Someone brought up an important point. Do you have a faring or windshield on your bike? If not it would be much harder - I don't think I'd make 350 miles without one. Several of us have the SlipStreamer SpitFire (eBay item number# 370519439561 - $67 delivered). If I was going to start touring and doing long days I'd get something bigger like the one on SlipStreamer S-05 Turbo. There are several windshields on eBay for a good price - typically much better than you can get locally.
You might also take a look at the Saddle Sore 1000 site and if you're crazy enough go for it. I'd do it on the way there, you'd be wasted the first day you're there but you won't be on the road - but I'm kid of crazy in that I love doing long endurance stuff. I've done a 24 hour mountain bike race solo twice - noon to noon and ran the western states 100 - 100 mile run that has to be completed within 36 hours - I did it in about 30. These were both 10+ years and 20lbs ago but I think people who do things like the Saddle Sore 1000 have the same mental strength / flaw that makes them think pushing yourself to the limit is a good thing. Good luck, Sean On Jun 15, 11:12 am, bobby <[email protected]> wrote: > When I was reading the "personal mileage record" post I started to > wonder. > > My nighthawk is a '91 with 23k on it. I got is last year when it had > 11k. I have ridden about 350 miles in a day. I'm considering riding > from Kentucky to Massachusetts for a week long training program for > work, then back. It would be about 950 miles each way. > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=40403&daddr=40.67755... > > Is it madness to try to do that in 2 days each way? 1 day? -- 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.
