Back when I had a 160, I rode from Phoenix to Seattle in two days with a layover in Ogden to visit a chick I 'd met in Bryce Canyon the fall school year. I don't remember the capacity of the tank, but I made it to Salt Lake and stopped to fill the tank. It was the stock seat and man I remember my backside was sore! I got into the mountains in Montana and has to stop. I remember that I spent more on a room for the night than I did on gas the whole trip (only 32cents a gallon..) BTW that bike would cruise at 85. Yeah, that was about top speed too. It was me, my camping gear, and a duffle bag of clothes & toiletries. And a few eats and drinks.
Sent via DroidX2 on Verizon Wireless™ -----Original message----- From: Hawaii Sean <[email protected]> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 20:39:22 GMT+00:00 Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Nighthawk can be a touring Machine?? Lee, One member, Li I think, rode for at least a month last summer on his 90's 750. He had it WAY over loaded and I think there is at least one picture of him on the bike somewhere in this group. I personally ride everyday and put about 10,000 a year on my 96, 750. On the highway you should get at least 45 miles to the gallon on the 750, with the 4.6 gallon tank you're good for 180 to 200 miles on a tank of gas, which is about as far as you'd want to go. I've also toured on a 82 650 for 9 days, range was about 125 miles per tank of gas, not long enough. Only change that you will have to make is get a good seat, if you're patient you should be able to get a Corbin on eBay for about $100. Having said that, I recently picked up a 1991 ST1100 for about $2,000, after replacing the seat with a Russel for $100 it's an amazing touring bike. However, if you're new to riding don't get the ST. Also, look at the Kawasaki Coucours. Again, an amazing touring bike and you can find an older one in the $2,000 range. Good luck, Sean On Jan 31, 9:38 am, Jurisgnostic <[email protected]> wrote: > I know i've ridden my 650 nighthawk 900 miles. I haven't gone that > far on my 750 but i have every expectation it is better for that > purpose. I have a windshield, saddlebags, a tank bag, and the bike > has a longer traveling distance before empty than the 650, which was > scary short in that way. I usually go about 140 miles on the 750. I > was lucky to get 100 on the 650 > > On Jan 21, 10:42 pm, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > I'm Lee, 21 years old, and i'm also a motorcycle enthusiast. I'm > > owning a KLR650. I do lots of ridding, i put about 10000miles this > > summer in MN. I'm actually looking for another bike, but i can't > > afford a new bike. > > > I loves all kind of motorcycles, one of those bikes Honda Nighthawk > > 750 is a full standard bike. I was wondering if this great bike can be > > a wonderful touring machine? Please comments, thanks. > > > Lee :) -- 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.
