I haven't been on the forums in about a year very much because work has kept me from the fun sport that we all enjoy. Well this weekend I had an opportunity too quickly fly down to venice florida and pick up my spyder and ride it back upstate New York. The problem is I only had 24 hours to do it. It had been sitting in my garage in Florida since October, and I had no idea if it would start. The taxi driver dropped me off at my house after I flew down on Southwest. So far, I had used up 4 of my 24 hours. I grabbed my helmet, my gloves and 1 pair of jeans and two shirts, went out in the garage, put air in all three tires which were down to nine pounds each and hit the starter. Without hesitation it fired right up and I was on the road, having now used 5 of my 24 hours. The next 19 hours were a blur of sweet bliss, wind in your face, and freedom. I arrived in upstate New York exactly 19 hours later and the RT performed unbelievably. I averaged 37 miles per gallon, and the GPS says my average moving speed was 74.2 miles per hour with the peak speed of 107 miles per hour, I remember that portion and that was absolutely all she had, there was no more. Aside from a 20 minute horrible rain storm in Georgia, I had nothing but blue sky the whole way. Now that I am home I hope to be able to use the Spyder at a more leisurely pace. My only complaint is that I absolutely need to get a seat that sets me back a couple more inches. Other than that I came away with no aches and pains. Oh and I also came away with no tickets, even better.
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wow what a ride do you have a steel butt great job I road from MV maybe 200 miles home and could not sit still after a 100 miles and Iam use to driving and sitting I,am a trucker but the seat had felt hard to me after a while Oh well will need to live with it but great iron butt run
all the way. Quite a ryde hope you got a glimps of the countryside as you flew by..great to hear how well your roadster performed they are great machines...
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Originally Posted by widowmaker2011
I haven't been on the forums in about a year very much because work has kept me from the fun sport that we all enjoy. Well this weekend I had an opportunity too quickly fly down to venice florida and pick up my spyder and ride it back upstate New York. The problem is I only had 24 hours to do it. It had been sitting in my garage in Florida since October, and I had no idea if it would start. The taxi driver dropped me off at my house after I flew down on Southwest. So far, I had used up 4 of my 24 hours. I grabbed my helmet, my gloves and 1 pair of jeans and two shirts, went out in the garage, put air in all three tires which were down to nine pounds each and hit the starter. Without hesitation it fired right up and I was on the road, having now used 5 of my 24 hours. The next 19 hours were a blur of sweet bliss, wind in your face, and freedom. I arrived in upstate New York exactly 19 hours later and the RT performed unbelievably. I averaged 37 miles per gallon, and the GPS says my average moving speed was 74.2 miles per hour with the peak speed of 107 miles per hour, I remember that portion and that was absolutely all she had, there was no more. Aside from a 20 minute horrible rain storm in Georgia, I had nothing but blue sky the whole way. Now that I am home I hope to be able to use the Spyder at a more leisurely pace. My only complaint is that I absolutely need to get a seat that sets me back a couple more inches. Other than that I came away with no aches and pains. Oh and I also came away with no tickets, even better.
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Wow great run I just did a ride from Reno Nevada last month 12.5 hours. Reno to Seattle I sure didnt get 37 mpg
it was a great trip. You sure beat me well done.
Yes I kept every receipt and had almost all of them witnessed, the best gas stop was in WV on route 19, midnite, at a Sheetz station, 4 pickup trucks were parked at the gas pumps having a big party complete with 12 packs, cooking hot dogs in the back of one truck, some pretty good country music, and some girls dancing in the parking lot. Don't get me wrong, I'm not making fun of them, there's a lot worse things that they could have been doing, they were as polite as could be and appear to be loving life. Those guys were a bunch of fun, I wish I could have hung around. Only in West Virginia
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2022 RT Limited Hyper Silver
Out to Pasture:
2013 ST Limited , Black Currant
2022 F3L , Dark Edition
2021 RTL , Chalk Chrome
2013 RT Limited , Circuit Yellow Metallic
2008 GS SM5 , Millenium Yellow
2020 RT Limited Petrol Dark
2014 RT Limited Champagne Black
2012 RT Limited White
2010 Timeless Black RTS SM5
2010 Orbital Blue RTS SM5
2008 GS SM5 PE 1941
2008 GS SM5 PE2011
CORRECTION.... TYPO... 32 MPG NOT 37.... saw all the mpg posts and reread my initial post. Sorry I'm tired. :o
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2022 RT Limited Hyper Silver
Out to Pasture:
2013 ST Limited , Black Currant
2022 F3L , Dark Edition
2021 RTL , Chalk Chrome
2013 RT Limited , Circuit Yellow Metallic
2008 GS SM5 , Millenium Yellow
2020 RT Limited Petrol Dark
2014 RT Limited Champagne Black
2012 RT Limited White
2010 Timeless Black RTS SM5
2010 Orbital Blue RTS SM5
2008 GS SM5 PE 1941
2008 GS SM5 PE2011
I haven't been on the forums in about a year very much because work has kept me from the fun sport that we all enjoy. Well this weekend I had an opportunity too quickly fly down to venice florida and pick up my spyder and ride it back upstate New York. The problem is I only had 24 hours to do it. It had been sitting in my garage in Florida since October, and I had no idea if it would start. The taxi driver dropped me off at my house after I flew down on Southwest. So far, I had used up 4 of my 24 hours. I grabbed my helmet, my gloves and 1 pair of jeans and two shirts, went out in the garage, put air in all three tires which were down to nine pounds each and hit the starter. Without hesitation it fired right up and I was on the road, having now used 5 of my 24 hours. The next 19 hours were a blur of sweet bliss, wind in your face, and freedom. I arrived in upstate New York exactly 19 hours later and the RT performed unbelievably. I averaged 37 miles per gallon, and the GPS says my average moving speed was 74.2 miles per hour with the peak speed of 107 miles per hour, I remember that portion and that was absolutely all she had, there was no more. Aside from a 20 minute horrible rain storm in Georgia, I had nothing but blue sky the whole way. Now that I am home I hope to be able to use the Spyder at a more leisurely pace. My only complaint is that I absolutely need to get a seat that sets me back a couple more inches. Other than that I came away with no aches and pains. Oh and I also came away with no tickets, even better.
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You forgot to mention the 95 degree weather.
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1375 miles in 19 hours on a RT.
and hit the starter. Without hesitation it fired right up and I was on the road, having now used 5 of my 24 hours. The next 19 hours were a blur of sweet bliss, wind in your face, and freedom. I arrived in upstate New York exactly 19 hours later and the RT performed unbelievably. I averaged 37 miles per gallon, and the GPS says my average moving speed was 74.2 miles per hour with the peak speed of 107 miles per hour, I remember that portion and that was absolutely all she had, there was no more. Aside from a 20 minute horrible rain storm in Georgia, I had nothing but blue sky the whole way. Now that I am home I hope to be able to use the Spyder at a more leisurely pace. My only complaint is that I absolutely need to get a seat that sets me back a couple more inches. Other than that I came away with no aches and pains. Oh and I also came away with no tickets, even better.
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Quite the ride! Glad everything went well.
Originally Posted by widowmaker2011
all the way. Quite a ryde hope you got a glimps of the countryside as you flew by..great to hear how well your roadster performed they are great machines...
It would be a shame to let all that ryde be wasted.
