thinking about a long distance road trip on my 150 By bobthetechguy (Read 2,676 times)

[steelblade]

That is quite a distance for a 150. What kind is it? If it's a chinese one I wouldn't recommend this. They need to be stopped and allowed to cool every 40 miles. I can get mine up to 50 where it redlines but 40 is the usual speed I maintain on long stretches. At 40, 2100 miles comes to 52 hours if you never stop. I recommend stopping, though, as there usually isn't a toilet installed on these scoots.

As I said, a chinese 150 is mostly a city vehicle. If I was just going across town I'd go and not worry about stopping at 40 miles since it would be parked for a good bit, but a long trip the stops would have to be near religiously kept.

I'm not saying don't do it, but as stated before, take your time.

[cdoublejj]

one guy put a 150cc in his mini trial 70 and went half way across the united states to Sturgis. he had to find shops along the way that would let him change his oil since 150s don't usually have enough oil for such a long trip.

His first engine blew then he got the same engine i have in my mini trail 50 and the last i heard it was still going.

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[Bashan]

JJ, your avatars have always been disturbing. We like that around here....Timmah.

[fj12rider]

All I can add is take a pillow to sit on 2100 miles ain't going to be comfortable on a small bike , how many miles are you planning on doing per day ?? You are also going to need to take a load of spares with you , you seriously don't want to get stranded out there, definitely get a puncture repair kit , spare bulbs , spark plug , all the stuff you think could go wrong, also try and plan the route via gas stations , if you drop the bike ( so easy to do after riding for hours and hours) and split your spare can you're gonna be knackered if the gas station is miles away . I've done a lot of long distance touring over the years and know from experience that small bikes just aren't designed for it so plan and prepare properly. We are planning a trip to Bosnia this year from the uk , about 2400 miles return trip , starting in dover , then Calais in France , then Luxembourg , then Germany , on to Slovenia, then Croatia , then Bosnia . Mighty hard work but , the experience is worth every mile , we will be doing it on 1200cc bikes though . Good luck bro !!

[jvino]

Good luck on that 2100 mile trip sounds interesting but not for me. Hope that works out well for you and can't agree more with you bring gas cans. Good luck like to hear more about that trip? How many days would that take?

[davec]

Mar 22, 2014 3:31:01 GMT -6 fj12rider said:

All I can add is take a pillow to sit on 2100 miles ain't going to be comfortable on a small bike , how many miles are you planning on doing per day ?? You are also going to need to take a load of spares with you , you seriously don't want to get stranded out there, definitely get a puncture repair kit , spare bulbs , spark plug , all the stuff you think could go wrong, also try and plan the route via gas stations , if you drop the bike ( so easy to do after riding for hours and hours) and split your spare can you're gonna be knackered if the gas station is miles away . I've done a lot of long distance touring over the years and know from experience that small bikes just aren't designed for it so plan and prepare properly. We are planning a trip to Bosnia this year from the uk , about 2400 miles return trip , starting in dover , then Calais in France , then Luxembourg , then Germany , on to Slovenia, then Croatia , then Bosnia . Mighty hard work but , the experience is worth every mile , we will be doing it on 1200cc bikes though . Good luck bro !!

Knackered

I lived in Ipswich for 4 years, and loved it.
I have done many a cross country, on my 1100 cc Shadow Sabre and my GL1200 Aspencade.
Even on these larger bikes, it's a long day at 500 - 600 - 700 miles a day
(Longest was 950 miles in 16 hours (Minneapolis to Denver)

On a 150 it's gonna be tougher, not undoeable but tougher.

One thing, YOU , personally, gotta be in top physical condition.
the stress on the body will be overwhelming.

Fat old people like me suffer greatly.

Either way, God Bless you on your endeavor

dave

[jvino]

Good luck on that trip. Have you left yet?

[fj12rider]

Mar 24, 2014 9:26:17 GMT -6 davec said:

Mar 22, 2014 3:31:01 GMT -6 fj12rider said:

All I can add is take a pillow to sit on 2100 miles ain't going to be comfortable on a small bike , how many miles are you planning on doing per day ?? You are also going to need to take a load of spares with you , you seriously don't want to get stranded out there, definitely get a puncture repair kit , spare bulbs , spark plug , all the stuff you think could go wrong, also try and plan the route via gas stations , if you drop the bike ( so easy to do after riding for hours and hours) and split your spare can you're gonna be knackered if the gas station is miles away . I've done a lot of long distance touring over the years and know from experience that small bikes just aren't designed for it so plan and prepare properly. We are planning a trip to Bosnia this year from the uk , about 2400 miles return trip , starting in dover , then Calais in France , then Luxembourg , then Germany , on to Slovenia, then Croatia , then Bosnia . Mighty hard work but , the experience is worth every mile , we will be doing it on 1200cc bikes though . Good luck bro !!

Knackered

I lived in Ipswich for 4 years, and loved it.
I have done many a cross country, on my 1100 cc Shadow Sabre and my GL1200 Aspencade.
Even on these larger bikes, it's a long day at 500 - 600 - 700 miles a day
(Longest was 950 miles in 16 hours (Minneapolis to Denver)

On a 150 it's gonna be tougher, not undoeable but tougher.

One thing, YOU , personally, gotta be in top physical condition.
the stress on the body will be overwhelming.

Fat old people like me suffer greatly.

Either way, God Bless you on your endeavor

dave

Yeah I totally agree . If you aren`t physically fit you are going to struggle .

I`m about 45 miles from Ipswich (Norwich) . I thought someone might pick up on "knackered " lmao .