(31-07-13, 04:00 PM)solorider link Wrote: I have to ride from Budapest to Swindon in august, but I have to do it in 24 hours, a total od 1200 miles minimum and also involves a ferry crossing.

(31-07-13, 04:56 PM)rustyrider link Wrote: I've done 1400 miles in 21 hours but in a car not on a bike.  Personally I think you'll be pushing it even though you've got decent roads all the way.  You'll win yourself an hour at the ferry as we're an hour behind the rest of Europe but even then with the hanging around time before boarding and getting off the ferry, you're still looking at 2.5 hours total but 1.5 hours delay.

A few years ago I met a guy on a bike at some services just south of Paris.  He had been on holiday with some mates in the south of France and he had to get home earlier than the rest of them.  He had a bet on with them and he would win if they phoned his home number exactly 24 hours after he had set off and he answered.  He wanted to follow me round the Paris ring road as he wasn't sure which route he had to take.  He followed me for a while but then we hit traffic and, after I'd told him what signs he had to follow, he went off on his own.  Having got through Paris we took a leisurely run and even stopped for a meal but found him again when we got on the ferry.  He reckoned that he had got so tired and dehydrated he had started hallucinating and had been overtaking vehicles that weren't even there so had had to stop for some sleep.

I will, and regularly do, drive a car for hundreds of miles at a time but I find riding the bike much more tiring, probably because of the extra concentration needed.  I don't think you'll do it.

(31-07-13, 06:15 PM)Lawrence link Wrote: Just under 1200 miles (Ferrol, Spain -> Santiago -> Calais) in about 21 hours.  In a car with cruise control and two drivers, no sleep, lots of Red Bull and very little time stationary.

(31-07-13, 06:22 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: [quote author=Lawrence link=topic=9166.msg91590#msg91590 date=1375290929]
Just under 1200 miles (Ferrol, Spain -> Santiago -> Calais) in about 21 hours.  In a car with cruise control and two drivers, no sleep, lots of Red Bull and very little time stationary.

(31-07-13, 06:25 PM)Lawrence link Wrote: [quote author=nick crisp link=topic=9166.msg91592#msg91592 date=1375291364]
[quote author=Lawrence link=topic=9166.msg91590#msg91590 date=1375290929]
Just under 1200 miles (Ferrol, Spain -> Santiago -> Calais) in about 21 hours.  In a car with cruise control and two drivers, no sleep, lots of Red Bull and very little time stationary.

(31-07-13, 06:52 PM)driller2 link Wrote: Back in the '90s I took one of the first 600's out on a demo.  Ended up in Prague after a week and got a message from George Whites in Swindon asking where their bike was .
Did the 960 miles back in one hit - 20 hours - brilliant bike.  On my return I asked to buy it and was told I had to wait two months for Yamaha to start dealer deliverys.
The start of a 10 year love affair with Fazers.

(31-07-13, 07:19 PM)pilninggas link Wrote: I've done 850 in a normal 'daylight' day.  Not too bad.  It helped the weather was good, i wouldn't fancy doing it in the pissing rain.

I'm off to Europe tomorrow - Leaving Bristol at 530 and hope to be in Freiburg-I-B by 800pm.  About 650miles all up.

1200 in 24 hours, doable if you think of it as 2x 600miles.

(31-07-13, 07:48 PM)Mick-H link Wrote: 1323 in 18 hours on a Fazer 1000 in 2004  http://www.bikersoracle.com/vfr/forum/showthread.php?t=31219

and did 1000 in 22hrs 23 min in May this year on a Honda C90  :eek

(31-07-13, 07:51 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: [quote author=Mick-H link=topic=9166.msg91628#msg91628 date=1375296517]
1323 in 18 hours on a Fazer 1000 in 2004  http://www.bikersoracle.com/vfr/forum/showthread.php?t=31219

and did 1000 in 22hrs 23 min in May this year on a Honda C90  :eek