90 miles in 90 min...

[Mav]

After a long day in Germany and a flight back to Heathrow, my 71,000 mile old GSA got me home in 90 minutes... And only half of it was motorway.

I bloody well love my bike :bounce

 

[Nutty]

That's good going Did you remember to take the number plate off first?

 

[Blackal]

Were you stuck in 2nd?

Al

 

[STUBBS]

love journeys like that

 

[Sgt Bilco]

Were you stuck in 2nd?

Al

He probably went back home via a few trails knowing Mav

 

[Mav]

That's good going Did you remember to take the number plate off first?

Wasn't actually going that fast... just never had to slow down. Was only doing 75 on the motorway stretch.

Were you stuck in 2nd?

Al

love journeys like that

Yep, just smooth, flowing riding when everything seems to go right. Extra nice to get that when it's dark and getting cold!

He probably went back home via a few trails knowing Mav

Not this time... although some of the roads around here would count as trails for a few people

 

[TLSgazza]

I once did 10 laps of the nordschleife in a 2 hour evening session.
Had to pull off for fuel after 5 at the halfway point though. That was satisfying.
Was totally knackered afterwards.

Managing an average of 60mph on any public roads ain't bad going.

 

[Bendy toy]

My bike currently shows an average of just over 50. Not too bad condsidering all the jams I've got stuck in lately. And the number plate is still well bolted on.

 

[Fluffy Bridges]

What kept you??

Fluff

 

[Mav]

What's more amazing is that I can do it on a bike that is technically pretty old, and a pretty knackered pilot (me) can finish a longish day, with a longish ride, at a good pace, and have a thoroughly good time doing it

 

[CuzGS]

Good work, the GS ICBM strikes again

 

[turnipbmw]

my best was 294 miles in 330 mins.

pulled away from a fuel stop on the A4 in Sweden, bladder empty - 9 gallon aftermarket fuel tank full on my old 1150GS.

At indicated 80 on the fairly empty road I was suprised to see nearly 80 miles covered in the hour.
At 2 hours I had covered around 157 miles.
3 hour mark saw 241 and the 320 mile mark at 4 hours was spoilt by traffic in Stockholm ( and end of journey)

Wasn't trying and certainly never have done it since.

Guess it must be fairly normal in USA etc

 

[Sgt Bilco]

Guess it must be fairly normal in USA etc

Yep, USA is great and it's easy to cover big distances in good time. On my trips, I use a 50mph average to calculate how long and it's usually very close. e.g, if we have a 500 mile day on the Alcan Hwy, this will take 10 hours including fuel, food stops etc and we tend to cruise between 65 and 70 mph.

That's near enough impossible over here.