Cannonball record shattered
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Yea but you literally said none of that sooooo
And it’s already a thing and I wasn’t aware of. I’ve already posted above. Feel free to read.
Most liter bikes will turn mid-30's mpg on average at highway speeds. My 600 will turn 40-45mpg cruising at 80mph. However you want to hold higher speeds that's gonna start to burn fuel a lot faster. I flog my little 600 at Road America and my mileage drops to 16-17mpg.
Typical fuel capacity is roughly 4.5 gals. Get something like a big BMW sport touring bike like an older K1300 it might push it to 6.0 gals or so, but it's a lot heavier and gonna burn fuel just as fast. For comparison something like a 'Busa which is more aerodynamic and a 5.5 gal tank is still only getting mid to high 30's, at highway speeds, not flat out.
Easy cruising you can push 130-150 miles before low fuel light comes on, which leaves anywhere from 0.7 - 0.9 gal remaining. You wanna try and average 120mph? You're gonna be stopping to fill up every hour, probably less.
I would have to dig for it, I think it was a UK Superbike magazine, but when the Yamaha R1 first came out in 1998 a couple of nutters tried to run one flat out on the ring around Paris racing the TGV. Ran out of gas (4.7 gal) in just under 30 minutes, with a top speed of ~165mph. The rider made it about 75-80 miles before coasting to a stop on the shoulder, then watched as their chase car with a gas can stopped about 500 feet further down the road, making him push the bike
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What you need is a Kawasaki KH400, like Lapchik used in the Gumball Rally (1976):
Typical fuel capacity is roughly 4.5 gals. Get something like a big BMW sport touring bike like an older K1300 it might push it to 6.0 gals or so, but it's a lot heavier and gonna burn fuel just as fast. For comparison something like a 'Busa which is more aerodynamic and a 5.5 gal tank is still only getting mid to high 30's, at highway speeds, not flat out.
Easy cruising you can push 130-150 miles before low fuel light comes on, which leaves anywhere from 0.7 - 0.9 gal remaining. You wanna try and average 120mph? You're gonna be stopping to fill up every hour, probably less.
I would have to dig for it, I think it was a UK Superbike magazine, but when the Yamaha R1 first came out in 1998 a couple of nutters tried to run one flat out on the ring around Paris racing the TGV. Ran out of gas (4.7 gal) in just under 30 minutes, with a top speed of ~165mph. The rider made it about 75-80 miles before coasting to a stop on the shoulder, then watched as their chase car with a gas can stopped about 500 feet further down the road, making him push the bike
.What you need is a Kawasaki KH400, like Lapchik used in the Gumball Rally (1976):
I don't think I'd like riding a motorcycle for 26+ hours. That would be brutal even on a comfy cruiser. Imagine doing 130 mph for most of the trip. No thanks.
Man, I would slaughter that guy if he was my "friend". The last record holders waited until the statute of limitations ran out before posting about their run.
This douchenozzle was told they were laying low for a while but just HAD to get some internet fame and throw his friends under the bus to scoop them on their own damned story.
This douchenozzle was told they were laying low for a while but just HAD to get some internet fame and throw his friends under the bus to scoop them on their own damned story.
i cant imagine driving like that for almost 30 hours
i was worn out when i made a run from downers grove to harwood heights in 14 minutes.
hmm I think some of the fatigue could be mitigated if you prepared enough. Like a formed cushion or something you could put your weight on if you were on a crotch rocket or something, maybe take aspirin to kill mild pain and to thin your blood a bit so your limbs dont fall asleep as easily
Easy solution to the motorcycle fuel issue if I may. A double sown suit, with antire pouch to hold extra gasoline. Basically you’ll be like a flammable Caprisun on a Ducatti. This could be the back story to ghost rider.
Since the statute of limitations has definitely run out by now, on a warm summer Saturday night in 2005, about 2am I did a "loop" with a friend. 355 south from 38 to 88E, 88E - 290E, 290E - 90/94N, 94N/90W - 90W, 90W - 294S, 294S - 290W, 290W to 355S, 355S exit 38.
Ran my lap timer. ~60 miles, 27 minutes. One of our buddies on duty was listening to ISPERN the whole time waiting for us to be called out. Nothing.
Six of us, from the Carol Stream USPS office to North Ave Beach in 20 minutes, again, late at night. That one was a really pushing it. People started lane splitting traffic, like semi's and delivery trucks. Didn't ride with those particular folks again.
Also did Rt 59 to Annie Glidden on I-88 in 18 minutes. Booty call, nothing was stopping me from getting to that redhead.
Then I learned about track days and took the fast/hard/aggressive riding off the street. Good thing too, I'm sure it was just a matter of time before I would have got pinched.
Damn I miss that bike.
Ran my lap timer. ~60 miles, 27 minutes. One of our buddies on duty was listening to ISPERN the whole time waiting for us to be called out. Nothing.
Six of us, from the Carol Stream USPS office to North Ave Beach in 20 minutes, again, late at night. That one was a really pushing it. People started lane splitting traffic, like semi's and delivery trucks. Didn't ride with those particular folks again.
Also did Rt 59 to Annie Glidden on I-88 in 18 minutes. Booty call, nothing was stopping me from getting to that redhead.
Then I learned about track days and took the fast/hard/aggressive riding off the street. Good thing too, I'm sure it was just a matter of time before I would have got pinched.
Damn I miss that bike.
The trick is to drive 160+ for a couple minutes then "slow down" to 130. 130 will feel slow in comparison. I don't know if that would hold up for hours but it definitely happens for shorter periods of time.me neither, nor would i to be driving a car at 130+ for 26+ hours.
Oh definitely. I've had times when way out it in the country we'll cruise at like 90 cause that's where the bikes like to settle in. Then when away from civilization, meaning no cross streets, no driveways, no houses, etc we might rip on the bikes. Coming down from triple digit speeds to like 60 or 70 makes you feel like it's a walking pace and you could just hop off and run faster on foot ?
So when someone tells me that "oh I had my car up to 100mph" I'm thinking, "that's a crawl, I routinely hit 170-180 at the track". You get really desensitized to the lower speeds really fast. Shit, first time novice riders at the track are cracking 100mph by lunch time.
But I will admit, maybe, if sanctioned, I'd wouldn't mind taking the bike out and running full tilt for a long stretch. When you've got something that accelerates fast enough to top out in mile or so, reaching 180+, you start asking, "what next?"
On this latest run from coast to coast, even having four people rotating for driving, you're still on high alert for a few hours at a stretch,mentally taking a beating. Guessing they'd rotate every fuel stop so no additional time would be lost? Did I read that correctly, they had three or four persons?
So when someone tells me that "oh I had my car up to 100mph" I'm thinking, "that's a crawl, I routinely hit 170-180 at the track". You get really desensitized to the lower speeds really fast. Shit, first time novice riders at the track are cracking 100mph by lunch time.
But I will admit, maybe, if sanctioned, I'd wouldn't mind taking the bike out and running full tilt for a long stretch. When you've got something that accelerates fast enough to top out in mile or so, reaching 180+, you start asking, "what next?"
On this latest run from coast to coast, even having four people rotating for driving, you're still on high alert for a few hours at a stretch,mentally taking a beating. Guessing they'd rotate every fuel stop so no additional time would be lost? Did I read that correctly, they had three or four persons?
It would be sick to do this on a bike. 5 gal tank, make 2 storage racks for extra 5 gal jugs and figure out a way to refill while riding using cruise control. 15 gal * 35 mpg comes out to 5 fuel stops to make it 2825 miles
Cops, and Muscles and joints totally locking up would be my biggest concerns. In that order. Lol
Cops, and Muscles and joints totally locking up would be my biggest concerns. In that order. Lol
btw, between my member photo and your sig photo it looks like we're racing towards each other, LOL
Fiiiine 30mpgAt what speed? Cause no way you're turning 35mpg holding 100mph+ with two 5gal non-aerodynamic jugs of fuel hanging off the bike. The weight wouldn't be much of a factor, 10 gal would be about 60lbs, or a winter binging on beer and stuffed pizza
I still think you'd be hard pressed to get 30mpg pushing 100+, using a liter bike as an example. Now, if you built an aerodynamic shell around it, like the dry lake bed streamliners and added area for extra fuel, then you'd could probably get 40mpg pushing well over 100mph. Believe it or not, sport bikes are not very aero slippery. Their drag coefficient is usually around 1.5 - 2.0 with rider. For comparison a Tesla Model S is 0.24.
A New Sub-26-Hour Cannonball Record Has Allegedly Been Set
The news comes just five weeks after a team piloting an Audi A8 set a time of 26 hours 38 minutes.
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