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| I am pumped..... this weekend will be my longest ride yet. I'm definately not bragging[I've seen your odometer readings] leaving solo fri. before daylight from spartanburg sc. to Rootstown ohio. I got all day, so no rush. once I get to southern ohio, getting off i77 and taking 2ndary rds. will ride 650-700 mi. weather looks to be almost perfect. looking to save some bucks and pack food and drinks. I'll be on the midnight cherry vision, heading north, if you want to fall in and ride a while. return trip...mon. I'm excited! |
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Grand Cane, LA | Good luck on your ride. You only going to want to make longer trips after that. I made my first long trip on mine back in '09 after I had got it broke in. 5260 miles in 10 days. Had only one complaint. Frigging desert heat crossing southern California during August! My brother and I had decided to make a road trip out of taking our dad's ashes to his final resting place in Oregon. Ended up having four of us all together make the trip and couldn't have had a better time. Especially loved hearing all the whining coming from the Harley riders, my brother included! |
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Bancroft Ontario, Canada | Enjoy
My wife and i have ridden long rides since 2000.....regularly ride 10-12000 km the first 2 weeks of Sept every year.....from Bancroft ON Canada we have been to all the VMC meets as well we have been to Vegas twice Arkansas twice and this year will be going to Lewiston.
Long rides are great and the vision loves them
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| Banjo - I know the excitement your feeling. My wife and I recently got back from a 1300 mile 5 day ride. We experienced the low elevantion and heat in Death valley and the high elevantio [9300] of Tioga Pass in Yosemite. I was so excited days and days before the trip, and I was not disappointed. I would wake up in the morning after riding 10-11 hours [we stop often for the view, historical monuments, pics] and think 'oh boy more riding today  |
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Sand Rock, AL United States | you go Banjo! 
Edited by jimtom 2013-06-13 12:24 PM
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| I just got back to California Sunday from Utah, Colorado and Arizona. 500 miles thru the desert in 110+ heat sucked! What i did find was that, for me, 400 miles is the maximum i will do from now on, but thats me. I will say that the Vision is an awesome ride. I rode 2 up the whole trip pulling a trailer up to 11,000' and it never once skipped a beat. But the engine heat is an issue for me. I need the lower air deflectors. I rode with a guy that has a Vision with them and he told me there is no way he will ride without them. He lives in Arizona so heat is a issue for him too. Enjoy the ride. |
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Sand Rock, AL United States | deflectors are great. anyone tried that cooling vest? does it work? |
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Akron Ohio area | Banjodan
I live near Rootstown Ohio. (12 miles)
Some of my favorite roads to ride in Southeastern Ohio are route 26 out of Marietta and route 800 which ends up in Canton Ohio.
To get to Route 26 from the south, get off at the first exit after crossing the Ohio river (Route 7) and take that a little more than a mile West until you hit 26 on your right.
It's been recently repaved over 70% of it and there is very little traffic.
26 dead ends into Route 800 which you can ride almost all of the rest of your trip to Rootstown.
I might be able to ride to the Ohio border with you on your return trip.
I have a favorite Brewery I like to visit in West Virginia.
Other roads to check out in the Marietta area are 536, and 255 which are part of the Demon's Triangle and run through Wayne National Forest.
The speed limit is 55 MPH and I can't maintain it and stay on the road.
These two roads are what I call technical and potentially dangerous. (I still ride them aggressively several times a year)
The roadway needs repaved because of all the culvert work that's been done.
Blind summits and gravel can pop up almost anywhere, anytime.
Always an Amish buggy or two but virtually no traffic to speak of.
I've run both of these roads and not seen another non-horse drawn vehicle the whole length.
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Prairie City, IA United States | jimtom - 2013-06-13 2:42 PM
deflectors are great. anyone tried that cooling vest? does it work?
I have a cooling vest and it works well. I have traveled in 107? heat for 1/2 a day and been comfortable. You do need to recharge them every so often depending on the temp & humidity. Wear it under a mesh jacket for the best results. Also, they are not a substitute for hydration. DRINK, Drink, Drink until you have to pee. |
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| thanks bigfoot... I was thinking about getting off in Marietta, and going up that way.]its sounds like a great ride! I hope I,m not too tired by the time I get to southern Ohio. |
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | I have just as much if not more relief by soaking my mesh jacket in icewater as I did using an evaporative vest soaked in icewater under a jacket. It dried out sooner, but didn't leave me with a hot/humid backside.
330 miles from SoCal to Utah @ 110F - 119F from Barstow, CA to St. George, UT.
One way with cooling jacket, coming home the next day with drenched mesh jacket.
I have a 2XL cooling vest for sale now. $20 + shipping. |
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Bancroft Ontario, Canada | cooling vest works great......you look like you pissed your pants but all is cool
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| I have a cooling vest and it works well. I have traveled in 107? heat for 1/2 a day and been comfortable. You do need to recharge them every so often depending on the temp & humidity. Wear it under a mesh jacket for the best results. Also, they are not a substitute for hydration. DRINK, Drink, Drink until you have to pee.
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Georgia, west of Atlanta | 700 miles is nothing to sneeze at, have a good time.......... |
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Peru, IN | How well does a cooling vest work compared to a phase changing vest on a Vision? There's not a lot of air movement across my torso behind that fairing. I'd need something to keep my core cool but not interfere with my Utopia backrest (or I'd look into the Veskimo). |
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Akron Ohio area | Achoo.
The trick to long distance riding is hydration, sunscreen, lip balm, and going commando.
I drink 2 bottles of water in between each fill-up. |
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New Bohemia, VA | get a camelbak and hydrate along the way. to me it's the best way to go. I used a mix of water and Gatorade and it worked well for me. |
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Sand Rock, AL United States | We have his and hers drink holders too so we don't have to wait for gas to hydrate. I did run out of water before gas last year on my West trip. Camelbacks are good. |
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Lavon, TX | Hogcooler air conditioned vest system (www.hogcooler.com), Beadrider over seat (www.beadrider.com), Utopia backrest (www.utpr.com), camelbak Dart (www.camelbak.com) for hydration, sunscreen and lip balm. |
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Sand Rock, AL United States | looked up the hog cooler, may work great but no way I'm paying $370.00 (including shipping) . I may get a cooling vest for the wife. |
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Sand Rock, AL United States | sorry banjo, don't mean to jack your thread. |
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| charbin - doesnt that camelbak hit the top of the utopia backrest? |
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Lavon, TX | Not when you wear the pouch on your chest... |
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my longest ride.