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wizzzard
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PostPosted: 10:25 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Longest you have spent in the saddle? Reply with quote

As the title says really. After only about an hour and a half of continuous riding all I'm fit for is falling off the bike and crawling away rather than walking.

Whats the longest you have ridden for without stops of any kind ( your allowed to stop for traffic lights Wink ) ?
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PostPosted: 10:27 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

1.5 hours on the 750, fuel range wouldn't go much over that at motorway speeds.

3 hours on the cg125, back when i had the bigger tank on it.
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PostPosted: 10:29 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

3.5 hours on my scooter.
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PostPosted: 10:31 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Three hours on a cg Shocked wasn't that just a little uncomfortable ?

Three and a half on a scoot ! I'm feeling very inadequate right now.
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PostPosted: 10:34 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think Tatters might have this one in the bag...

Edit: Oops, didn't see the no stops bit.
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PostPosted: 10:38 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

wizzzard wrote:
Three hours on a cg Shocked wasn't that just a little uncomfortable ?


Not with the adjustable seat/hand guards/decent bars.

probably the comfiest 125 Ive ever ridden by the time i was done with it.

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PostPosted: 10:40 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

4 hours on a cb125. Wasnt that bad TBH.
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PostPosted: 10:53 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did 11-12hours in a run in bad weather. Stopped for fuel twice.
What do I win?
Got right back on the bike the next day and felt fine.
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PostPosted: 11:09 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

jay12329 wrote:
Did 11-12hours in a run in bad weather. Stopped for fuel twice.
What do I win?
Got right back on the bike the next day and felt fine.
J


nothing, because you stopped for fuel.

i think i've done about 1 hour on the R6 because the fuel doesnt go very far.
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PostPosted: 11:11 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

wizzzard wrote:
Three and a half on a scoot ! I'm feeling very inadequate right now.


When you can only top 20mph going over the Pennines it takes a while. I got overtaken by a bus Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:12 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

3 hours or so on one of the MT's

I did once try getting a passenger to fill up my tank from a jerry can whilst riding, it didn't turn out as bad as you'd expect it to Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:23 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

A couple of hours at most. Fuel is a requirement given most bikes have a relatively small capacity.

Longest period including fuel stops (literally pull up, fill up, pay and go) was around the 22 hours mark on a JOGLE run.
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PostPosted: 11:38 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

5 hours on a xr125
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PostPosted: 11:44 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

ms51ves3 wrote:

When you can only top 20mph going over the Pennines it takes a while. I got overtaken by a bus Laughing


Your testicles must be huge, there is no way I would ever attempt a trip like that with that kind of power. I think from the replies so far I need to man up a little in the saddle and go for longer.


truslack wrote:

I did once try getting a passenger to fill up my tank from a jerry can whilst riding, it didn't turn out as bad as you'd expect it to


Thats possibly the coolest thing ever Thumbs Up Gotta love the dedication to riding if you dont even want to stop for fuel.
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PostPosted: 11:46 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

For this record you need very good mpg, and very slow bike to take as long as possible to use your unusually large tank of fuel.
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PostPosted: 12:41 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

wizzzard wrote:


Thats possibly the coolest thing ever Thumbs Up Gotta love the dedication to riding if you dont even want to stop for fuel.

Can see the jerry cans here (big 20l plastic 5L) - its the same on both sides, though it limits pillion leg room a lot (they have to sit between the 2 20L cans)

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PostPosted: 12:44 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

26 hours, with no more than 10 minutes off the bike at any one time.

Thats on my er6 last month, doubt i could manage more than just a few hours on the cbr though.
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PostPosted: 13:35 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did 6 hours on the ts50 when i went to Cardiff, a journey of around 200 miles only stopped 3 times for fuel.
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PostPosted: 13:59 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know to be honest, I would say at a guess around the 2 to 3 hour mark, as I suffer with numb fingers, numb bum and also my pelvis/hip is inclined to click/move as it's damaged. So I have to get off in order to feel everything properly again, do some stretching.

Would absolutely dearly love to do some serious touring, but my body just won't allow it.

As it is, when I'm on a long journey, and on a mission to get somewhere, I will often just pull over, stand and jiggle about, stretch the fingers, nip to the loo and then get back on again.
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PostPosted: 14:33 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

doggone wrote:
For this record you need very good mpg, and very slow bike to take as long as possible to use your unusually large tank of fuel.


I really do miss my CG.
with that tank on I got 400 miles to a tank out of it.
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PostPosted: 14:51 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

4 hours on the M6/M5 southbound from Stoke to Bristol... Confused

It was in 2007 when it flooded Evesham / Glouster area. The M5 was completely flooded - so deep that you couldn't see the rumble strip on the reservation side of the outside lane.

We filtered all the way from Hilton Park services to Micheal Wood services...Its only about 110miles.
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PostPosted: 15:18 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

about 6 hours....and yes i was totally fucked when i got home.
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PostPosted: 16:02 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you disregard brief fuel stops my longest runs would be returning from Austria to channel coast and on to camp in Kent in one day, almost 700 miles, a lot sat at about 100mph on Belgian motorways.

Another epic 'long weekend' involved riding from Yorkshire to channel ferry, an hour snooze on board then on through the night to arrive at Chamonix near Swiss border about 5pm next day - that was knackering and I wouldn't do it again - but riding through France as it began to get light on deserted road was memorable.
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PostPosted: 16:18 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Three and a quater hours in heavy rain on the old NSR...
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PostPosted: 16:20 - 08 Aug 2009    Post subject: Reply with quote

Only just over 110miles before stopping for fuel.

But I rode from Ullapool in Scotland to Norwich only stopping for fuel on my 400 last summer and that took 12 hours but I had to make 6 fuel stops which gets a little annoying.
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