not consecutive) all on my Ducati 996.
Not much fun, just necessary due to the pressures of work and a certain amout of bad planning on my part! You have to be very relaxed and stop often (you have to with a Ducati, to keep putting fuel in anyway!)
Not much fun, just necessary due to the pressures of work and a certain amout of bad planning on my part! You have to be very relaxed and stop often (you have to with a Ducati, to keep putting fuel in anyway!)
shot2bits said:
the 600RR isn't a touring bike is it so what did you expect??! yes, if you want comfort then the VFR is going to suit well but round the twisties on a sunny day is where the RR belongs...
What, like your Suzook? :-)
Sorry that was a cheap shot. I take it you've no ill effects from the off?
cheers
J
Gt. Yarmouth to Paul Ricard circuit in (just about; short break for ferry) one hit on a 'Blade back in the day (12 years ago). Around 900 miles. Not fresh as a daisy by any means, but still had enough energy to drink for the next 24 hours.
Last year I struggled to get to The 'Ring on an R1, so sold up and bought a BMW GS. I feel like a sad old git, but I can at least ride for more than 20 minutes now. It's me back/neck/knees/shoulders. Oooh they give me grief.
(Still want the B'King next year though. Maybe there's a spark of life left yet.)
Last year I struggled to get to The 'Ring on an R1, so sold up and bought a BMW GS. I feel like a sad old git, but I can at least ride for more than 20 minutes now. It's me back/neck/knees/shoulders. Oooh they give me grief.
(Still want the B'King next year though. Maybe there's a spark of life left yet.)
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