Luggage System

His email said more that he had to get ahold of the manufacturer but they never had gotten back to him. I guess I know where not to go. Thanks anyways.

Are there very many stretches of highway where there is more than 160-175 miles between gas stations?? And now with the bikes having even larger than 5 gallon tanks the call for jerry cans would be pretty low...The only time I thought about them was when I was riding the Sporty with the 2.25 gallon peanut tank...

Wow, I really have no clue as I have never been on these roads before. Rather be prepared than be sitting on the side of the road waiting for gas. :witsend: I only have a 5 gallon tank.

Heh...The OL sure wishes I'd run outta gas

I hear ya there,Bought that T-shirt with my no reserve EFI,not because there were no stations,I just forgot to pull in ....I think that your GPS unit could tell you distance between gas stations and where they are if you have your route planned out...You could probably figure it out before you even leave....

I am getting 40 miles to the gallon now with my Hot Rider and myself and not loaded more averaging 65 mph. Now figure a more loaded down bike averaging about 80-85 mile an hour. It is just something I am going to do.

So you'd give yourself about 140 mile range then look for gas...I can understand you wanting a couple extra gallons for peace of mind...You gonna be riding Interstate highways?? 80-85MPH average, heh,you'll be really clipping along on some stretches...better watch out for the Popo too...I used a GPS for a while on one road trip with the OL until I unplugged it and threw it in the Tour Pak...never did a search for fuel with it,but I got the distance between every Pub and bar along the way....

Well, in the U.S. Interstate riding is something different. In South Dakota as an example the posted speed limit is 75 and usually the police here allow a 5 mph over exception to where they will not do anything to you. On interstates, I guess I can't even remember ever seeing someone getting pulled over for speed. Not saying that it doesn't happen, but I have never seen it.

From experience in Colorado the State Patrol will stop you for 5 over and ticket you for 6 plus over. We need the state revenue.

Depends on where your riding Don. I was stopped by CHP for doing 93 in a 65 going across South Park on Hwy 24 a year ago. This is a road where 100 mph feels slow, and hardly any or no traffic at all.

After looking at all my paperwork, he saw I was an old Marine (which I think he was too), he said "Just slow it down OK?" No ticket--thank you!

That 1 gal. gas can will give you a little peace of mind when riding these lonely hwys out West. Makes no sense if you lived anywhere else.

The speed limit on a significant portion of I-80 that JB was looking to ride is 80MPH, and per my NHP buds they don't even think of ticketing unless you're going 8MPH over - and that has more to do with other factors. I don't know anyone that got an NV speeding ticket for less than 14 over - and the trooper wrote it for 5, even then. Most other stretches are 75MPH. HWY 50 in NV is mostly 70MPH, except through towns.

The GPS for gas may work, and so may the state "Next Services" signs, but I've found the most reliable way of finding gas is to just stay alert for the advertisements on the roadside. Any town adverting anything to drivers has a gas station. But some are not 24 hour ops, so ya may need to think about that.

If I were riding 2-up with a suped-up engine like JB, I'd be looking sharp for gas after no more than 120 miles. I'd also carry a gallon, but not two. Two is overkill, and twice the risk of bad things happening that are worse than running out of gas.
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I will be on I70 the most. My basic rout is south on Mn 15 to I90. Turn west on I90 all the way to I25 south through Cheyeene and on to Denver. From there I am at the mercy of DW and ATD and do some fun riding. I guess I am just going to try and not be so confined to a specific schedule as much as I can. Taking your advise again.

A full face is not going to happen. I will have my trustee ol' WWII style German Helmet with and in use the whole way. I do use ear plugs and am finding that I like to wear them actually wile riding.

Soon I will have some pictures posted of my bike mocked up with the luggage rack and with the luggage on. I am not sure how I will feel with it on as it just means that I am getting closer to being a geezer. :roflmao: NOT!

Ear plugs don't work for me when using my beanie helmet. Wind noise is about the same. But $85 for a pair of high tech ones? I guess some people have money to burn . . .

The 3/4 helmet I have does cut the wind noise to a dull roar.