longest ride ever

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guggie

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• Apr 22, 2003

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What is your longest ride ever on a bike? I'm very new to riding and my dealer told me that 25 miles on a bike is huge. Im used to snowmobiling where 350 miles is a big ride. But I know its much less on a bike.

 

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sweden_345

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• Apr 22, 2003

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25 miles, thats nothing. Sometimes I ride about 80 miles

 

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rethnal

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• Apr 22, 2003

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I have gotten 87 miles on a tank before.... results may vary! :)

 

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Enduro_Nut

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• Apr 22, 2003

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Wait till' the ISDE riders see this one! My longest is 124.

 

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rethnal

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• Apr 22, 2003

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Depends on the bikes tank size, the carb size, jetting and engine requirements. Not to mention the terrain you ride.

 

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CO Dan

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• Apr 22, 2003

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About 90 miles, one tank of gas

 

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dirt bike dave

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• Apr 22, 2003

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I did a 500+ mile, two day dual sport ride on my KDX250. But it was lots of road and very easy. I've done a few 325+ mile, two day dual sports on a KDX200, pretty easy. 30 miles of brutal trails can be much harder! My favorite rides are 55-70 miles of good single track.

 

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• Apr 22, 2003

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I usually trail ride about 30 miles at a time because of time limits with other family stuff to do. Have ridden a 60 mile turkey run and plan to do several 60 to 80 mile enduros this summer. Hoping to ride at least 750 miles this riding season (May to Nov).

 

CaptainObvious

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• Apr 22, 2003

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25 miles over flat terrain and fire roads is much different than 25 miles over rocks and through single track. What kind of 25 do you ride?

 

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70 marlin

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• Apr 22, 2003

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75miles, combine rides one day. all tight trails.

 

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OKKX'er

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• Apr 22, 2003

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62 very long, nervous miles lost in rampart. Yes, I had a map - a local was showing us HIS NEW trails.

 

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Fred T

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• Apr 22, 2003

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1977 Jackpine Enduro - 350 Miles in 2 days of racing and 1979 Rose City 2 day ISDT Qualifyer @ 300 miles in 2 days of Racing. Both were mostly single track woods riding, but the Qualifyer had some grass tracks, hillclimb type special tests. Both are fond memories indeed - I had a lot of fun.

I wish I could still do that! :scream: Too old now.

 

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wibby

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• Apr 22, 2003

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I know it's not the same thing, and he did not say what kinda bike, but I used to ride my Schwinn 10 speed 60 miles a day after school Just for kicks!

I wish I could still do that! :worship:

 

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• Apr 22, 2003

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We just did a trip on the logging roads in my area and we did just over 211 km's,I think thats about 130 miles,on the one tank,this was mostly 5-6th gear stuff and at a fairly steady speed,drained the tank the next day and had just under 1 litre left,just about to hit reserve.Some days on some of the trails we ride around here you can ride for 7-8hours and put 50-60 km's on the bike.

 

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Barkeater420

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• Apr 23, 2003

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We usually do about 30 miles out and 30 miles back, around 1/3 of which distance is just big whoops and more big whoops. After that you are hurting the next day for sure.

 

kelsorat

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• Apr 23, 2003

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124 Miles of open desert. Mostly fire roads but some singletrack. Past that mileage marker and my body and backside need a rest

 

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• Apr 25, 2003

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In Alaska the fireroad, single track, power line hills, survey cuts, equaled to 103 miles with barely enuf gas to make it. That was about 8-10 hours of riding without seeing another soul.
It was odd to start your ride at 6pm and ride through the night (sun not going down) and stop at 4am. You just don't get tired.
They have a mother's day enduro, that is 30 miles of tuff trails and half of the field drops out at 15 miles. It can take the fast guys 5 hours and the slow guys past 8. Just think about the guy who has to account for everyone after the race.
That race was the best one I have ever done, a great initiation to riding and some things I have never done since, even 5 years later.

Oh by the way, the winner was riding an XR 200. Low seat height and light did not exhaust his energy. Isn't that a girls bike (ref. other forum)

 

Jackpiner57

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• Apr 25, 2003

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The longest ride for me was 79 miles and broke two ribs at around the 36 mile mark. The rest of the mileage was getting back to my truck. Someone gave me the wrong directions and it added a few miles. It was a very rugged Turkey Run in Massachusetts.

It was the most fun I've ever had on two wheels.

It took eight weeks to heal.:whiner:

 

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palmer69

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• Apr 25, 2003

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835 miles in a day!!

Oh, it was on a BMW R1100RS. Does that count?