Cross Country on the R1

[juicejuice78]

Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum.
I just wanted to share with you guys the cross country experience that I just had on my 2005 Yamaha R1.
I love all types of bikes, and I'm sure that all types of motorcyclists will enjoy my story.
I know it's long, but there's a lot of interesting things that happened on my trip.
So feel free to read it and enjoy it.
http://juscelinohong.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/
Great to meet you all!

[logitech104]

nice read... can your tank bag get any bigger!?

[ninja79]

R1's seating position is not really suitable for long rides. Even my SV650S was very uncomfortable after a whole day of riding. How did you manage to go such a long distance on a racing bike?

[DT8654]

looks like a great trip... i'm sure it was awesome.

[juicejuice78]

I think the trick to riding long distances on a sportbike it to wear a kidney belt.
Riding without it, I can only do about 200 miles a day before my back starts to act up.
With the kidney belt on, I can do around 600 miles a day or however long to sun stays up.
You're right, the R1 is not the most confortable bike to do a long distance trips in.
And that's why I thought it would be a greater challange to do it.
I found out that there's actually a sweet spot for your riding position.
It just takes time to find it.
For me, it was to get as close to the gas tank as posible, have my elbows bent at all times, have my wrists straight at all times, and the balls of my feet on the pegs.

[gitarjunky]

Awesome story and pics man! I hope to ride cross country some day...although....it'll be when I have enough money to buy a VStrom or something of that sort so I will be more comfortable than on my SV

[VermilionX]

here's another hardcore R1 rider from my random stuff topic...

all terrain R1...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C7kxetlCjNU

[Skier]

That's a very impressive trip. It's pretty disappointing about the law enforcement in Florida, but it sounds as if you're no worse for wear. Just more reason to stay out of God's waiting room, I suppose.

Great trip, nice writeup!

Now, those riding pants seem awfully cheap compared to the pain of your knee, don't they?

[PostHuman]

Cool.

Just one thing: Please don't ever say "one of the illest things" again, unless you're talking about how physically sick it was.

[Wrider]

Wow... Just Wow... First of all, sorry to hear about your nights in lockup and the crooked cops down there. It's about the same here in CO, I lost a knife, about $40, and a couple of other things due to them. But that had to be amazing to be able to ride all of that way, especially on the salt flats and thru Biketober Fest. I wish I would have known when you hit Denver, I would have ridden up to point you the way, as I'm just down in Colorado Springs. If you ever make it here again, let me know! Anyway, have fun, keep the rubber side down, and the shiny (yet overloaded ) side up!
Wrider