Author Topic: Furthest Ever (Read 3626 times)

Hedgetrimmer · « **on:** 09 June 2013, 12:08:01 am »

What's the furthest anyone's ridden their Fazer in one go then?
Mine was Fort William to London, including a circuit of Ben Lawers. Survived on coffee and painkillers (due to reconstructed shoulder) - not recommended! Can't remember what mileage total that was though. By the time I got home, I was hallucinating police sirens!

stevierst · « **Reply #1 on:** 09 June 2013, 09:15:37 am »

I did a similar trip about 10 years ago, Sailsbury to Oban, stopping off at home in Blackpool for my tea. Square rs syndrome! Nearly 500 miles I think.

Simon.Pieman · « **Reply #2 on:** 09 June 2013, 09:46:44 am »

617 miles a week ago. From Kassel Germany to Southwark, London. 14 hours inclusive of stops (and the ferry) the perennial Antwerp roadworks and getting lost in Brugge (worst roadsigns in Europe)
Bit of trivia:- I did the same trip a few years ago on PR2s and this year on Metzeler Z8s, same suspension settings. Y'know I'd swear that the Metzelers are more 'comfy' than the Michelins, you can feel a difference.

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #3 on:** 09 June 2013, 10:41:19 am »

Yeah, I read somewhere about certain tyres giving a more "springy" effect - funnily enough, it was Michelins they were referring to! I run PR2s usually, but not sure if I've really noticed the effect over other tyres.

Punkstig · « **Reply #4 on:** 09 June 2013, 12:19:31 pm »

780 is the most I've done in a day, but that was on my old Thundercat,
I was half tempted to go the extra 20 just so I could say I'd done 800, but the kettle was calling!

Slaninar · « **Reply #5 on:** 09 June 2013, 12:32:26 pm »

About 800 kilometres, from Novi Sad Serbia to Treviso Italy. Took me about 13 hours with all the border crossing, checks etc. Made about 3000 kilometres in 4 days riding. Unfortunately, mostly motorways.

snapper · « **Reply #6 on:** 09 June 2013, 03:25:09 pm »

780 miles in a day ? that more than i do in a year !

Kosmic Kartman · « **Reply #7 on:** 09 June 2013, 04:38:12 pm »

John O Groats to Land's End in one day.

John o¹Groats to Lands End Fazer tacho reading 917mls. ZZR¹s tacho reading
*962mls
14 hours riding.
2 hours total stop time eating, pissing and fuelling
Total travel time JOG to LE 16hrs.
Average speed 65.5 - *68.7mph

Here's the link for the trip.

Part 1
http://fazer1000.yuku.com/topic/3198/Sugar-and-spice-and-all-things-nice-Part-1

Part 2 John O groats to Land's End
http://fazer1000.yuku.com/topic/3211/Sugar-and-spice-and-all-things-nice-Part-2

The second longest ride was with Luke/Devilsyam. That was from Orlando via Tampa to North Carolina. That was over 700 miles IIRC

(Via Tampa because Luke took a wrong turn on the interstate

)

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #8 on:** 09 June 2013, 05:04:05 pm »

Brilliant links, Kosmic. Thoroughly enjoyed reading those. And an epic trip. I can't imagine doing that return journey the day after the ride up! I'd have needed to sleep for a week after that. Anything on the American trip?

Buzz · « **Reply #9 on:** 09 June 2013, 08:52:01 pm »

Kosmic...that's epic! Thanks for sharing.

Kosmic Kartman · « **Reply #10 on:** 10 June 2013, 06:00:55 pm »

Quote from: nick crisp on 09 June 2013, 05:04:05 pm

Anything on the American trip?

Theres a few pictures on this link and there was an extensive right up on www.devilsyam.com but it seems to have gone.

http://fazer1000.yuku.com/topic/747/is-this-who-i-think-it-is

The pillion in the pics is Luke's boy who came on the trip with us.

http://fazer1000.yuku.com/reply/20293/On-the-edge#reply-20293

MEM62 · « **Reply #11 on:** 10 June 2013, 09:46:49 pm »

My personal record was actually achieved a couple of years ago on a 1998 VFR800fi. I did Riogordo to just outside Bilbao in a day. 623 miles in around 12 hours. Its a journey I usually do over a couple of days at a more relaxed pace but on this occasion I wanted to get as far North as I could on day one to avoid riding in a storm that was due to hit Spain the following day. (I had a deadline to catch the ferry home) So, I had an early start and rode. When the tank was empty I would fill the bike, have a coffee and get back on the road again. Didn't think I'd do it all in a day but 12 hours later I was in my hotel having a beer. Good job I did because when the storm hit the following day is was a real mother.

andydrz · « **Reply #12 on:** 11 June 2013, 12:48:33 am »

My furthest is 711 miles from Drumnadrochit to Southampton on my GSXR 750 srad. It was my first trip away and I was missing my good lady so thought 'sod it, I'm going home today'. I went via my mates house in Edinburgh and took a wrong turning at Birmingham too so it took 14 hours in near constant rain. My knees were absolutely killing me when I got home and I don't think I would attempt that again $:\$

sadlonelygit · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 June 2013, 10:00:49 am »

1001 miles last weekend from le havre to fuimichino airport (rome) in 21 hrs. it's actually 994 but i HAD to go over the mille.
150 miles........coffee, fuel, 150 miles........coffee, fuel, 150 miles................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Slaninar · « **Reply #14 on:** 12 June 2013, 01:46:57 pm »

Don't know why, but this picture came to mind whe thinking about "Furthest ever".

AyJay · « **Reply #15 on:** 12 June 2013, 10:45:50 pm »

950 miles in 18 hours from the South of France to the Midlands in one hit. I got very lost in Germany. And Luxembourg. And Belgium...
http://www.thehandlebars.co.uk/Handlebars/Articles/Entries/2010/6/4_900_miles%2C_19_hours.html

The old Fazer's up to 107,000 miles now - the article's at the top of this page if you want to read about it.

http://thehandlebars.co.uk/Handlebars/Articles/Articles.html

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #16 on:** 12 June 2013, 11:02:22 pm »

Sounds like a trip I did a many years ago on an FZR1000 EXUP from Gutersloh to LeMans. At one point I ended up heading south through the Ardennes and wondering why I was starting to see so many Luxembourg plates; lost in Liege, Rouen etc etc.

AyJay · « **Reply #17 on:** 12 June 2013, 11:11:42 pm »

Those roads round Belgium and Luxembourg are a nightmare. More than once I found a dual carriageway, whooped for joy that I was going to get somewhere fast and then they'd just stop at a roundabout and dump you back on some weird little backroad to nowhere.

Sometime I think I should get a GPS....

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #18 on:** 13 June 2013, 08:50:19 pm »

AyJay, just been reading some of your link. Good reading on there, and I'll keep the rest for (another) rainy day. When I picked up my third Gen 1 from Guernsey, I had a similarly miserable trip (comparing to your mad dash from Dover to home) back to Broxbourne, where I lived at the time. All day had been fine, but as soon as I rolled off the ferry with the freshly purchased bike at Weymouth, the wind and rain let rip. The m25 in the wee hours with sheeting rain and a howling crosswind. What a way to get to know my new steed! No crashed cars, but nearly got sucked under several artics.

AyJay · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 June 2013, 07:16:00 pm »

Ta very much Nick. Always wanted to be a journo but after interviews for several of the bike mags, it was always the other guy that got the job. Just been faffing about with a few things I'd written over the years, and then I found that domain name. Well cool.

Must say, Guernsey's a heck of a long way to go to buy a bike though!

Hedgetrimmer · « **Reply #20 on:** 14 June 2013, 07:38:21 pm »

Yes, I think you'd have made a good bike journo. Better than some of the stuff I've read in Performance Berks etc.
A colleague spotted the bike on Ebay, good price and owned by a Guernsey copper. Thought that might mean it would have been well looked after, which, apart from the Guernsey sea air eating away at the paint on the engine cases and requiring replacement of a few rusty nuts and bolts, it was. The price was largely due to it not having been subjected to UK taxes. And the seller wrote me a receipt for less than I actually paid, so I didn't have to pay much tax on it when I brought it in. You gotta love coppers!
At the time I was working at a Yamaha dealer, so the few things that needed doing didn't cost me too much either.