What is the farthest miles you have gone in one day ?

[tntnj]

I drove 650 miles in 12.5 hours . ( I want to do an iron butt soon) I know there are riders who do many more miles in a day. So what is you max?

[RayBJ]

750 one day, 680 next day. From Des Moines, Ia to NJ. Very boring when riding alone so I just kept going till sunset.

Ironbutt 1000 isn't that difficult Averaging 50 mph for 20 hours leaves 4 hours slack. If you do slab most of the way, you'll gain more slack.
I have a route from NJ to Va by slab (i80-i81) that starts at midnight, get to Va ~8am, runs a few hours in the mountains, then back to NJ via slab.

[Motogordo]

July 1, 2021

I have gone 75 miles in one day. My lower back starts to give me some aches so I haven't taken any long trips yet. I only have 1900 miles on my S2S. Whether or not the driver back support will help, I will find out soon if I order one. Besides price, is there a big difference between the BRP and the Utopia as far as the seat itself and the mounting bracket ?

[RayBJ]

I have a backrest for my '20 RT. It's great when cruising on smooth roads and makes you part of the machine. But when the roads get wavy or rough, all the gyrations the RT gets goes right to your body. I use it on the slab but stow it when the ride becomes more 'active' so I can let the RT do it's thing while I stay 'settled' in the seat.

[acdcking12]

Rode from Kansas city MO to Denver Colorado in 2 days. Since it was about 100 F both days, I felt that ride going. Much better on the way back home. We stopped more often.

[Plarimer]

827 miles from Durango Colorado to Lincoln Nebraska in a little more than 11 hours. We won’t talk about speed. BTW, this was on my Soft Tail.

[ARtraveler]

Lots of Total miles, but the daily max has been around 400. The old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be. :yes:

[MNBK]

On the Spyder I have done 425 followed by a 450 followed by a 850. Most on a 2 wheeler is 890. Each one is within 14 hours of riding time per day.

[BajaRon]

1,473 miles from Albuquerque, NM to Greeneville, TN. Took us 27 hours straight, (Only stopping for fuel and something to eat & run). Now technically, 27 hours is not 'In 1 Day'. But it was a single run so it counts in my book.

This after our 770 mile run from San Diego, CA to Albuquerque the day before. Basically, 2,243 miles in 2 days. Don't try this at home!

High 90's and some triple digit weather most of the way.

Not planning to do this again. We were riding zombies. Not recommended!

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[Tanshanomi]

Longest I've ever done on a motorcycle is 740, but that was almost 30 years ago.
On our Spyders, my wife and I have done 690–695 mile days on three different occasions, doing the Smackdab Summer Solstice Run.

http://smackdab281.org

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[JKMSPYDER]

My longest trip was from Shamrock, TX to Jackson, TN at 720 miles.

[redneck diva]

i have 3 documented & certified Iron Butt Rides........ 2 Saddle Sores 1,000 miles in 24 hrs 1 Bum Burner 1,500 miles in 36 hrs proud member of the IBA (Iron Butt Association) & the Mile Eater club.

[widowmaker2011]

1127 miles in 23 hours. Venice Florida to Buffalo NY on a 2012 RT limited.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

About 660 mi. but that was in 2012 when I was younger ( 63 ) ....... I just drove 336 mi. to visit my Sister in NJ .... and the Temps ranged from 80 at start to 100 F at 330 pm when I arrived ..... I then went to Long Is. on Wed. and it hit 115 F on the Verrazano Narrows bridge :gaah: in bumper to bumper traffic annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd my 14 RT didn't over-heat :clap::clap:......Love my Spyders ..... Mike :thumbup:

[PistonBlown]

Most recent iron butt I did 3,339km (2,075 miles) in 46hrs 9mins so that averages out at 1,037.5 miles a day over two days.

I tend to do the two or more day events as I like the challenge, but I did do a writeup of a single day event were I did 1707km (1061 miles) in 19hrs 45 minutes if you're interested:
https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/entry.php/6632-NI1600-2016-A-South-Islanders-view

This is normally on single lane, twisty and mountainous roads. Often even some gravel in the mix, we don't have many highways here:-)

Just remembered about another writeup of a two day event here:
https://pistonblown.blogspot.com/2019/04/tt2000-2019.html

[Mikey]

Lots of Total miles, but the daily max has been around 400. The old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be. :yes:

OH BOY!!! Hope she don't read this post, or the old gray stud may be a gelden!!!:shemademe_smilie::roflblack:

[cruisinTX]

In keeping with advice given to myself and my best friend just before we started out on our first motorcycle "tour" in August of 1971, 432 in a single day. That was the day we took possession of our 2014 RT in October of 2017 and I drove it home from Denton to Fritch, Tx. The longest multi-day mileage was 1384 on a 7-day ride to Bentonville and back with a good friend of mine when I let him ride my BMW R1100RT for most of the trip but we occasionally swapped rides so I could hit the twisties pre hard in AR and MO on the beemer. We still kept speeds reasonable though to make it safer for stopping to shoot lots of pictures.

That advice; "you will SEE more driving 55 than you will at 70mph"

[fatboy]

800 first day 1100 second indy to vegas first of sept a few years ago on my h d

[blacklightning]

600 mile day trip on my 2014 RT to the Outer Banks and back. About 1/2 slab, and 1/2 back roads.
Did 570 miles on my BMW K1600B this past memorial day on a day trip to the mountains. Very exciting, and easier on me than the spyder. Don't think I could stand to do an Iron Butt on either.

[pauly1]

Saddlesore 1000 (1035 miles) in about 17 1/2 hours, followed the next morning with Bun Burner 1500 (473 miles) by 30 hours elapsed time. Then went for a little ride the next day with our Spyder group for another 500+ miles. Almost 2050 miles in a 62 clock-hour period, include two sleeps and fun with friends!

[tntnj]

I hit traffic in Washington for about an hour in 101 Temps that day. The fans were running and I started to feel the heat on the seat. My next long run will be in cooler weather .

[tntnj]

RayBY I may take that route next time . The Washington traffic is bad and still there is construction that stops the traffic.

[jbim]

500 mi on a two-wheel, about 300 mi. on my F3L.

[RayBJ]

I hit traffic in Washington for about an hour in 101 Temps that day. The fans were running and I started to feel the heat on the seat. My next long run will be in cooler weather .

When we head south to the Southeast mountains playground, we NEVER take i95 past Baltimore, DC, etc. Way too busy & too many tie-ups plus TOLLS. We usually go west on i78 to i81 south or take US highways into WV and points south. The rare slow-downs we've had were near Roanoke.

[Challenger]

I and two friends did a 50CC IronButt ride several years ago all three on !800 Goldwings. We did a little over 1400 miles the first day and about 1100 the second day. Jacksonville Fl to San Diego Ca in a total of 47 hours over two days with about 7 hours of sleep in the middle. All three are members of IBA. Was one of the neatest rides I've done in 50 years of riding! It was a blast!

[Papa103]

750+ from Maine to Front Royal, VA.

[Fjrwillie]

I have 2 Saddlesore 1000's and a Bun Burner 1500 certified rides by the Iron Butt Association. All three on previous owned bikes (the ones that are missing a wheel).

Willie

[ARtraveler]

Good stuff all. :firstplace: :firstplace: :firstplace:

[tofriendscreek]

618 miles from Central Illinois to Western New York State on a 2012 RT, back in 2017. The next day was 47 miles. Too much to see along the St. Lawrence River and on. “Long days” now are 300-350 per day.

[askitee]

I drove 650 miles in 12.5 hours . ( I want to do an iron butt soon) I know there are riders who do many more miles in a day. So what is you max?

Coming home from the 1st Australian 500cc Motorcycle at Philip Island here in Australia. 1611 km (721 Miles) in 18 hours on my VF1000F2F, included a stop to weld a broken rack rack on mates Z1100 around the 1000 km mark.

The mate and I broke off from a group of about 9 who were doing the trip over two days, we wanted to try in 1. It was also when radar detectors were legal.

Why - new wives at home :)

[bigbadbrucie]

Coming home from the 1st Australian 500cc Motorcycle at Philip Island here in Australia. 1611 km (721 Miles) in 18 hours on my VF1000F2F, included a stop to weld a broken rack rack on mates Z1100 around the 1000 km mark.

The mate and I broke off from a group of about 9 who were doing the trip over two days, we wanted to try in 1. It was also when radar detectors were legal.

Why - new wives at home :)

Hmmmm, 1611 kms is 1001 miles

[Motorcycledave]

San Francisco to Salt Lake City slept 1 and a half hours in a rest stop and on to Denver.
1,252 miles+
19 hours

[askitee]

Hmmmm, 1611 kms is 1001 miles

I don't get to use miles very often :( thanks for correcting it.

[bigbadbrucie]

I don't get to use miles very often :( thanks for correcting it.

We started using metric in the ‘70’s. I was taught miles and feet and inches in the ‘40’s so I am more proficient with the old system, but now we’re all metric. For approximation only, figure a kilometre to be 60% of a mile. That will be roughly correct.

[Woodaddict]

845 miles, done both on a 2 wheeler and Spyder. about 13 hrs, from Salisbury,NC to Kingdom City, MO. my motorcycle trip in 2015 and 2018

1,021 miles in 22hrs 10 min for saddle sore Iron Butt in 2014 on Honda

1,074 miles in 17 hrs, 6 min for saddle sore Iron Butt in 2015 on Honda

yet to do on Spyder