Re: Long distance ST riders (was Re: Time to buy)

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:56 AM 11/15/1999 -0500, Bill Flowers wrote:
 >So do we have any long distance riders on the list? Anyone done an
 >(official) Saddle Sore 1000 or better?
 >I have this temptation to get my ST, build up my riding stamina through
 >the winter and then go for a SS1000 from Clearwater to Dallas (hi,
 >Thomas!) in the Spring.  Heck, with just a bit more I could get a Bun
 >Burner 1500 on the same trip! :-)

On the way out to the ST Rallye in August, Mark Hanke from Melbourne did an 
official SS1000.

I was going to do a 1500 (already have done the SS1000) but was just to 
rushed beforehand to worry about the forms and signatures etc. So I just 
decided to "personally" challenge myself to see how I could do. I ended up 
almost doing two BB1500's (gold) - did 1400 miles in 22 hours going out and 
about 1432 coming back. 1500 miles in under 24 would not have been a 
problem. Really the only "hard" time is from about 2 a.m. to about 6 a.m. - 
the road becomes really dark and boring and with the smoothness of the ST, 
the body naturally wants to sleep. As Mark pointed out at the Rallye, the 
tank bag makes a really nice headrest, so if you get really tired, you can 
rest your head down on it and rest ..... God help you if the road turns 
though......

The only other problem with that many miles was the pain from the seat 
..... thus my trip to Sargent.

- - Eric


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