My First "Long" Ride

**HBerry** · 07-12-04, 10:38 AM

Well I had saturday off from the girlfriend and family so I decided to take my first "long" ride on the bike. Under the directions of Jay and a look at some shitty maps I drove up to my girlfriends lake house in Maine. I went 111 to 111A to 107 to 43 to 202 to the Spaulding Turnpike to exit 18 through Milton Mills to Acton Maine route 109.

I must say my groin and my ass were not happy at the end of the ride. I stopped twice on the way up and once on the way home to stretch and pee and I was still pretty sore at the end of the day. All in all I logged 220 miles and had a lot of fun on the backroads of eastern NH and Southern Maine.

**OreoGaborio** · 07-12-04, 11:20 AM

i think i put up some personal record numbers this weekend, too... over 120 Saturday, & another 120 yesterday.... but i think i did close to 300+ a couple weekends ago when i went out to Mt Snow VT & back... of course i probably had more stops than you

all i know is that in the three seasons the original owner rode the bike, he put 3780 miles on it... and in the 8 weeks since I'VE had the bike, i've put close to 3300 on it

**slingblade** · 07-12-04, 11:41 AM

Congrats

I did 250 on Saturday, and 320 on Sunday

The shopping list now has:
Gold bond
ear plugs

**Beantown R6** · 07-12-04, 01:10 PM

i rode 200 miles out to quaban resevior and back. had the bike since march and i got 3700 miles on it now

**HBerry** · 07-12-04, 01:14 PM

Im up to about 600 miles on mine now in 4 weeks.

**RandyO** · 07-12-04, 01:53 PM

I am not riding as much as usual this summer, 375 miles on Saturday with a group from the SVRider forum, I haven been riding much on weekends, so I have only been putting 800± miles/week

**Ducrappy** · 07-12-04, 06:05 PM

Originally posted by HBerry
Im up to about 600 miles on mine now in 4 weeks.

you need to get more miles on that ride. I've had mine for 2 weeks and already racked up 740 miles.

I hear a lot of good things about Gold Bond and some crap called Monkey Butt Powder or something. Earplugs are also a must for any ride over 20 miles.

**HBerry** · 07-12-04, 06:31 PM

Yes my ears killed after the ride! I would have a lot more miles on it if I used it on the weekends, but weekends are reserved for the lake. I will be riding it to the lake every weekend starting next weekend (assuming girlfriend doesnt bitch too much) however so its ok. I also and starting night classes tomorrow which means two less days a week to ride

. I can't wait until schools starts, I get out of class at 1:30 which means plenty of time for rides after classes!

**HBerry** · 07-12-04, 06:32 PM

Anti Monkey Butt

**HBerry** · 07-12-04, 06:36 PM

Originally posted by A996S
you need to get more miles on that ride. I've had mine for 2 weeks and already racked up 740 miles.
I hear a lot of good things about Gold Bond and some crap called Monkey Butt Powder or something. Earplugs are also a must for any ride over 20 miles.

At least I'm not being a squid and riding up and down DW highway every night for a total of 20 miles a week!

**Ducrappy** · 07-12-04, 07:27 PM

Originally posted by HBerry
At least I'm not being a squid and riding up and down DW highway every night for a total of 20 miles a week!

Thats a good point. Its nice to see a new rider on some twisty country roads. Thats where the fun is.

**Wayne-o** · 07-12-04, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by HBerry
Well I had saturday off from the girlfriend and family so I decided to take my first "long" ride on the bike. Under the directions of Jay and a look at some shitty maps I drove up to my girlfriends lake house in Maine. I went 111 to 111A to 107 to 43 to 202 to the Spaulding Turnpike to exit 18 through Milton Mills to Acton Maine route 109.

I must say my groin and my ass were not happy at the end of the ride. I stopped twice on the way up and once on the way home to stretch and pee and I was still pretty sore at the end of the day. All in all I logged 220 miles and had a lot of fun on the backroads of eastern NH and Southern Maine.

It will get easier. You will be an Iron Butt some day.....

**OreoGaborio** · 07-12-04, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by A996S
you need to get more miles on that ride. I've had mine for 2 weeks and already racked up 740 miles.

you wanna turn this into a Dick Swingin contest? be my guest

i've had my bike for 8 weeks.... I've put about 3250 on it... that's 406.25 miles/ week

**Wayne-o** · 07-13-04, 03:48 AM

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
you wanna turn this into a Dick Swingin contest? be my guest

i've had my bike for 8 weeks.... I've put about 3250 on it... that's 406.25 miles/ week

I've had mine for 4 days and have 600 miles on it.

Dick Swung

**HBerry** · 07-13-04, 06:09 AM

Hey I went on my first somewhat long ride this weekend and did 220 miles, so both of you shut up!

**oreo_n2** · 07-13-04, 06:44 AM

i got 2500 miles on mine and only got it three weeks ago.

dont listen to the yahoos Hberry, ride so its fun. its a sport, a hobby and entertainment, its not a job.

so all y'all dick swingers...

**HBerry** · 07-13-04, 09:01 AM

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
OH YEAH?

Well I've had my bike a hair over two years now, and managed to put 19K miles on it.

Just remember HBerry, people who ride an insane amount of miles usually have no lives, or have bitchy wives...

Whereas my girlfriend has a nice lake house that I go to every weekend and enjoy which cuts into my riding time.

**OreoGaborio** · 07-13-04, 10:30 AM

lakes are for riding around, sucka... bring the bikey bike

**HBerry** · 07-13-04, 12:54 PM

There for wakeboarding in!

**stoinkythepig** · 07-14-04, 08:28 AM

Originally posted by Mystery Squid
OH YEAH?

Well I've had my bike a hair over two years now, and managed to put 19K miles on it.

Just remember HBerry, people who ride an insane amount of miles usually have no lives, or have bitchy wives...

Maybe not everyone... I have a wonderful wife, a really great and full life, and a bike I've had a hair over two years with 30,000+ miles on it. I ride about 120 miles per weekday. I hardly ever ride on weekends during boating season. That said, I don't think 30,000 miles is an insane amount so maybe we are in agreement.

Anyone else ride yesterday and today? Has anyone else commuted to work solely by bike since April 15th?

**HBerry** · 07-14-04, 08:45 AM

Originally posted by stoinkythepig
Maybe not everyone... I have a wonderful wife, a really great and full life, and a bike I've had a hair over two years with 30,000+ miles on it. I ride about 120 miles per weekday. I hardly ever ride on weekends during boating season. That said, I don't think 30,000 miles is an insane amount so maybe we are in agreement.

Anyone else ride yesterday and today? Has anyone else commuted to work solely by bike since April 15th?

You also have a fairly long commute and you take your bike to work every day

**Jarhed** · 07-17-04, 07:58 PM

I hope that BMW rider Fred doesn't catch wind of this. He has been riding the same bike for over 30 years and when I saw him last week he had 677,000 miles on it! He's been averaging 20,000+ miles a year for over 30 years straight. He has all of his BMW award badges on his bike (100,000, 200,000, etc.) so it is legit.

I thought I rode a lot (1000-1500+ miles a month and ride 12 months a year) until I started riding with the BMW guys and gals. They do day trips to Canada and bang out 600-900 mile days like nothing. My balls about shriveled up and fell off after I hooked up with them.

However, they were still psyched that I rode through the winter down to 15 degrees on an FZ1 with no heated grips or heated clothing

My feeling is that as long as you get out and have fun, the miles don't matter...

**oreo_n2** · 07-18-04, 12:19 AM

Originally posted by Jarhed

However, they were still psyched that I rode through the winter down to 15 degrees on an FZ1 with no heated grips or heated clothing

i call bluffing, unless your ride consisted of a 10 foot exploration of the snow bank in front of the garage.

**OreoGaborio** · 07-18-04, 09:34 AM

Originally posted by Jarhed
My balls about shriveled up and fell off after I hooked up with them.

do you realize what you just said here?

**02SuperHawkRdr** · 07-18-04, 09:42 AM

Originally posted by OreoGaborio
do you realize what you just said here?

Sounds like someone needs some Penicillin, ASAP!

My First "Long" Ride

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