I just did my longest ever street bike ride.

"E30Joe drives a Subaru" (325joe) 07/05/2014 at 18:34 • Filed to: None

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Rode my 2005 R6 (sprocketed too) from Minneapolis to Alexandria MN.

About 140 miles, it went well minus the fact it was a little windy on some parts of the ride. I thought it would suck a lot more than it did.

Enjoy this Ducati as a reward for looking here.

The man in the iron mask > E30Joe drives a Subaru 07/05/2014 at 18:35

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And you raced it on COTA. Damn what a day you must have

E30Joe drives a Subaru > The man in the iron mask 07/05/2014 at 18:38

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No racing for me today :( I need to get to Road America sometime soon.

desertdog5051 > E30Joe drives a Subaru 07/05/2014 at 18:49

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Thank you for writing in. I assume you speak of a Yamaha? I have consulted some of the brightest people in the business. I will paraphrase what Dear Abbey said. "Do not try to ride 140 miles at 160 mph". Allow yourself time to take deep breaths and enjoy the flowers along the road side.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > desertdog5051 07/05/2014 at 18:52

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I kept it civil, mostly. Since I'm sprocketed without a healer 100 indicated is about 88. It's not fun riding over 100 for longer than a few seconds because it's so windy.

jkm7680 > E30Joe drives a Subaru 07/05/2014 at 18:59

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That's awesome! More long trips to come?

E30Joe drives a Subaru > jkm7680 07/05/2014 at 19:04

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Well my bike is a pure slut that I do not care about remotely in terms of mileage or anything so hopefully. I'll probably try to avoid main highways though because I sat in 6th 95% of the time I'd say.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > E30Joe drives a Subaru 07/05/2014 at 19:05

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My longest ever ride was 16,ooo miles. Of course, it took me three months to do it, but I think the most I ever did in a single day in the saddle was 1,000. I used to be an ironbutt, although I never did get a chance to compete in one.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > Jeff-God-of-Biscuits 07/05/2014 at 19:06

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If I was doing 1000 miles a day I'd HAVE to get something more upright, after an hour or so my neck starts to hurt.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > E30Joe drives a Subaru 07/05/2014 at 19:12

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Yeah, I think it was on a VFR 750. The 16k was on a FZR1000 though. I cheated a little and got some bars that brought the riding position back and up about 1 inch each .

Buick Mackane > E30Joe drives a Subaru 07/05/2014 at 19:30

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What does having a "sprocketed" bike have to do with the story? Are most long rides taken with shaft drives now? Just asking.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > Buick Mackane 07/05/2014 at 21:28

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Sprocketed as in different gearing from the stock sprocket sizes, I sit at a considerably higher RPM while cruising. About 1.5/2k higher.

The man in the iron mask > E30Joe drives a Subaru 07/05/2014 at 22:09

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Yeah i read it isnt your picture, but the bike is in COTA track..

Road america must be cool, ive race there in xbox lol.

E30Joe drives a Subaru > The man in the iron mask 07/06/2014 at 13:36

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I wish I could ride an 1199 around COTA...