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Wow, nice november riding. It has been into the 70°s since Tuesday here. I've got a thousand miles on since Sunday.

I'm actually bike sore.

Damn that's good I don't think I've put 1000 miles in last 4 months

thats some serious mileage. My bike is 2.5 hours away from me, makes me sad

I've racked 15,000 since april. On my third rear tire, 2nd front this year. Ran from No.Mich. to Kentucky and back in late July. Pittsburgh and back a couple weeks ago. Heading out in a minute for a few more-cold front coming tonight.

in the last week i am around 500 mi
hey reel how was the ride from mi to Kentucky. was it hard on you. i am looking to take a long ride this winter and was waning to know how the bike was for a long trip

4000mi. Since I bought my Honda in August. Not too many lately, I wanted to get to 4000mi. do maintenance and put it away for the winter.

mike94fzr600 wrote:in the last week i am around 500 mi
hey reel how was the ride from mi to Kentucky. was it hard on you. i am looking to take a long ride this winter and was waning to know how the bike was for a long trip

It was okay. It's not the most comfy bike but it aint bad. I knocked the limiting pins that locate the clip-ons and pushed the outer ends forward a little to even out the weight in my palms. I've done a lot of long runs on bikes(cross country 6 or 7 times-once on an RZ350 the week of thanksgiving). The most important thing is to listen to your body-and have good gear. If anything even starts to bug you on a 100 mile ride, you need to deal with it before a long run. Hydrate hydrate hydrate. Rest, even if it is a 15 minute rest stop nap if you need it.

Stretching is part of my daily routine and I would higly suggest you do it for a week or so before any trip..and when you take breaks on the trip.


The way down, I left Mich @4am so I was down there midafternoon stopping just for fuel. The way back I had to leave at 8am. It was freakin HOT down there (100°s) and I had a long week so the way back I stopped every 75 miles or so and stretched my legs, then another 75 or so and fueled up....and so on. Long highway runs are the only time I will do the music thing and I keep the volume down enough to have it be background noise.

My sister sent me some bicycling skivvies right after that....they have thin gel panels on the ass. They fricken ROCK! I wore em on the Pittsburgh run and I wear them anytime I will be riding for more than an hour.

I have a Chase Harper tankbag and I bought a medium sized internal frame backpack from walmart that sat on the passenger seat nice, actually looked as if it shoulda been there...and strapped down perfectly.

reelrazor wrote: I bought a medium sized internal frame backpack from walmart that sat on the passenger seat nice, actually looked as if it shoulda been there...and strapped down perfectly.

hmm...mind getting a picture of the bag on the bike?

Has been in the mid 70's here. Ride every day!

megaloxana wrote:

reelrazor wrote: I bought a medium sized internal frame backpack from walmart that sat on the passenger seat nice, actually looked as if it shoulda been there...and strapped down perfectly.

hmm...mind getting a picture of the bag on the bike?

Yeah, will do. Been meaning to anyway.

here it's coming up on the rainy season..which sucks..i haven't had the time to work on my bike..i'm planning on using some off time tomorrow to finish it. but i'll only have a month of riding before it starts raining for 2 - 3 months, so no cruises for me for a while.

reelrazor wrote:

mike94fzr600 wrote:in the last week i am around 500 mi
hey reel how was the ride from mi to Kentucky. was it hard on you. i am looking to take a long ride this winter and was waning to know how the bike was for a long trip

It was okay. It's not the most comfy bike but it aint bad. I knocked the limiting pins that locate the clip-ons and pushed the outer ends forward a little to even out the weight in my palms. I've done a lot of long runs on bikes(cross country 6 or 7 times-once on an RZ350 the week of thanksgiving). The most important thing is to listen to your body-and have good gear. If anything even starts to bug you on a 100 mile ride, you need to deal with it before a long run. Hydrate hydrate hydrate. Rest, even if it is a 15 minute rest stop nap if you need it.

Stretching is part of my daily routine and I would higly suggest you do it for a week or so before any trip..and when you take breaks on the trip.


The way down, I left Mich @4am so I was down there midafternoon stopping just for fuel. The way back I had to leave at 8am. It was freakin HOT down there (100°s) and I had a long week so the way back I stopped every 75 miles or so and stretched my legs, then another 75 or so and fueled up....and so on. Long highway runs are the only time I will do the music thing and I keep the volume down enough to have it be background noise.

My sister sent me some bicycling skivvies right after that....they have thin gel panels on the ass. They fricken ROCK! I wore em on the Pittsburgh run and I wear them anytime I will be riding for more than an hour.

I have a Chase Harper tankbag and I bought a medium sized internal frame backpack from walmart that sat on the passenger seat nice, actually looked as if it shoulda been there...and strapped down perfectly.

ok thanks for the heads up and info

megaloxana wrote:

reelrazor wrote: I bought a medium sized internal frame backpack from walmart that sat on the passenger seat nice, actually looked as if it shoulda been there...and strapped down perfectly.

hmm...mind getting a picture of the bag on the bike?

Okay here are some.
The bag itself: Has big main pocket, then two smaller ones. I packed a enough for a week with this and my tankbag.


Seat strapped to bag with old camera case strap.


Clips on shoulder straps to passenger footguard


It pushes back a little with light pressure. I actually raised up and sat on it to stretch my legs while underway.

It's been raining so long here i forgot what the sun looks like... Hazy overcast and cold when it isn't raining.. I'm hoping to get a few more rides in before winter hits..

hey reelrazor, you're bike looks exactly like mine did when i got it..except for the front, i have the single headlight..same pearl white paint job over a black frame.