Re: [ST] distance riding

[Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dennis dodd wrote:

> my question is, is this typical? are we just wimps?
> what is the group experience here? i know that some of
> you travel great distances in the summer heat to
> attend these rallyes.


I haven't done too many long trips on the ST yet, but I did go to the 
Western Rallye this year. To get there I had to cross the desert in Utah 
and Nevada. The one thing I really grew envious of was Paul Master's 
CamelBack. Keith Winter and I were having to stop every hour or so to 
chug water (and donate used water). Paul just sipped on his CamelBack as 
we rode and by comparison seemed fresh as a daisy at the stops.

A ThrottleMeister (if you're riding alone) or a Throttle Rocker (if 
you're riding in a group) are also very nice to have since they let you 
relax your right hand. I use a BackALine kidney belt on the long days, 
too, which helps a lot. It makes it easier for me to keep my weight off 
my wrists.

However, it's still probably a good idea to stop every hour or two and 
stretch. This keeps your muscles from getting too tense, it lets the 
blood circulate a little, and if you're traveling through the boring 
parts of the country it snaps your out of your rode daze.

Make no mistake about it, though, riding a motorcycle is much more 
tiring than riding in a car. I can do 1,200 mile days in a car and feel 
about the same as when I've done only 600 miles on a bike.
- -- 
Blake "Dawgbert" Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Burlingame, CA, USA


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