LA to Sturgis

[RamDude]

I am from St Louis Missouri and My brother is from LA and we are going to meet at Sturgis. I have a group that I am riding with from here and he is riding alone from LA. I told him I was going to look on "THE" Forum for a group that is riding from LA and ask if He could join them for the ride. If anyone is riding and doesn't mind another bike in the group Please send me a PM and I'll let him know. Thanks

[07Harley556]

Tell him to give the folks over at Chester's HD in Mesa, Az a call they usually have folks going up, it would be any easy ride from the l.A. area to Mesa, just a thought.

[RamDude]

Great. Thanks for the idea. He is checking in Vegas. He has friends there that might have a hookup for him. Thanks again

[Antonio Pendejo]

Tell him to ride alone, he will have a better time and make better time. Nobody elses schedule, no worries about others riding quirks. No chance of ending up riding with wierdos that he don't know.
AP

[Nazzdak]

Originally Posted by Antonio Pendejo

Tell him to ride alone, he will have a better time and make better time. Nobody elses schedule, no worries about others riding quirks. No chance of ending up riding with wierdos that he don't know.
AP

I agree 100%.

I know a guy that is taking his truck AND his bike to Sturgis. Riding part of the way, then putting his bike in the back of his truck, and driving part of the way, with his wife driving while he is riding.

WTF??

Now what kind of man in his right mind, would want to travel with such a group. It'll take two full DAYS just to get there.

I'm going to sturgis. Plan on leaving with the sun, and shutting it down at nightfall. My plan is to ride straight through. I know I can cover the ground in the 17 hours of daylight, but I refuse to ride at night, so who knows whether or not I'll make it.

A friend wants to ride with me to St Louis. I told him that I'm leaving at 6am, and that if he is even one minute late, I will leave without him. If he cannot keep up, I will NOT slow down, either.

My mph average when I ride alone over a long period of time is 66.4. It may surprise you to know that I don't ride fast. My ceiling is 7mph over the speed limit. thus, the fastest you will ever find me traveling is 82 in a 75. I just don't slow down in the curves, nor do I phuck around at fuel stops. The key to maintaining a high mph average over a long period of time is to be fully prepared the night before so that you can leave EARLY.

I only stop, when I need fuel. And when I fuel, I pee, chug a gatorade, energy bar, saddle back up, and I'm GONE. If I have to communicate, I do so by text message only, and I keep it extremely brief.....Yes, no, not now. By the time I'm midway through a trip, I already have an extra gatorade and energy bar on my motor, so If I don't need to pee, my pit stop will last, maybe, 3 minutes. I set aside ONE break for lunch. McDonalds, and that's only for 20 minutes. If I added just one single motor to my trip, then my average mph will certainly go down. Once you get up to three motors, you might as well sit back and relax, because there is no WAY you're going to cover a 1,000 in a single day.

I realize most people don't travel this way. I also realize that it would be an entirely different kind of trip if I was with my lady. Personally, no offense to her, but I'd rather fly her out then have her on the back of my bike over a 1,000 miles. She would slow me down too much. The last time we went on a long distance trip, she kept hiittng me on the back of my helmet after two hours.... "are you ever going to stop!!"


Needless to say, lesson learned.

Have a safe trip!
David

[fourhour]

I hope you don't ride like that on the leisure trips! I like to stop for fuel and take a few minutes to let the blood flow to my legs and ass and maybe find a shady, grassy knoll to kick back for ten minutes or so. And yes, much easier traveling alone.

One of my riding buddies hollored to me about 25 minutes into a trip, "When are we gonna stop for a cigarette?" Came reall close to turning around and heading home! That was the start of a real comical day that just got better and better. We laugh harder now telling that story then the day it happened!

All in all, enjoy your trip! ennis

[Nazzdak]

Originally Posted by fourhour

I hope you don't ride like that on the leisure trips! I like to stop for fuel and take a few minutes to let the blood flow to my legs and ass and maybe find a shady, grassy knoll to kick back for ten minutes or so. And yes, much easier traveling alone.

One of my riding buddies hollored to me about 25 minutes into a trip, "When are we gonna stop for a cigarette?" Came reall close to turning around and heading home! That was the start of a real comical day that just got better and better. We laugh harder now telling that story then the day it happened!

All in all, enjoy your trip! ennis

That story reminds of a ride a buddy and I took a few years back. We were about 2 hours south of home when he asked me to pull over.

"Dude, where are we going?"
"Well, I don't know, really. Why?, Does it even matter?"
"Well, no, but I would like to know so I can tell my wife"

I damn near fell off my seat laughing. Needless to say we starting riding home after that comment.

It's hard for me to tone it down. Not only do I find that most people base their decision to travel from point a, to point b, on their motor skill level, which is poor at best. But, there is general lack of awareness in a group setting that I find rather disturbing.

For example, if a group of cars is traveling at 60mph, in a 55mph zone, on a two lane interstate, I think it is appropriate to maintain a 2 second following distance behind last car. If I were in a group, we would easily be 6-7 seconds behind the last car, holding up a line of traffic without so much as care in the world.

When we pull in to get gas, instead of pulling up to the pump, so that the motors are positioned to take the shortest distance back out to the street, I find the lead guy taking us all over the freaking place. Across the street, around the corner, through an outlet mall..etc..etc..I never say anything, but I'm always thinking WTF? It just took us 5 minutes to do something that could have just as easily been done in 30 seconds!!! You start adding stuff like this up, over a days ride, and I'm ready to pull what little hair I have out of my head.

Basically, the gap between riding proficiently, and outrightly poorly, is so wide, that I find that I have the most enjoyable experience on my motor when i am alone.

David

[FunkyNova66]

I'm with you on this David. There are only a few select people that I enjoy riding long distances with. They are like me...no bullshitting around....stop, pump, gas, quick drink/bar, go!

The wife riding with me is a whole different story. Stop every 150 miles...Hell, I'm lucky to get out the door within 2 hours of my original departure time. LOL. I'll only do 400 mile trips with her on the back. This way she can call the shots and I don't feel rushed to be anywhere.

Dave