Bike Trip from UK- Rome - Can it be done in a wk on my R1?
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Hi,
Am just back from a trip to the south of Spain on the Blackbird totalling 3600 miles. On the days that we rode we averaged 500 miles per day - also managed a 1060 mile trip back up to France from the south of Spain in one go - not bad going however did take a day or so to recover and chill after!
Finished off at Le Mans last weekend for the classic meeting - quite a nice two weeks off work really!
Even on the ole Bird i did suffer with aches and pains getting noticeably worse as time went on - i am in 30's, keep fit etc and still suffered but guess we averaged some good distances?
Would do it again - prefered the riding in France - drivers are very curteous to riders always pulling to the side of the road etc, Spanish are out for themselves!
One of us fell victim of the ole Spanish radar on a mountain road with some great hairpins ...... put a bit of a dent in the wallet - grrr!
Am just back from a trip to the south of Spain on the Blackbird totalling 3600 miles. On the days that we rode we averaged 500 miles per day - also managed a 1060 mile trip back up to France from the south of Spain in one go - not bad going however did take a day or so to recover and chill after!
Finished off at Le Mans last weekend for the classic meeting - quite a nice two weeks off work really!
Even on the ole Bird i did suffer with aches and pains getting noticeably worse as time went on - i am in 30's, keep fit etc and still suffered but guess we averaged some good distances?
Would do it again - prefered the riding in France - drivers are very curteous to riders always pulling to the side of the road etc, Spanish are out for themselves!
One of us fell victim of the ole Spanish radar on a mountain road with some great hairpins ...... put a bit of a dent in the wallet - grrr!
SplatSpeed said:
rsv gone! said:
black-k1 said:
SplatSpeed said:
your arse will need a weeks rest
I think Nick Saunders may beg to differ!I always think he 'wastes' his trips. Never long enough in any one place to appreciate it. All IMO, of course.
http://www.nicksanders.com/parallelworld.htm
Edited by black-k1 on Tuesday 15th July 13:21
matt 74 said:
Hi,
Am just back from a trip to the south of Spain on the Blackbird totalling 3600 miles. On the days that we rode we averaged 500 miles per day - also managed a 1060 mile trip back up to France from the south of Spain in one go - not bad going however did take a day or so to recover and chill after!
Finished off at Le Mans last weekend for the classic meeting - quite a nice two weeks off work really!
Even on the ole Bird i did suffer with aches and pains getting noticeably worse as time went on - i am in 30's, keep fit etc and still suffered but guess we averaged some good distances?
Would do it again - prefered the riding in France - drivers are very curteous to riders always pulling to the side of the road etc, Spanish are out for themselves!
One of us fell victim of the ole Spanish radar on a mountain road with some great hairpins ...... put a bit of a dent in the wallet - grrr!
Over 1,000 miles in one day! That’s impressive- I’m hoping for 2 days to chill out and explore' Don't really want to hit the motorway as it kills your back. On A roads I can sit up. - Nick is hardcore- and agree with comments on missing the point of adventure- Just watch the difference between long way round and long way down - they were pissed that they had such a schedule..Am just back from a trip to the south of Spain on the Blackbird totalling 3600 miles. On the days that we rode we averaged 500 miles per day - also managed a 1060 mile trip back up to France from the south of Spain in one go - not bad going however did take a day or so to recover and chill after!
Finished off at Le Mans last weekend for the classic meeting - quite a nice two weeks off work really!
Even on the ole Bird i did suffer with aches and pains getting noticeably worse as time went on - i am in 30's, keep fit etc and still suffered but guess we averaged some good distances?
Would do it again - prefered the riding in France - drivers are very curteous to riders always pulling to the side of the road etc, Spanish are out for themselves!
One of us fell victim of the ole Spanish radar on a mountain road with some great hairpins ...... put a bit of a dent in the wallet - grrr!
I herd that it took 19 days on his r1 too but also read that it was split within a 2 month trip? - Thanks for the help and yes my arse will go numb' Its bad at 26 it only takes Bristol to Devon and back.. I blame Relentless and pork pies..
imprezappp said:
Over 1,000 miles in one day! That’s impressive- I’m hoping for 2 days to chill out and explore' Don't really want to hit the motorway as it kills your back.
Don't think you could go down as far as Rome then in a week, as you'll need to use the motorways to do it in the 2/3 days each way to leave 2 days to chill out, which will in reality be two days body recovery rather than chilling out.Some years back, a group of fellow Ducati Monster riders rode out to Mugello and back for the Ducati Festival over a long weekend. Left on a Wednesday night ferry crossing, took the scenic route, spent Sat/Sun at the Festival, leaving Sun eve and then fast as poss run back via the motorways to catch early hours of Tues morn ferry back to UK.
They said they wouldn't do it again, well not the fast run back in minimal time on naked bikes bit anyway.....
black-k1 said:
SplatSpeed said:
rsv gone! said:
black-k1 said:
SplatSpeed said:
your arse will need a weeks rest
I think Nick Saunders may beg to differ!I always think he 'wastes' his trips. Never long enough in any one place to appreciate it. All IMO, of course.
http://www.nicksanders.com/parallelworld.htm
Edited by black-k1 on Tuesday 15th July 13:21
About five times nowYou could get to Rome in 2, but i'd make it 3 days. My longest stint has been 650 miles in one day on a Triumph D 675, and it was a pain in the arse, but do-able.
Don't do all those miles in one go unless you need to. The destination is not the best bit of a biking holiday. Well, not always.
Don't do all those miles in one go unless you need to. The destination is not the best bit of a biking holiday. Well, not always.
robstvr said:
You could get to Rome in 2, but i'd make it 3 days. My longest stint has been 650 miles in one day on a Triumph D 675, and it was a pain in the arse, but do-able.
Don't do all those miles in one go unless you need to. The destination is not the best bit of a biking holiday. Well, not always.
I have found the opposite in that I am more comfortable doing 2 long days than I am doing 3 shorter days for the same distance. I’ve done Calais all the way to the South of Italy on a couple of occasions (once two up with camping gear on a Honda CX500) and on all occasions I’ve suffered more on the 3 day journey down than I did on the 2 day journey back.Don't do all those miles in one go unless you need to. The destination is not the best bit of a biking holiday. Well, not always.
Bike travel is about the journey not the destination. Personally I'd try and do a maximum of 300 miles/day, though preferably under 250. That leaves plenty of time for cake stops and means you can travel on exciting roads rather than motorways. Alternatively you can get those trains that you shove your bike on and then pick up it up somehwere in the south of France, don't know much about them but it sounds like a good idea.
If you just want to ride to Rome and back then you can do it in a week, if you want to spend time there and have a decent ride there and back it may be a bit too far. I took about 2 weeks to get to Rome but I was away for a year...
It is doable, I did Istanbul to England in three days, would certainly not recommend it as you just get a sore arse and its dull, but those kind of distances are possible.
It is doable, I did Istanbul to England in three days, would certainly not recommend it as you just get a sore arse and its dull, but those kind of distances are possible.
RizzoTheRat said:
Bike travel is about the journey not the destination. Personally I'd try and do a maximum of 300 miles/day, though preferably under 250. That leaves plenty of time for cake stops and means you can travel on exciting roads rather than motorways. Alternatively you can get those trains that you shove your bike on and then pick up it up somehwere in the south of France, don't know much about them but it sounds like a good idea.
For some bike travel is about the journey, but for others it’s about the destination. For the past 10 years I have been organizing an annual bike trip Europe for between 4 and 8 people. We used to think it was about the journey and do gentle(ish) days from hotel to hotel but after about three years of this we all came to the conclusion that we would rather blast motorways in as short a time as possible to get to our destination so that we could dump all the luggage at the hotel and enjoy proper biking on bikes not loaded up with luggage where we could park and explore local towns etc. without worrying that the throw-overs and tank bags were being lifted off the bikes. Each to their own.a lot depends on what kind of rider you are.
how many hours per week do you spend actually on your bike(i know people who claim to have been out all day on thier bike but cover less than 30 miles)they ride to a "meet" and stand about all day in thier leathers talking crap then ride home.
i am a fwb and only go out when i feel like it but 200 miles is a nice run round on my r1 and it dosnt cripple me.
if you are using motorways then 500to 600mile per day is a realistic do able target.
if you want to see some stuff while riding and actually see some of the great roads europe has to offer then i would set yourself 300 mile per day and enjoy the trip and dont care if you get to where you are going.
just have some fun
how many hours per week do you spend actually on your bike(i know people who claim to have been out all day on thier bike but cover less than 30 miles)they ride to a "meet" and stand about all day in thier leathers talking crap then ride home.
i am a fwb and only go out when i feel like it but 200 miles is a nice run round on my r1 and it dosnt cripple me.
if you are using motorways then 500to 600mile per day is a realistic do able target.
if you want to see some stuff while riding and actually see some of the great roads europe has to offer then i would set yourself 300 mile per day and enjoy the trip and dont care if you get to where you are going.
just have some fun
1 of my mates did this years UK first Iron butt rally, might be worth asking them about rding a few miles
http://www.ironbutt.com/about/default.cfm
phil my mate did 1550 miles in 24hours with 6 hours kip. on his ltr Fazer. So its possible, but your ass will hurt more than 4 poofs and a piano had a try at your butt
http://www.ironbutt.com/about/default.cfm
phil my mate did 1550 miles in 24hours with 6 hours kip. on his ltr Fazer. So its possible, but your ass will hurt more than 4 poofs and a piano had a try at your butt
matt 74 said:
Hi,
One of us fell victim of the ole Spanish radar on a mountain road with some great hairpins ...... put a bit of a dent in the wallet - grrr!
We were in the Spanish mountains a few weeks back and got stopped twice by the Spanish cops. One of us fell victim of the ole Spanish radar on a mountain road with some great hairpins ...... put a bit of a dent in the wallet - grrr!
They just warned us about keeping our speed down. Was wondering how the cops would deal with a group of bikes, as in would they simply stop the first chap leading or would they try to book the whole group.
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