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Dustmann
| | Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 12:04 pm: | 
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I feel ecstatic that I'm not still riding a ninja 250.. 
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Okc99
| | Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 04:38 pm: |
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This may be obvious, but is it possible to get dehydrated and to not feel thirsty? That seems impossible to me?!?
This might explain my problem however, because I do drink caffeinated drinks and coffee while on the road and I have read that it is not smart to do. My thought was "why not?" If can drink coffee while driving what is so different about riding? |
Svh
| | Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 05:04 pm: |
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Caffeine is a diuretic so your body expels more fluid than normal if you hydrate with soda/energy drinks/coffee. It is super easy to be dehydrated and not be thirsty. Happens all the time in sports and if riding the Uly is the most sport you have in life then it is entirely possible to dehydrate on a trip. You are using many more muscles than you do when you drive a car and way more brain power which uses up water fast too. Stay hydrated its good for you in many ways. |
Roostre
| | Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 10:16 pm: |
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A long story I won't get into, but I did 23 hours and 35 minutes and over 1000 miles one Saturday in June last year. Saw Yellowstone and parts of Montana. Rode in hail storm for 2 hours heading into Idaho. Stopped for good long breaks along the way. Lunch in Jackson Hole. Dinner in Butte. You get the picture.
A camelback, some jerky and my Autocom made it doable. Listening to tunes most of the way. Talked to my dad for a few hours while tooling the Montana interstate at 90 or so. The wife checked in on occasion to see how we were doing.
The Uly is the only bike that I have ridden that was comfortable enough to do this. This bike made the ride fun. Some of the guys that went along really suffered and barely made it home. One of them later sold his bike and quit riding altogether! (A good thing, as the original ride should have only taken 16 hours... Lets just say that the Uly spent more time waiting than was necessary.)
The bike just fits this role really well. I already have a BB1500 mapped out for the 2009 trip. Mt Rushmore here we come! |
Royintulsa
| | Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 11:12 pm: |
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What works for me is stopping every hour for 10 minutes, whether or not I feel I need it. A little stretch, cup of coffee, BC powder and good to go again. I know it takes a lot longer to get someplace, but at least I am able to walk. I use silicone (Mac's are excellent) ear plugs, keeps the ringing to a minimum. The libido thing, nothing a glass of champagne and a viagra can not take care of. You do get dehydrated riding to different degrees depending on the type of protective gear and temperature of course. Lots of water and no alcohol during ride, stay away from Gatorade, it's a hoax, too high in different kinds of sodium. A lot of the fatigue is cause by riding too tense. Be aware of clenching teeth, grips and tank. Practice muscle relaxation, mentally start at the toes and work you way up making sure each muscle is relaxed. For snacks on the road, resist the simple carbohydrates, instead go for some protein, complex carbohydrates.
These things have worked for me, with almost 60,000 miles on various bikes over the past 6 years I learned the hard way. Riding twisties fast wear you out the fastest, so plan on resting every 30 minutes, much more enjoyable. Why do you think sport bike races last less than an hour? The best conditioned riders in the world can only last an hour riding at the fast speeds on twisties safely.
I better get off my soap box, I am getting fatigued! |
Wbrisett
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2008 - 06:13 am: |
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I mentioned this in another thread, but I just got back from a solo 3800 mile trip. I broke the trip down a bit weird the first part of the trip since I stopped in to visit my mom who was on the way. But this was not on my Uly, this was on my BMW RT. I rode:
Friday: 145 miles
Saturday: 570 miles
Sunday: 800 miles
Monday: 270 miles
On the return trip it was:
Friday: 500 miles
Saturday: 600 miles
Sunday: 700 miles
The 800 mile day was long, a lot of that had to do with driving from one desert to another desert. The terrain didn't change much, and so parts were a bit boring. But the RT is not the Ulysses and it was designed for trips like this, which is why I kept it when I bought my Ulysses. I can get off, feel fine (other than tired and having my contacts feel dried out) after riding 800 miles in a day.
When a group of us rode out to Georgia for March Badness I had just purchased the Ulysses. My bike really wasn't prepped properly for such a trip (but then neither were most of the others who rode their bikes). We did 600 mile days and really for us that was about right. I didn't have my intercom setup correctly, so I couldn't comfortably wear ear plugs in my helmet with the intercom speakers -- I don't normally have to wear ear plugs on the RT, but I did find that after a 600 mile day without earplugs it took a while before my hearing returned to normal (which has already started going a bit). Today, I have my Uly all prepped and could easily do this trip all over without this issue.
Helmet/wind noise is about the only thing (other than the rather smallish fuel amount in the Uly) that bothered me, and with my custom ear plugs and redesign of the intercom speaker layout, this isn't a problem today. But, since I have to stop more often on the Uly for fuel, and the RT is setup for long trips, that's what I use the RT for, and I use the Uly for more in-town riding.
Wayne |
Crusty
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2008 - 04:50 pm: |
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I think anyone that says they can hop of the Uly after +7 hours of driving and feel "perfectly normal" is not telling the truth.
You think wrong. |
Danger_dave
| | Posted on Friday, November 14, 2008 - 05:56 pm: |
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>>The only thing buggy about the Uly to me is the vibrating footpegs when on long rides. Anyone have any solutions?<<
The type of boots make a big difference to me. Heavy rubber/thicker soles the better. |
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