Doing some 2 hour rides is good advice. Plan your trip out as detailed as possible maping out fuel and gas stops. Ride hard early with limited breaks and ease up as the day goes and you get tired. Have a back-up plan if anything goes wrong. Even as far as who's going to come get you. Done many 500 mile rides and planning is key. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:54:41 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Nighthawk Lovers] Ferry Crossings Do a few hour to 2 hour rides before trying anything like that.... Build in a 10min stop for every 30min to hour depending... Basic tools wouldent be bad, cash, EXTRA WATER.... Mabey snacks depending if you have bags/trunk or just backpack -----Original Message----- Date: Friday, September 10, 2010 2:23:11 pm To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> From: "Stumpi" <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Ferry Crossings So who here has done a ferry crossing on a bike? As I mentioned in the Iron Butt\random topic thread I wanted to take a day trip up to Canada and then take a ferry back across old Erie to Sandusky and then home. I discovered the ferry only runs to Sandusky through the end of September and won't run again til April. I want to get at least one long trip in on my first bike before it goes onto a new owner so I want to try and do it here in the next two weeks. So my question is; how are ferry crossings on a bike trip? Any big do's or don'ts? What sort of items do you recommend bringing other than the tool kit and some cash? Should I stuff my pants with pillows so my butt doesn't try and strangle me when I get home? It's about only 4:30 minutes from my house to the dock on the Canadian side if I go by way of Detroit. Then 1:30 on the ferry to Pelee island, I have 2 hours to kill there sight seeing, then another 1:30 to Sandusky and an 1:40 home on the bike. Matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
