Just looking at a couple of posts on folk doing 500 - 600 in on hit got me wondering how many miles you have done in a single hit..? For me it was from Nice back home to Oxfordshire.... On my Kawasaki z1000, back in 2008... had an airhawk seat cushion on the bike so my arse was fine but took about 3 days to fully get the feeling back in my fingers. 1150 miles in 13 hours. Only stops was for fuel and the channel tunnel crossing. So what have you done??
638 + from Verona via Stelvio via Austria to Strasbourg. It was a marvellous day with marvellous roads, but we where mentally feked.
For me its the 580 odd miles from Le Harvre to Millau - left ferry 08:00 I think and was in town square just after 19:00 having a beer in the very pleasant town square Le Havre, France to Millau, France - Google Maps With mega mile trips the key is staying hydrated, avoid caffine till you really struggle and alternate quick fuel stops with longer ones to get a proper break. That was on a Blade
425 miles from zeebrugge to freudenstadt - arse like a baboon at the end, but soon forgotten after a couple of these,
my problem was the roads were too straight, I must have been using the wrong ones as I was told they were all nice twisty ones.
I can only ride for about 45-1hour then I have to stop as the bad joints start to get sore and have to stop for a stretch
Not in a single day, but our annual trip to the Pyrenees and back via SW Germany is around 3000 miles in 5 days, riding around 8 to 10 hours a day, the pressure points on your ass become like objects of torture, the final day is mind over matter.
Reg do 400 miles a day on tour, weekend away, big Sunday hack... Done 500+ a couple of times which is hard!! But all of that is avoiding motorways and tolls. What's the point when your away. Rather skip the coffee breaks, eat / drink at fuel fill ups and stick a roll in the rucksack and go scenic on the side of the road for lunch. As phantom said its more the roads than the actual mile count, come home from assen two up on my old r6 with a hangover of the century. Hardest ride of my life.... Only 380 miles!
Hi did 550 miles from Reims to home after 3500 mile trip round Europe. That last leg was hard I don't think I have ever felt my arse that bad, remember riding up the m6 practically side saddle!!
We were stopping every second fill up for a break But on the way home we had the early boat so no Breaks.i can tell you we slept well on the boat that Night.
675 we done 2400 ish in 5 days 2 cbr1000rr s midlands to Plymouth Santander pyrennes round to Monaco shot back through France we rode from Monaco to Calais overnight biggest stop 1 hour silly really we was falling asleep on bikes but had to get back !
