How far can you motorcycle in a day?

[The Mighty Gryphon]

Seat cheez?   I'll pass...

[Gio]

When I know I'm going to spend a long time in the saddle I wear gel-padded bicycle shorts under my other gear.

Indeed ... or at least shorts with no seams in the wrong places - something you learn the hard way. I also invested in a gel seat pad for my trans-Canada ride (the removable kind) ... probably the best $100 I ever spent on a comfort item (although the heated vest may have saved me a few times when riding through the mountains) ...

[F14CRAZY]

I tried a couple Air Hawk pads on my old Corbin Dual Canyon but they didn't help. I think it was just due to how the foam is worn down in my seat as Air Hawk pads are well reviewed and it sure seems like they'd help.

If you don't have a Russell and have seat/butt issues, you've gotta get a Russell. They're really as good as they're made out to be and worth the money (even if you pay for a new one)

[Liverpool Brick]

Yo
Good advice about padded shorts - I'll give them a try. But how did this topic transgress from a perfectly respectable mileage question to sniffing seat cheese? I was going to complain to the moderator - but he started it. Life's like that sometimes.
A. :neener:

[Martin]

After reading this post I decided to work out my longest ride approximately 940 miles back in 1972 Melbourne Vic to Canberra ACT and back. Left Melbourne at 0700 PM on Friday after having a sleep. Bike was a 1969 BSA Lightning, new girlfriend as pillion with fuel stops and stretch breaks it took about 10 hours . Dropped off girlfriend in Canberra,I had a short 1hr nap. Rode back to Melbourne another less than 10 hr ride, quicker ride back, no girlfriend as pillion arrived back in Melbourne about 500 AM . I went to bed for what I thought was a short time. When I got up I told parents that I was going down the street to get some things. Only to be told that it was Sunday and the shops were closed, I'd slept for 24 hrs. This was the most stupid thing I had ever done, the last stretch from Seymour to Melbourne I was hallucinating I followed a removal truck that magically disappeared, and I stopped to let a little old lady cross the road, in the middle of nowhere at 0300 AM in the morning. The follies of youth and new love. It sounds funny now but it was totally stupid I could of killed my girlfriend, myself or some innocent strangers . Ride within your limits and know your limits, it is not worth trying to rack up a few more miles if you kill someone. On a lighter note she was really hot.
Regards Martin.

[herseyb]

No fairing, just a windshield... Max for me so far is right around 500 miles.  However - due to being a working stiff my longest days are usually on day 3...   

It seems to go Friday after work, 200miles.  Saturday,  300 Miles.  Sunday 500 miles and straight to bed.

[TrueAce]

Can I join the "Young & Stupid Club"?  Rolled out of Daytona after Bike Week in March back in the 70's to go back to DC. 20 hours later, no fairing, inadequate cold weather gear, rolled into town. I have the arthritis in my knees today from that run. You want to talk hallucinations?

[german996]

Rode my 1150GS two weeks ago all the way from Gonzaga Bay, Baja California Mexico, to my house in Montrose California, it wasnt so much the distance but i did a Border crossing that took forever with riding gear at about 98 degrees, a Sand Storm in Hwy 86 by Salton Sea, and a very bad windy thunderstorm by Palm Springs on Hwy 10, left Gonzaga bay around 8am got home at 8pm.....

[frankenwing]

I've covered 720 miles in 1 day on this before :D It was a few years back. Went to Jasper, Canada and back over 2 weeks. But when you live in Iowa, you want to try to cover as much ground as possible in the first day so you can enjoy the finer areas of the country sooner. haha

Iron butt for life   🏍 💀

[TrueAce]

I'm guessing you haven't heard about Iron Butt yet. You're about to go to school.

[frankenwing]

Seeing as how i literally did it on an iron seat and got up to do another 500+ the next day, it's accurately classified haha.

[M.Brane]

Paging Dan Crenshaw.

I would rather do 250-300 miles of tight twisties than 1K of slab any day. That said I think most miles in a day is around 500 or so. I don't keep track of mileage. It's quality not quantity.

[Brahma]

Well here there's the Iron Butt association which you get awarded by for riding 1k miles in 24 hours

I did the Saddlesore 1000 on a 2006 R1200GS in August of 2008. 1,056 miles in 19+ hours.  Columbus, OH to St. Petersburg, FL- heat was brutal, even with a camelbak.  When I destinated, I could have thrown my mesh jacket against a wall and it would have stuck.  Sheepskin cover over a gel pad on the stock seat.  Wish they had Airhawks back then.  Last few miles I was screaming in my helmet, standing on the pegs.  Brutal.  But a personal achievement.  Bike was flawless, as they are.  Took two days going back home.  Doing over 1000k in 24 hours is really for sadists.

The big secret for me is that on log rides, it has to be commando.  Seams of underwear seem to be strategically placed to cut off bloodflow to the femoral artery, and any bunching of fabric whatsoever seems just to aggravate that.  I FINALLY accepted defeat here in Florida, and bought my first pair of mesh pants for the heat, and wear long nylon gym shorts underneath, but haven't done a long ride like that.  Now, goretex boots are the whip too in the heat.

On the K100RT I still have 29 years later, I KNOW I did Ironbutts before there were Ironbutts.  Miami to Columbus, OH several times.  I was young, and so was the bike.  To that end, when I ordered my plate back thing from my Ironbutt, I ordered two- one for my K100RT that started it all for me.

"Normal" long ride for a day can be up to 500 miles to keep it fun.  Setup now on a 2011 R1200GS is an Airhawk 1/3rd or so inflated under an Alaskan Leather Sheepskin cover on the stock seat- all I need.

[The Mighty Gryphon]

Between Cleveland and the Rockies there isn't much to get excited about so I try to cover that as fast as possible.  To that end, 700-800 miles a day gets the job done in 2 days. 

Last July, I did an Iron Butt run from Ft. Collins, Co. to My home near Buffalo, NY.  !540 miles in just under 24 hours on my K75RT.  I didn't plan it that way, but it was July 4th weekend and there wasn't a room to be had anywhere.  Rain all the way across NE and IA, 40 degrees at night in IN and OH.  RT fairing and a Russell seat made it reasonably tolerable.  Still, I wouldn't want to do it again this year(maybe next year...).

I am massively impressed by how easy it is to put prodigious distances behind me with these machines.