Long Distance Endurance Motorcycling - 48 State Challenge!

[Brian Thorn]

Just watched the video. Pretty cool.

 

[kwthom]

Part two is now up:

 

[LeMaitre]

Thanks for the video. Enjoyed watching the motorcycle ride the route of the last day on the map. Congratulations again on completing the ride.

-Mark

 

[BMW RT Pilot]

BTW, I believe that Andy was reiterating what Red said.

 

[BMW RT Pilot]

...stuff...

Was that a sighting of Sasquatch at 10:41?

 

[kwthom]

Thanks for the video. Enjoyed watching the motorcycle ride the route of the last day on the map. Congratulations again on completing the ride.

-Mark

I did have to steal that idea from elsewhere...not Oscar or Emmy material by any means, but that :20 managed to finish the story, even if I didn't have video of that last day of riding.

Was that a sighting of Sasquatch at 10:41?

 

[kwthom]

The issue with lack of video on the last day has been identified :doh

https://kwthom.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-ha-problem-solved.html

 

[BMW RT Pilot]

The issue with lack of video on the last day has been identified :doh

Always operator error.

 

[LeMaitre]

The issue with lack of video on the last day has been identified :doh

https://kwthom.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-ha-problem-solved.html

Watched your short video about the unplanned dirt ride. It is a reality that road construction will happen one must learn to ride through it. Thanks for showing how it is done. I have put many dirt road miles on my CB550F just started venturing out on them with the Goldwing GL1200A this fall. I am still learning the quirks of dirt riding on a big bike. That has not stopped me from filming a ride down a dirt road.

-Ride Safe,
Mark

 

[kwthom]

I've done a lot of dirt road riding on Goldwings...quite a bit of it has been two-up.

What was I thinking?

Practice...for those types of road surfaces that tend to unexpectedly pop up 1500 miles from home.

 

[Gregory Koning]

Planning a 48 this summer. Did you ever come ups with an approximate overall cost (Hotels/gas/food) for the 9 day ride? Thanks, Kono (IBA 12,310)

 

[BMW RT Pilot]

Planning a 48 this summer. Did you ever come ups with an approximate overall cost (Hotels/gas/food) for the 9 day ride? Thanks, Kono (IBA 12,310)

My estimate was close to a half-million dollars.

 

[kwthom]

Planning a 48 this summer. Did you ever come ups with an approximate overall cost (Hotels/gas/food) for the 9 day ride? Thanks, Kono (IBA 12,310)

Less than 100/day for lodging, food turned into an afterthought, so gas at the prevailing national average was used as estimates.

It's simply the cost of the ride...and I was okay with that.

 

[kwthom]

My estimate was close to a half-million dollars.

Heh...you're not too far off...


I dunno, spending the night in a $250 or $400/night room might want to make me lounge around a little more and fully get my money's worth from the deal.