04-29-2015, 09:55 PM
Okay, seriously - this is the first time I've considered a long trip on a naked bike since 1986, when I was a lot younger and a new rider.
Come September, I will hit the road again - maybe for the last time, who knows?
I've done the cross-country thingy with my Burgman 650. Been dere; done dat. It was good and it was reliable; but the twisties...the Burgman CHASSIS is fully up to it; but the riding position, not so much. Like putting your Barcalounger up on a motorcycle frame. May LOOK comfy; but you're not one with the machine - in fact you feel kinda like you might slide off.
So. CB1100...vibration issues muted with padded grips...and two weeks on the road. Aiming for Colorado because I have some slight business there; but that could change. Just a road trip and change of pace.
Camping will probably not be part of the plan. At this point I prefer to camp at various lodging establishments with mattresses and running water. That, too, could change.
Gear I have: Full-face helmet and a waterproof riding coat/pants. Been out in deluges and all-day rains - they hold the water out.
Now. Question I have for the high-milers: WHAT GEAR do I need? Is a windshield advisable?
Saddlebags have been covered - partly. The ones that fit, seem small. I expect to pack five days' worth of clothes - about three shirts, two pairs jeans. Other needs I'll buy. Plus a CPAP machine and supplies for it; plus shaving kit/medicines.
It can mostly fit in a military dufflebag.
What I'm thinking - since I have a luggage rack on already - is, hopefully panniers that go on easily and with unobtrusive side mountings; that would help support a crosswise military duffle tied on the top with straps. I don't much like trunks/top-boxes, because they're limiting. I have a tailbag but it doesn't fit on the CB - or won't until I move turn signals.
Suggestions?
Come September, I will hit the road again - maybe for the last time, who knows?
I've done the cross-country thingy with my Burgman 650. Been dere; done dat. It was good and it was reliable; but the twisties...the Burgman CHASSIS is fully up to it; but the riding position, not so much. Like putting your Barcalounger up on a motorcycle frame. May LOOK comfy; but you're not one with the machine - in fact you feel kinda like you might slide off.
So. CB1100...vibration issues muted with padded grips...and two weeks on the road. Aiming for Colorado because I have some slight business there; but that could change. Just a road trip and change of pace.
Camping will probably not be part of the plan. At this point I prefer to camp at various lodging establishments with mattresses and running water. That, too, could change.
Gear I have: Full-face helmet and a waterproof riding coat/pants. Been out in deluges and all-day rains - they hold the water out.
Now. Question I have for the high-milers: WHAT GEAR do I need? Is a windshield advisable?
Saddlebags have been covered - partly. The ones that fit, seem small. I expect to pack five days' worth of clothes - about three shirts, two pairs jeans. Other needs I'll buy. Plus a CPAP machine and supplies for it; plus shaving kit/medicines.
It can mostly fit in a military dufflebag.
What I'm thinking - since I have a luggage rack on already - is, hopefully panniers that go on easily and with unobtrusive side mountings; that would help support a crosswise military duffle tied on the top with straps. I don't much like trunks/top-boxes, because they're limiting. I have a tailbag but it doesn't fit on the CB - or won't until I move turn signals.
Suggestions?