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Old 22 Jan 2009
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NO, not in Europe, stop lights etc
but I have gone from Laramie, Wyoming, to New Orleans, Louisiana, a distance of 1620 milles on the ODOMETER (2592 km on GPS) in 21 hours 29 minutes. Also from N.O., LA to Key West, Florida, 2400 miles on the odometer, in 35 hours. Both rides fuel stops only. In my opinion these rides can probably be done only in the USA on the Interstate Highway System, where there are no stop signs and the speed limits vary from 65 to 75 m/hr (104 to 120 km/hr) depending on state laws. (You can exceed these limits by 10% w/o getting fined). Sample:
I-10 runs E/W from Jacksonville, Florida to San Diego, California, approximately 2400 miles that you can ride without putting a foot on the ground except to pump gas (petrol?).
Iron Butt has a tightly controlled bi-yearly rally that requires you to ride 1000 miles/day (1600km) for eleven consecutive days. I participated in -05 and -07, Very,very tough.
Good luck with your ride, Hans Karlsson (hansthebiker@yahoo.com)
PS Perhaps Australia's Outback could also accommodate these long haul rides.
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NO, not in Europe, stop lights etc
Stop lights? On motorways?
You can do this easily on European motorways, especially Germany, France, Spain.
I've often driven, not ridden, between Slovenia/Croatia and northern Germany with kids in the car in far less than 24 hours. Plus a couple of times between Frankfurt and Granada, 2200km or so in about 27 hours - and that's with breaks for the kids to have a run around.
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If you wanted to do it I don't think you'd have any problem. We regularly do the 750 miles between our house near Oxford and a flat in the alps in around 15 -16hrs, including the ferry and without breaking any speed limits. I've even done it a couple of times in the winter on my old XR600 on knobbly tyres in about the same time.

If you're starting in the UK timing the channel crossing is the biggest problem. It could take under an hour if you use the tunnel and get your arrival time right or about four hours if you use the boats and get it wrong.
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If you are just wanting to see 'far flung' Europe rather than specifically wanting the challenge of riding a huge distance then another option could be the Auto trains.

OK so it adds extra expense but it does mean that your bike and yourself can cover a good few hundred k overnight while you rest, taking you into pretty much whatever part of Europe you want. Autozug in Germany and Rail Europe in France are two such examples that I am considering for a possible mini european tour this year.

One thing you don't mention is what bike you are riding, while it is possible to ride 1100miles in 24 hours on pretty much anything, it would be a lot more comfortable on some bikes than others.
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Done just over 1000 miles a couple of times only stoping for fuel and cram some food in before going again. As someone else said the last miles are killers on the bum and mentally. Both times I've done it I sleep for a good 14hours after. So no real gain but I just love doing it.

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Done just over 1000 miles a couple of times only stoping for fuel and cram some food in before going again. As someone else said the last miles are killers on the bum and mentally. Both times I've done it I sleep for a good 14hours after. So no real gain but I just love doing it.

Everything is worth doing once!
Thanks to everyone for the info. I just wanted to know if the average Joe could do it. Afterall, i'm no Nick Sanders. I'm, really interested in the challenge, but not at the cost of mine and other road users though!
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Do a search for IRONBUTTS. That will give yo sme ideas what you can do in 24 hours.

1000 miles is not difficult in 24 hours. I did it on my Intruder 800 last year.

Having said that you do not have to travel long distances to have a good holiday. The more you are on the bike the less people you are meeting.

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Hi Baluchiman

I think that's a good idea. I've done 1700-1800 km in 24h few times through the Baltic states for the same reasons, just to save time. It's totally doable but it's definetely not fun all the time. It's all about the rhythm between riding and pauses. And you REALLY don't have extra time on your pauses. I really like the feeling you get after riding a distance like that: When you've just been riding all day it takes you a while to realize you're in another country. It's like you haven't really ridden but instead teleported yourself there. Well that has been my feeling anyway. What's your route? BTW, Poland can be somewhat slow but Lithuania and Latvia are quite fast. It's a good thing that they're Schengen countries now so you don't even have to stop at the borders.

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Hi Jani

Thanks for replying. I would take the train from Folkstone UK to Calais, France. I would then travel North through Belgium, Netherlands, East Germany, Poland, Lithuania and into Latvia. I would then spend a few days partying in Latvia then take a couple of days to return home.

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PS Perhaps Australia's Outback could also accommodate these long haul rides.
The speed limit in our 'Northern Territory' (we have 7 states covering the country [yes 7 - covering about the same area as mainland US] - this is one of them in loose terms) was unlimited .. now it is 130 km/h. Elsewhere in the country the main roads are 100 to 110 km/h. As a generalisation most of the roads in heavy population centres bypass the towns.. but in the vast open places they go straight through the town - so you have slow speed bits where you can have traffic lights etc..

Personnally I see little point in doing long distance rides just to do long distances.. I usually have some sights to see and a loose plan of how to do it and go with that.
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