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New Bohemia, Va | 1,036 miles for a Saddle Sore IB ride in 15 hours flat.
Over 2,600 in 3 1/2 days, then 3,000 miles in 5 days, with over 2,000 in under 48 hours.
Other long distances rides as well, all single on Vision.
2011? Plenty in the imagination at the moment, nothing planned, but most of my rides are taken within 2 weeks of deciding.
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Cruiser
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flagstaff, AZ | Sure.
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Tourer
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Moravia, IA | Rollin' - 2010-12-23 9:47 PM
aaronrkelly - 2010-12-23 9:36 PM
Longest SINGLE ride....
Iron Butt run I did thru the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Badlands etc.....1680 miles in 33 hours.....stopping only for a few minutes here and there at the attractions (and of course food, gas and bathroom). I slept HARD when I got home.
Longest trip.......
5 day trip over 3500 miles to the Grand Canyon and back......did Pikes Peak, Great Sand Dunes, 4 corners, cliff dwellings etc.
The Vision is a mile eater.....stock seat......just added hwy pegs.
I do some 2 up, some alone......never rode with others.
Next trip.....Key West, Florida.....and maybe somewhere in Canada.
Stopped to see the attractions during an Iron Butt ride.............cool! 
I traded any ability of rest or sleep for that.......I left at 10pm so I could get to the "sights" during the day time.....and I was leaving as it was getting dark. Spent a few minutes at all the places, rode Needles Hwy.....and blew 1 1/2 hours riding thru the Badlands.
Still had plenty of time to knock out the 1500 miles in the 36 hours allowed......1680 in 33 hours. |
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Iron Butt
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, WI | Cap'n Nemo - 2010-12-23 9:58 PM
1,036 miles for a Saddle Sore IB ride in 15 hours flat.
Over 2,600 in 3 1/2 days, then 3,000 miles in 5 days, with over 2,000 in under 48 hours.
Other long distances rides as well, all single on Vision.
2011? Plenty in the imagination at the moment, nothing planned, but most of my rides are taken within 2 weeks of deciding.
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Visionary
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Only a Vegas overnighter so far on my 2010 Ness Vision. 500 mi total.
I did a Saddlesore 1k and a 7700 mile 2week trip on my Harley.
My friend wants to do the C2C2C in March, I may just have to show him what a Vision can do. |
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Tourer
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| From Richmond , Texas to Glacier National Park, Montana. 5700 miles 15 days Longest single day ride was on the way home Taos, New Mexico to Blanco, Texas 720 miles
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Iron Butt
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, WI | That is a fun and very scenic road.  |
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Northeast Ohio | ^^^^ Where is this? |
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Memphis | Hwy 12 from Missoula, MT to Kooskia, ID. Through Lolo Pass. |
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Iron Butt
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, WI | ScoreBo - 2010-12-24 3:08 PM
^^^^ Where is this?
Northern Idaho - Highway 12. |
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Iron Butt
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Western WA | 850 miles from San Fransisco to my house. About 14 hours.
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 5
| From Houston Texas to Halifax Nova Scotia Canada (Atlantic Coast) to Rosarito Mexico (Pacific Coast) and then back to Houston. Completed this ride in 7 days, 9,000 miles on my Vision. Had a buddy on his Yamaha Royal Star join me for this IBA adventure. Most miles in one day was 1632 miles in 22 hours. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Eagle Mountain, Utah | I was in AVR last year, rode home straight 1197 miles in 18 straight hours. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 623
| Tazmaniac - 2011-01-13 10:34 PM
From Houston Texas to Halifax Nova Scotia Canada (Atlantic Coast) to Rosarito Mexico (Pacific Coast) and then back to Houston. Completed this ride in 7 days, 9,000 miles on my Vision. Had a buddy on his Yamaha Royal Star join me for this IBA adventure. Most miles in one day was 1632 miles in 22 hours.
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Cruiser
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McHenry, IL | My longest on the Vision was 6800 miles over 14 days. The Vision was 2 weeks old and had 1000 miles on her when we left Northern IL. Our trip took us north and west as far as Jasper, Alberta then we followed the Rockies south back into the US then over through Glacier, the Tetons then over into Wyoming, Yellowstone, Utah, Colorado, the 4 Corners then finally looked at my cell phone and found out I only had 3 days to get home and back to work! Would do it again in a heart beat! If I can figure out attaching a picture, here is my favorite one from that trip. It was taken along the Ice Shields Highway somewhere inbetween Jasper and Banff. 
There's a few more from that trip in my Gallery. |
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Cruiser
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Iowa | This year will be my first chance to take the Vision on a long ride. But I did a 2800 mile 4 day trip on my 2003 Classic Cruiser to Montana and back. |
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Cruiser
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Corona, CA | How do you guys deal with the winds ? Especially the crosswinds ?
I got caught in some crosswinds a couple of weeks ago in So Cal that were terrible. There was no way to sit them out they were there for a couple of days.
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, Va | team5150, personally I would intentially ride in truck wash for many miles to get accustom to the feel. This was primarily when there was not much traffic around and would not interfer with anything else or run a greater risk.
When I rode to Cali this past summer there was a constant wind out of the south with tempatures running above 100. It was the worse to date for me, and the wind was so strong at one point it blew over a tractor trailer in the east bound lane. Not being a hero, but like you, I ain't sitting anything out unless it was a twister. To me, the elements is all part of the ride... |
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Puddle Jumper
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vero beach,fl | Last sept.myself on my 2010 ness vision,my wife on her 07 kingpin and four other friends 3 on harleys and one on a 98 valkyrie we rode 2500 miles from south florida to n. carolina and tenn for eight days rented a cabin in robinsville nc had a blast and no issues with any of the bikes.Cant wait to do it this year. |
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Cruiser
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Salt Lake City | Flew to Phoenix last June and picked up my VVTP; it had 6K miles on it. I hopped on it, and rode about halfway home to Salt Lake City, SLC on his VVT, purchased about 1 month before me. Later in the month we took a roadie to San Francisco, then up the Oregon coast - 2,500 mi. in 5 days; beautiful ride. Finished the summer with 14,000 miles.
Took some great trips on my VTX 1800S also: 2,000 mile trip to Sturgis and back home thru Yellowstone-had a nasty 50 mph. crash about halfway home, but after a trip to the ER in Cody Wyo. for some stitches and getting patched up for some wicked road rash, I rode the bike home after my buddies pulled off the mangled highway bars and pegs, broken windshield and lowers, and rt. side leather saddlebag. The last trip I took before I sold the VTX was a four corners trip(UT, CO, NM, AZ) that was a stunner. 1,600 mi. in 5 days.
We're gonna take the wives down south into Colorado and New Mexico this summer, which will be a first for us taking our sweethearts with us for a ride longer than a couple of days. We should be gone about a week, and will cover 1,600 miles or so. Can't wait! |
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Salt Lake City | wilsondude - 2011-01-31 7:41 PM
Flew to Phoenix last June and picked up my VVTP; it had 6K miles on it. I hopped on it, and rode about halfway home to Salt Lake City, where I met my best buddy on his VVT, purchased about 1 month before me. Later in the month we took a roadie to San Francisco, then up the Oregon coast - 2,500 mi. in 5 days; beautiful ride. Finished the summer with 14,000 miles.
Took some great trips on my VTX 1800S also: 2,000 mile trip to Sturgis and back home thru Yellowstone-had a nasty 50 mph. crash about halfway home, but after a trip to the ER in Cody Wyo. for some stitches and getting patched up for some wicked road rash, I rode the bike home after my buddies pulled off the mangled highway bars and pegs, broken windshield and lowers, and rt. side leather saddlebag. The last trip I took before I sold the VTX was a four corners trip(UT, CO, NM, AZ) that was a stunner. 1,600 mi. in 5 days.
We're gonna take the wives down south into Colorado and New Mexico this summer, which will be a first for us taking our sweethearts with us for a ride longer than a couple of days. We should be gone about a week, and will cover 1,600 miles or so. Can't wait! |
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Iron Butt
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, WI | Tazmaniac - 2011-01-13 10:34 PM
From Houston Texas to Halifax Nova Scotia Canada (Atlantic Coast) to Rosarito Mexico (Pacific Coast) and then back to Houston. Completed this ride in 7 days, 9,000 miles on my Vision. Had a buddy on his Yamaha Royal Star join me for this IBA adventure. Most miles in one day was 1632 miles in 22 hours.
Nice ride!! Congratulations, that's Xtreme! |
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