Re: [ST] long trip suggestions

["hajacos" <hajacos@xxxxxxxx>]

Otterboy!
My husband and I just returned from a 4300 mile trip.  From Nashville, TN we
went to Daytona, FL, over to Austin, TX and back to Nashville, TN.  He had
just purchased a 2nd ST and still had his old one so we both rode the STs on
this trip. :)  (I have a Ducati Monster Dark and KNEW it would not be
conducive for such a trip).

While I don't have suggestions about your route, I do have suggestions on
tires and another little hint.  Battlax has a new tire, you are probably
familiar with, BT020.  It is a "sport-touring" tire that we have currently
put over 5000 miles on both bikes.  Since my husband was carrying more
weight on his bike on our trip, his have gone away a bit quicker than mine
have, but still are rideable.  In fact, just last weekend, my husband took
the new ST to Deal's Gap with the better set of tires and said it performed
wonderfully!  Naturally, on a technical piece of road like that, nothing out
performs new tires, but these did not slow him down a bit.  SO, I would
highly recommend the Battlax BT020.  It's brand new on the market, and
depending on the kind of dealer you have in your area, they may have to
contact their distributor for the new part numbers on these tires.

The other little hint that might allow you to increase your daily mileage is
the Air Hawk.  You are probably familiar with it as well.  If not, it is a
seat pad that you can blow air into, as much or as little as you prefer.
While it is a bit pricy at $199, it's very much worth the investment.  Going
on a 6500 mile trip like you're talking about, the Air Hawk would be a MUST
HAVE on our list.  I can promise you will feel less fatigued at the end of
each day with this wonderful invention!

Good luck with your route and be safe! :)
Melanie
Nashville, TN
'99 & '00 Black ST

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Otterboy" <jong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <st@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 3:29 PM
Subject: [ST] long trip suggestions


>
>
>        Hey STers,
>
>
>   I live in Seattle, and one of my fiancees friends is getting married in
> New Jersey at the end of May.  I'm thinking of doing a mini tour of the
> US, starting in Seattle and going through at least these two towns:
> State College, PA (on the way back to seattle), and Albuquerque, NM on
> the way out.
>
>   I've got a friend coming from Monterey CA, joining me for the run
> across AZ to New Mexico, but will be making the rest of the trip by
> myself, unless folks want to hook up, especially on the long haul from
> PA back to Washington State (hint hint!)...
>
>   I'll probably head down to Nevada, and then cut across AZ to NM, and
> then angle up for the long haul to the east coast.  I don't have
> highways picked out yet, as I'm just starting to plan it.
>
>   I'm figuring I can average 400 miles a day (I've done longish trips
> with 600 miles a day, and my derriere is in serious pain by the end of 2
or 3 of
> these days, so I'm dropping the number!), and I'm planning on mostly
> slabbing it, unless there are nice state routes that run the way I am
> going.  According to mapquest, slabbing it puts me in at a hair under
> 6500 miles total.
>
>   Does anyone have suggestions as to routes to avoid, snow/ice
> conditions in passes in mid-late may?  I've never done a trip this long,
> and I'm looking for some advice, aside from getting some touring tires
> put on a couple days before I leave...:)
>
> --
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>
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