Reply With QuoteI did Pa to Fl on my first Uly. Trouble free.
I rode a ZX14 from pa to Fl to Ca and back to pa. That was my longest trip ever. 13 weeks, 10,000 miles. Epic!
What was the longest trip you did on your Ulysses?Was it trouble free?
Also feel free to throw in any long trips on your other buell models, as for myself I did a 3,500 mile trip from NJ to FL for bike week 2012 on my old '09 1125CR in 10 days. Longest in one day was from Daytona to home in 17 hours (about 1,000 miles) and only issue was a bad charging harness relay and a pissed off battery.
On my old '03 xb9r my longest trip was a day trip from my home to the hd battery plant in pa plus a ride to hershy park then back home, about 250 miles in total
I did Pa to Fl on my first Uly. Trouble free.
I rode a ZX14 from pa to Fl to Ca and back to pa. That was my longest trip ever. 13 weeks, 10,000 miles. Epic!
So far on my 09 XT I have ridden about a total of 50 miles :) but looking forward to many more as I just bought it
I'm interested to know as well. I got to sit on a uly yesterday for the first time and I'm in love. I will be buying one as my traveling bike sometime this year when I get the money saved up.
That's what I'm thinking about as well, either an 06 or 08-10. I never owned an xb12 bike so ill add it to my buell résumé!
I haven't done any exceptionally long-distances on my Ss. A 2500 km (1500 mi) round trip to Sandpoint ID (with buddies on a VFR, RC8, Streetriple, FZ1,& SV) is about the longest. Both the Ss & VFR required new batteries on the trip but that's about it. :D
I'm guessing just coincidental battery replacements. That sounds like a very fun ride!
Yea, long waits in the heat at border crossings, in uphill line-ups, meant a lot of starting without adequate charge time in between.I'm guessing just coincidental battery replacements.
Yup, our route took us on The Going to the Sun Road, Selkirk Loop, & around the shores of Flathead Lake! :DThat sounds like a very fun ride!
Not quite a Uly, but this past October I did a 2100 mile trip on my 09 Ss. Va to RI, west across the top of PA (Rt 6) al the way to OH. Then south through WV back to VA. It was six days traveling with a 5 day stop in my hometown to visit friends & family. I had no issues, averaged 53 mpg, and had the time of my life!
Here are some links to the pics:
RI Trip
Balance of RI Trip
My Ride Report
It was my first long distance adventure and my most EPIC trip........... Until the next one that is!
Raz
P.S. The Smugmug ones are out of order.
I did a ride on my 09 XT from mid-MI to VA, up & down BRP and back. Around 1500 miles, not much of it on interstate highways, with other gonzo riders, and the Buell was excellent. The only problems I had was having to do a stoppie to miss hitting a deer on the Parkway :D and the 555 in OH was wet & dirty on the ride back.
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