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Cruiser
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| it was a beautiful day here in sc. t-shirt weather. rode 'vicky' 290 mi. I got to admit, I was a bit out of shape. I was exhausted when I got home. I met up with a man riding a decked out goldwing trike. He was 88 years young. I asked him how many miles per tank he gets. He replied, about 200, if I keep it under 90 mph. lol. |
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Cripes Dan. 290 mi is just getting warmed up - gotta do that by noon if you're LAZY.
(but I got to admit - 500 mile rides at this time of year in the winter/west/mountains give my muscles a workout ... )
Luckily - I seldom go more than 2-3 weeks without that kind of workout in the winter. Soon - it will be 2-3 times a week .... and I'm '69 in May.
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Iron Butt
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| 290 miles is a nice ride, riding isn't an endurance test. I occasionally ride with a weekend group. We ride 300-500 miles a day, we're not in any hurry and we enjoy the scenery along the way. |
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Cruiser
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| donetracey.... you must not work a full tme job. unless I take a vacation day, sat. is about the only time i get for a decent ride. I like to do more, this was just a 7 hr ride. I prefer secondary rds. and twisties. the ride is the desination..... |
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Tourer
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Central Illinois | Any ride of 400 to 500 miles is a good day for me at 65 years young. I can ride that day after day in decent weather but in t-shirt weather I would be tempted to ride further. I only got in about 15 miles today running errands but the high here today was only about 37F, not exactly great riding weather. |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | Glad you were able to get out and ride, Banjodan. This time of year people have full-fledged cabin fever, and the only cure is wind in your face!
At 50 years OLD I too Love the day after day of 600+ mile, 10-12hr days.
But I also Love the 300 mile day trip, full of twisties, cigar stops, little hikes, lunch break.
And cant leave out the everyday 11 mile ride to/from work.
Basically, and time in the saddle is time well spent.
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Tourer
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| the Mrs. and I did 250 miles last Saturday with the local GW group. We are the token v-twin of the group  Nice ride, Sierra nevada foothills, some superslab. good combo. you want to talk about inspiration? there is an older couple in the group on a 2 wheel GW, she gets around with a walker. walks slow, kind of a shuffle. we were in the parking lot and I see them come out of the restaurant where we had breakfast. she pushes her walker up to a GW. and gets on! the husband straps the walker to the GW trunk and off they go! |
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first long ride of season