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« on: January 14, 2012, 12:56:34 PM » |
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Just rode around the country block which is about 15 miles. Also stopped and picked up some Lottery tickets which added another half mile or so. This is about as short a ride as I'm ever gonna take.
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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2012, 12:58:27 PM » |
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to the supper-market for a gal. of milk.......less than 2 miles
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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2012, 01:05:05 PM » |
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Riding to work before I retired, 30 mile round trip.  Hoser |
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« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2012, 01:10:23 PM » |
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Riding to class on campus. I love to park to kids with 883 HD's who think they are something. 30 miles round trip
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« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2012, 01:45:50 PM » |
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To work, 2KM. To the store, 1KM away in the cage seems to run 50-70 miles on the bike.
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« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2012, 01:54:51 PM » |
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Anything that doesn't require overnight accommodations.
(Or anything with a seat height of less than 28 inches.)
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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2012, 01:57:46 PM » |
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Anything that doesn't require overnight accommodations.
(Or anything with a seat height of less than 28 inches.)
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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2012, 02:07:37 PM » |
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To me, anything less than from topped-off to reserve and fill-up, or about 150 miles, is a short ride. 150 to 500 miles with no overnight = ride. Greater than 500 miles with no overnight = long ride.
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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2012, 03:37:33 PM » |
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16 miles to work is a short ride...  not a bad one, though... -Mike |
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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2012, 03:40:05 PM » |
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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2012, 04:08:03 PM » |
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Short ride for me is to Mt. Shasta or over the Siskiyou Pass to Ashland for a cup of coffee and back which is about 60 miles round trip. No good coffee shops in this town.
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2012, 05:32:30 PM » |
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1/2 tank out and a 1/2 tank back...
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« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2012, 05:40:02 PM » |
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« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2012, 07:27:14 PM » |
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Any ride that involves only one meal.  |
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« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2012, 07:33:28 PM » |
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Down to TN from where ever I'm working at at the time. I wish this cold weather go away.
Charlie Morse
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« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2012, 07:48:26 PM » |
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6 mile round trip into town is a short ride. 35 mile round trip to work and back is my most frequent ride. On the weekend, one tank of gas is a short ride. On vacation, less than 9 hours is a short ride.
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« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2012, 08:05:37 PM » |
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The looooooong way home from work.
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« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2012, 08:09:38 PM » |
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Down to TN from where ever I'm working at at the time. I wish this cold weather go away.
Charlie Morse
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« Reply #18 on: January 14, 2012, 09:32:33 PM » |
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i'll keep that in mind Joe. For everyone else that picture was taken at the Hell's Canyon overlook in Oregon. If you noticed the wing was a bit dirt. That was 3 1/2 hours in the Hell's Wilderness where I got lost by making a wrong turn on a short ride (dirt and gravel).
Ain't it greatwhere we sometimes find ourselves.
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« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2012, 04:44:33 AM » |
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100 miles or less is a short ride. No stops for gas but maybe some pie.
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« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2012, 05:16:52 AM » |
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150-200 miles(round trip)for a chili dog or chili burger is a short ride......even if it's 33 degrees with sleet bouncing off the face shield(pre-Gerbings)...... I very rarely take it the 6 miles to work because for some reason, the return home can be 50+ miles after breaking down in the parking lot of a DQ somewhere!!.......  |
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« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2012, 06:43:46 AM » |
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« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2012, 07:01:33 AM » |
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To Noris Dam and back about 32 miles.
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« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2012, 07:01:48 AM » |
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Under a hundred miles or less than 2 hours.
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« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2012, 07:11:56 AM » |
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Locally - if it doesn't require a gas stop to get home, its a short trip. On vacation, anything under 350 miles a day is a leisurely stroll, over 500 miles starts to become work.
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« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2012, 08:31:54 AM » |
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I think every ride is too short!
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« Reply #26 on: January 15, 2012, 08:46:16 AM » |
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Anything that doesn't require overnight accommodations.
(Or anything with a seat height of less than 28 inches.)
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« Reply #27 on: January 15, 2012, 08:52:29 AM » |
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If you noticed the wing was a bit dirt. That was 3 1/2 hours in the Hell's Wilderness where I got lost by making a wrong turn on a short ride (dirt and gravel).
Ain't it great where we sometimes find ourselves.
Charlie Morse
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« Reply #28 on: January 15, 2012, 03:57:58 PM » |
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To Noris Dam and back about 32 miles.
It would be hard for me to quit riding long enough to go to work if I lived down there in your home area Al. I've seen a little of the US and some pretty places. And there are some gorgeous places here in Indiana. But the mountain roads there in your end of the country seem to have been grown from the earth with motorcycles in mind. |
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« Reply #29 on: January 15, 2012, 04:06:01 PM » |
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Wife and I rode from our house in Yorkville, IL(50 miles west of Chicago) to Schwartz's Supper Club in Fond Du Lac, Wisc. 400 miles round trip, just so I could try their rib-eye. Many trips to the grocery store, which is 2 miles away, end up encompassing about 20 miles. On the dragon, it's easy to make a short trip slightly longer.  |
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« Reply #30 on: January 15, 2012, 04:14:58 PM » |
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« Reply #31 on: January 15, 2012, 06:31:59 PM » |
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I've never taken a ride that I thought was anything but too short!
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« Reply #32 on: January 16, 2012, 08:19:48 AM » |
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This time of year, any ride less than 100 miles (or under two hours). During the warmer part of the year, any ride that is under 200 miles.
WOW!!! we just had our first snow of the year, with more promised by mid week. NEED moisture.
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« Reply #33 on: January 16, 2012, 09:28:42 AM » |
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Every ride I take is a short one, some are just a lot shorter than others.
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