| Author | Message | ||
     Johnnylunchbox |
Oh to be young and broke again, with more time than sense to spare. http://www.pashnit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1851 2 | ||
| Boney95 |
That is frickin awesome!!! I bet he learned a lot about himself during the trip. I did something similar during a spring break when I was in college. I just felt like I had to get away from everything (long story). So I packed up the Jeep and took off solo. Final destination Camp Pendleton, CA, from Milwaukee. It help me with the issues I was going through... | ||
| Boney95 |
I'm actually at work in a sh!ty mood. Reading this guys trip actually made me feel calm and at ease with myself. Hmmm | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Boney95, I can relate. Sometimes you just need to go (actually or mentally). | ||
| Tod662 |
I quit reading after he reiterated the time spent planning, when I graduated I found my self with out a girlfriend and got a job at a chopper builder(quit 4 days later/ got fired when I realized all he did was bolt on parts)( met an aussie went home to write resamaes ended up packing a bag)< then went hitchhiking for 9 months out my back door. (Madison to to lake superior and back to the twin cities then a ride to mass and 5 months all through new England ) met some life long friends. left with $700 came home with $900. (a little bragging((a lot)) but just stating) (Message edited by tod662 on February 26, 2009) | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
Interesting tale, but is it just me, or did he seem to rush his trip? | ||
| Ducbsa |
Is a Rebel gas tank that small that a gas can is needed? His Mom sure didn't accept that he was a grown man with the crying. If he had gone in the military at 18 and had it in him, he could be leading several mother's sons in actual risky spots. Not to make too much of a rant, but if he couldn't handle such a trip at 23, when would he be ready? | ||
| Court |
How long did he take? I did a similar route in 31 days but on a Buell. | ||
| Limitedx1 |
credit must be given when credit is due. you cant stop someone with a dream! | ||
| Rubberdown |
Small bikes are great fun. I love riding my 200. Sounds like he had a wonderful time. | ||
| Cataract2 |
Don't care how he did it nor how long it took him. The fact of this matter is he did what many of us might not have done yet. I've done long trips of 4000+ miles, but never alone. I would love to do a trip like that alone. Maybe I will sometime in the future (looking at the XB...) | ||
| Fung |
thats great. i would like to do it!! I bet he had a great time! | ||
| Greenlantern |
That is way cool and brings up the question, What is the "minimum " motorcycle one of us here would dare venture a cross country odyssey with? | ||
| Court |
>>>>What is the "minimum " motorcycle one of us here would dare venture a cross country odyssey with? My friend Martin Hilderbrandt COMPLETED and PLACED in the Iron Butt Rally no his girlfriends 167cc Zundapp. He had cylinders and pistons waiting around the USA and changed them each night. I still tease him about the night he got gas (yes, he had to mix the gas and oil) and left his "purse" (German for billfold) on the gas pump and didn't discover it for a couple hundred miles and had to go back and get it. It can be done . . but man on man. I took the easy way . . . 31 days . . . 37 states and just wandered. | ||
| Strokizator |
What's the point of riding the interstate at night? After the sun goes down, one place looks just like the next. I've done two 4000mile/2week trips; all during daylight hours and all on secondary roads. You can't really appreciate America from the fast lane on the superslabs. He's young and will take more trips so no harm done. | ||
| Riding_tall |
Great trip. I feel better just reading about it. At my age .. It would have to be on the Uly. When I was a teenager I read about someone doing a coast-to-coast run on a honda MB5 ( 50cc 2-stroke ) and thinking, that's just so crazy it's worth doing. Never did. Never done any long ride like that. humm time to stop surfing and go do some planning. | ||
| Froggy |
Indeed. I have done several trips from NY to Georgia for March Badness and Buelltoberfests, each time I get home I wish I spent more time exploring and seeing sites. | ||
| Jasonk |
Having done 2700 miles in a week, with only 500 or so on the slab, I can attest to the longing of wanting to do it again. Will not happen until after my next back surgery, but after that, all bets are off... | ||
| 99savage |
40 years(+) ago made a few ~ 1000 mile trips on a Honda Hawk (305cc). Never wished that I had more motor cycle - More money, yes, then I could have stayed in motels instead of camping. But thought the Hawk was enough motorcycle. Maybe, if they still made a motorcycle in the 250 - 500 cc range that fit me might not have bought the Ulysses. (Really glad they don't, the Ulysses is FUN!) | ||
| Iamike |
I would like to see us Buellers write more ride reports. You see hundreds posted in places like ADVRiders but we only have a couple per year. One of my club members took a trip to Mexico last October, crashed and had his XB9 stolen. I've been bugging him to post his story but it still hasn't happened yet. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Hell no I don't want to be him. At 22 years of age I had my act together enough for a brand new XS1100 and rode around my continent with an incredibly hot babe on the back - deserts and all.  :-P | ||
| Jaimec |
http://www.ironbuttrally.com/IBR/1995.cfm?DocID=3 | ||
| Corporatemonkey |
http://www.ironbuttrally.com/IBR/1995.cfm?DocID=3 "Floppy the Pack Scooter."  | ||
| Bluzm2 |
My next door neighbor went from Minneapolis to LA, then north to Oregon, then meandered back to Minneapolis. This was done during his freshman summer of college. Oh yeah, he did it on a DT250 Yamaha! One more thing, He's about 6'7" or so.... I've seen pictures, very interesting to say the least. Brad | ||
| Cityxslicker |
I would love to ride from one end of the country to the other on only dirt roads. I would probably have to pack my own gas for that too. Cant wait for winter vacation  | ||
| 99savage |
We are all forgetting something - In "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Pirsig rode from Minneapolis (I think) to San Francisco 2 up w/ camping gear on a Honda Hawk. If I remember correctly rode back too. Good read must dig it out & reread. |
