6,311 miles in 14 days

[gtp3800]

Just got back from my trip on my 05 buell xb12scg with the r front end. it was awesome!! this bike is really a very well made machine. average cruising speeds of 80 to 85 and with 93 octane (when i could find it) i was getting around 64 miles to the gallon! heres just a break down of my trip, gear, and mods. I wanted to share this experience with you guys. I am proud to say I traveled from chicago to los angeles, up the pch to oregon and home through yellow stone and bear tooth pass all on a buell sportbike.

gear-

-Icon compound mesh jacket
-shoei rf-1100
-bilt iron workers jeans
-shift boots
-icon leather gloves
-icon mesh gloves
-sena smh-10 bluetooth headset
-icon 1000 thermal
-custom touring windscreen
-buell streetfighter seat
-ventura luggage rack
-iphone/phone mount
-gopro hero3 black edition
-cramp buster
-buell tank bag, saddlebags, trunk bag
-ogio backpack
-custom 3 inch firebolt high bars

trip break down-
day 1-Illinois to nebraska/wyoming border.
day 2-travel through wyoming/utah, salt lake city
day 3-salt lake city/ arizona/ grand canyon
day 4- grand canyon/ vegas/ los angeles
day 5-day 7- los angeles
day 8- pch/ golden gate bridge
day 9- california red woods
day 10-crater lake
day 11-crater lake, oregon to idaho falls, idaho
day12-yellowstone
day 13- bear tooth pass to fargo north dakota
day 14- fargo north dakota to home

ill spend some time getting pictures up!

 

[Enemy Zero]

Sounds like a great ride! Can't wait to see some pics.

 

[mudmonkeymaker]

sweet man sounds like fun

 

[Dave A]

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[user_deleted]

your mpg pretty awesome as well. and 450 miles per day for 14 consecutive days is some serious riding. well done son.

 

[gtp3800]

Thanks! It was a trip of a lifetime. I have alot of pictures I will share

 

[oh9bolt]

[up] That was quite a ride!

 

[88b]

Very impressive sounds like a very enjoyable ride. After about two hours my butt is numb on my Uly

 

[Crimson04]

Please share your photos. Especially those in the redwoods [up]

 

[gtp3800]

yea my butt got numb, my neck was killing me, my shoulders hurt pretty bad. especially after we rode 800 miles in one day. I have a couple nice ones from the redwoods!!

 

[stensg]

Sounds like a really nice trip. Do you live in or near Fargo I'm in Fargo only seen a few buells here and haven't been able to meet anyone of them.

 

[gtp3800]

heres some photos!

this was at my sisters apartment in los angeles

somewhere in arizona

this was my campsite on bear tooth highway

crater lake, Oregon

redwoods

This is right on the coast of oregon and california, that river flows into the pacific

more desert... there was alot of desert....

and some go pro fun!

 

[Crimson04]

Your riding partner had to be slightly more comfortable haha. Lightening pegs made a huge difference for me as a suggestion. I like the luggage set up as well. I have larger saddlebags and a tail bag but my small trips at this point don't need the extra storage but it looks to have worked out well. Thanks for sharing. Now I go onto adv rider and dream of touring my buell lol.

 

[gtp3800]

yea those kawasaki's are way more comfortable haha. yea all those bags were packed full so bigger bags would have been nice.

 

[Jmal18]

Nice work. You're making me jealous as I sit here at my desk.

 

[gtp3800]

next summer is Alaska!

dunno if ill be doing that on the buell tho, maybe the triumph. Im putting too many miles on my buell

 

[Kooma]

what tires are those Power Pures? how'd you get so many miles on one set!!!

looks like a blast of a ride man cheers to you for getting out there and doing what most of us dream about [up][up][up]

 

[HMTRAN]

Good stuff. Really sounds like a ride of a lifetime! I hope to make a trip like that one day also. Were y'all wiping down your bikes at every stop or something? How'd y'all keep em so clean looking in all the pictures? I did one little trip from Long Beach, Ca to San Jose and my vstar at the time was filthy

 

[88b]

Looks like a nice trip, no way could I ride my Buell that far . I did 3000 miles to Italy and back in June but that was on my road sofa

 

[vladshap]

Thats a great trip and awesome photos!

Did you have any bike issues? Also, what kind of oil did you run? I'm looking to do a sub 5,000 mile trip sometime soon on my 07' XB12Scg from Chicago.