Setup and planning are key.
The farthest we did was about 3,000 miles in 8 days.
Personally I would limit your days to 250-300 miles and all on secondary roads. Avoid the freeway if you can. The air is much choppier and can just make the trip a chore instead of fun.
While 500+ mile days can be done, you start to focus on getting there and really miss out on all the neat places and stuff along the way.
Obviously if you are planning 4,000 over a month this should be pretty easy to do.
Here is the set up I run on my 07 R1 for "
SPORT touring"
-Heli bars
-Yamaha gel seat. (rotate with beaded seat on/off every gas stop)
-Throttlemeiseters
-Double bubble windscreen
-heated grips
-Dual compound sport touring tires
-Scala rider bluetooth helmet headset/mp3/intercom
-tank bag with Camelbak built in.
-Custom Hard Pelican 1430 panniers with a duffel on top. (or your tent, etc)
-I have a "cigarette ligher" 12v plug under the rear seat that runs into the panniers for charging phones, ipods etc while on the go.
FWIW I'm 6'2" 230lbs.
Pic is at that California/Arizona boarder somewhere.
Originally Posted by Xtremjeepn
Setup and planning are key.
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