A mate wants me to do a 1000 mile ride with him in 24 hours.

I need to carry some luggage, water, food etc. What have folk done to there Hawks for comfort?

Am thinking an Airhawk seat under a sheepskin I have but that may move around a bit much. And thinking lowering my pegs for thisride and training rides going into it.

 

My best in a day was 920Klms.

Only comfort mod was a sheepskin.

I had a tank bag saddle bags and a back pack.

I am 57 and handled it O.K but the fuel stops were a blessing.

1,000 miles in 24 hours is getting on with it, but if don't think it's impossible .

You would have to be moving to do that , so your license may take a hit.

 

Yeah just clicked, its a 1000ks. Doh.

Couldnt work out why the rolling average didnt work.

 

Aspirin!

 

Tank bag and stuff it full so you can lay your chest on it- this is an awesome one for me. It relieves your arms/shoulders as well as bottom when you need it.

MSR fuel bottles so you have some peace of mind and aren't constantly stressed about range.

Sheepskin and an alternate like small foam pillow or something- a lot of the times on long rides it's more about changing position every once in awhile as much as it is having a comfortable seat.

Some form of hydration and food that is easily accessible- I've been on trips and been really tired for no reason (or so I thought)- turns out it's easy to not notice how many calories you need to ride for a long stretch.

 

1,000k's , that is very doable.

If you ride regularly should be a piece of ****!

Good luck mate.

 

Just did 1100 miles the other weekend. Just a sargent seat, lowered the pegs a notch, and wore one small pack.

I found that the best relief for the sore bum was just hauling absolute *** till the next stretch break at the gas station . The short range was a blessing in disguise for sure. It's not so bad, you'll be fine

 

I have a Sargent seat and I would never use the adjective "just" in front of it. lol

 

I'm 6'3" and I've lowered the pegs about 3/4" and put the LSL superbike bar on there. my left knee started to get really sore after about 250 miles along with my right shoulder. I'm chalking that up to not riding for more than 25 miles at a time for the past 3-4 years though... I have a sargent and my butt was falling asleep some, but i've never sat on a stock seat, so I have no clue how much better the sargent is

 

I read this as your mate has given you 24 hrs to be ready for a 1000mi trip. That is some pressure.

Otherwise, do a cruise control to keep your hand relaxed, get your biggest best backpack and sew vinyl and magnets to it to make a tank bag big enuff to lay on. No one piece of anything will help you like stuffing clothes into something to lay forward on.

Here is what mine looked like.

Everything else is pretty much secondary if you are doing 9-10 hours straight.

Oh and stay hydrated, drink gatorade to avoid cramps and keep your brain working, and take alleve IN ADVANCE to avoid pain and inflamation.

 

1256 miles in 22 hours for an Iron butt ride to the Moto GP last year in Indy.

Only stops were for gas (11 of them) just a few min each and two longer 30 breaks.

Comfort is a reworked suspension by DMr, Sargent Seat, Vista Cruise Throttle lock, Apex 4" bars, Double Bubble windscreen.
Storage was a large Icon tank bag and a camelbak Mule.

I knew I was hotelling it at the end for a day then staying with friends for the week...and had a plan to hole up in a hotel and rent a uhaul if things went bad... So did not need a lot of gear. I also had some tools and emergency stuff under the a seat.

Really boredom at high double and low triple digit speeds was the only "issue" I ran into, that and I should have taken one more thermal layer... I froze my butt off the last few hours.

no training rides other than riding often and normal day long rides we take anyway (400-500 mi common, 600-700 once and awhile)