ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

hi everyone :)

i have a holiday planned with my girlfriend in august.
and it seems that trains and coaches have seriously rose in price!.

and i was considering doing the long hall on my sv.
240 miles all M5 i worked out that i could do the one way with one tank ? but were two up so that could take that down abit . then with regular stops.

am i being stupid in thinking i can do this ? never done a mad ride like this before . especially not two up ?

cheers in advance

Pez

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

One tank may be pushing it slightly, however I managed Macclesfield to the AR campsite (217 miles) non-stop and on 1 tank on Friday (fully loaded with camping stuff etc in a tankbag, top box and big tailpack). Took a little over 4 and half hours, was motorway for about 140 miles and was boring as hell slip streaming HGV's at 60mph all the way.

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

Make a day of it, take the A/B roads!

Motorbikes on a motorway is sacrilege!

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

i was told to make a day of it but thats one whole days less of holiday, and the missus isnt as confident as she should be on the back . maybe its just a general bad idea ?

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

I'm joing the south westers on a ride later this month, gonna be about 460m in a day on the daytona :)

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

i go from 250miles london to barnstable every couple weeks on my sv restricted on my own taking it easy at bout 75 on the m25 m3 a303 / i normaly fill up twice and come back with a lil bit aswell . and i just come back from france doin 1000miles in 4 days if there looked after they go for ages!

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

just think how confident your missus will be afterward , the longest run ive dun with th missus was 120 each way to the coast for a day trip she was a lot more settled by the time we got back as she dont get on the bike very often

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

Depends on the view of it, 1 day on a bike is holiday well spent to me, especially on twisties.

If your misses isnt so confident, it may be too much, so maybe half:half it, come off Mway early, pick some main A roads that are sweeping.

you don't become a good pillion / pillion'er by rowing a boat ;)

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

We used to go down to Bideford every year. This is the route we used. Had a stop for fuel/pee/drink at a petrol station near Chipping Sodbury. Lunch in Glastonbury, then on down South.

Make it an adventure, not an endurance IMO.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...,0.861053&z=10

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

I would really like to do this but i just keep thinking about the ladyyy.
would never want to put her through something she doesnt 100% want to do . shes coming on the back for the rescue ride coming up ( i have kestrel honda backing me on that one) thats 140 mile. i think after that shell be more confident and then i can think about longer rides out. we're forking out for a train now , £144 for a standard tickes , 2 adults. i remeber when you could do the same trip for £30 each.

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

£144 quid!! Mental. I was going to say maybe start out on the motorway to get yourself and the lady settled two up. You both will soon become bored and she'll probably enjoy a bit of gentle leaning on the A roads and the feeling on making progress when you overtake (maybe not overtaking, it used to scare my girlfriend).
The other thing I would say if that it will be good practice for the rescue rideout won't it? I meanyour going to be roughly in the same situation when that comes around.

On the other hand if it's something she really doesn't want to do and is agreeing to go on reluctantly then its really not worth forcing the issue.
I used to try and get kerri on the back as much as I could and finally when she did each time was hell for her which made it hell for me. In the end I realised it wasn't enjoyable for me or her so I stopped asking her to go on the back.
And then after I crashed I then vowed never to take her on the back.

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

bad times, unfortunately , everythings now booked with a large whole in my pocket before weve even got there :/

im thinking of trying a large ride with her before the resque one also just to get used to the long rides. shes agreed to the rescue ride and the practice so i think she may be more confident afterwards :)

Re: ride to bude = 240 miles...
 

it mite be an idea to get some pratice in before th rescue ride :smt026