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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #25 on: July 31, 2017, 09:06:52 AM »
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #26 on: July 31, 2017, 05:46:10 PM »
Quote from: carnivorous chicken on July 29, 2017, 07:51:28 AM
Strynboen gets the distance trophy, but Johnie's taking for-the-best-reason trophy, IMHO.

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Furthest for me was about a mile....and only shame/pride made me do it
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #27 on: July 31, 2017, 09:56:47 PM »
It was a few miles of uphill but I cheated and didn't really push...... Lost a coil and it still ran but wouldn't haul me up the hill. Started it and put in gear then let out the clutch and jog alongside to the top of the hill - then hop on and ride home.
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #28 on: August 01, 2017, 12:08:01 AM »
 I pushed for a number of miles but never tried to add the distance.
I rode a Honda CB125S on a long tour  :o :D of a few thousand miles and I would intentionally stop when I arrived at the town limit sign in small towns on secondary roads where i was going and passing through and turn the engine off and walk the bike through town to see the new town I had never been in before.I  did get excersize that way and enjoyed it;that was part of the plan when i chose to ride that small bike on the trip;it is so short I held onto the 2 mirror stalks to steer while stepping tall with it.The bike is only about 225lbs and I had about 35lbs of luggage on the back of it.That was a very nice experience as I had plenty of time to get to my destination;I may never pass that way again so it was nice to at least get a slow close-up of all those towns,people,etc. that i would have missed otherwise.I could always kick the bike to life when I was ready to increase my forward motion.
I am planning a bicycle trip next April from CA. to Detroit,Mi. and I plan to leave the bicycle there w/ my friend in St. Clair Shores and drive a motorcycle back to CA. I Must challenge myself rather than slowly fade away into old age..  :)
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #29 on: August 01, 2017, 04:24:35 AM »
Three miles. I was on my very first enduro with my Triumph Cub and lost the bottom end. I had worked on that thing for two weeks to get ready and it let me down. I think I was the first bike out that day.
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #30 on: August 01, 2017, 08:28:00 AM »
Only about 3 feet.  Just enough to get it off me.  :o
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #31 on: August 01, 2017, 09:43:44 AM »
Quote from: grcamna2 on August 01, 2017, 12:08:01 AM
I pushed for a number of miles but never tried to add the distance.
I rode a Honda CB125S on a long tour  :o :D of a few thousand miles and I would intentionally stop when I arrived at the town limit sign in small towns on secondary roads where i was going and passing through and turn the engine off and walk the bike through town to see the new town I had never been in before.I  did get excersize that way and enjoyed it;that was part of the plan when i chose to ride that small bike on the trip;it is so short I held onto the 2 mirror stalks to steer while stepping tall with it.The bike is only about 225lbs and I had about 35lbs of luggage on the back of it.That was a very nice experience as I had plenty of time to get to my destination;I may never pass that way again so it was nice to at least get a slow close-up of all those small towns,people,etc. that i would have missed otherwise.I could always kick the bike to life when I was ready to increase my forward motion.
I am planning a bicycle trip next April from CA. to Detroit,Mi. and I plan to leave the bicycle there w/ my friend in St. Clair Shores and drive a motorcycle back to CA. I Must challenge myself rather than slowly fade away into old age..  :)

Sounds like a great bicycle trip. At some point - and if it's ever finished - my wife and I want to ride the East Coast Greenway. Allegedly it's a bike path from Maine to Florida.

You are a good traveler.
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #32 on: August 01, 2017, 12:25:39 PM »
Quote from: Gene on August 01, 2017, 09:43:44 AM
Quote from: grcamna2 on August 01, 2017, 12:08:01 AM
I pushed for a number of miles but never tried to add the distance.
I rode a Honda CB125S on a long tour  :o :D of a few thousand miles and I would intentionally stop when I arrived at the town limit sign in small towns on secondary roads where i was going and passing through and turn the engine off and walk the bike through town to see the new town I had never been in before.I  did get excersize that way and enjoyed it;that was part of the plan when i chose to ride that small bike on the trip;it is so short I held onto the 2 mirror stalks to steer while stepping tall with it.The bike is only about 225lbs and I had about 35lbs of luggage on the back of it.That was a very nice experience as I had plenty of time to get to my destination;I may never pass that way again so it was nice to at least get a slow close-up of all those small towns,people,etc. that i would have missed otherwise.I could always kick the bike to life when I was ready to increase my forward motion.
I am planning a bicycle trip next April from CA. to Detroit,Mi. and I plan to leave the bicycle there w/ my friend in St. Clair Shores and drive a motorcycle back to CA. I Must challenge myself rather than slowly fade away into old age..  :)

Sounds like a great bicycle trip. At some point - and if it's ever finished - my wife and I want to ride the East Coast Greenway. Allegedly it's a bike path from Maine to Florida.

You are a good traveler.

That Greenway sounds beautiful Gene,I hope both of you do that  8)
I rode across the USA from the West coast to the East coast thirty years ago on Rte. 50 primarily and I think this time I will look for an alternate route to take rather than across CO.,possibly NE.
I love when they turn a 'Rail into a Trail' and a bicyclist can enjoy the path rather than just avoid traffic.I haven't been on a bike in 4 yrs.  ::) so I need to do a lot of training to get into decent fitness before I hop onto the bicycle for that journey but sure am close to getting the bicycle itself completed.
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #33 on: August 02, 2017, 07:52:08 AM »
1.5 miles. I had to get off my 1970? SL175 and push it as the police behind me did not care for my racing down main street without an exhaust. THEN they called my dad and I got in trouble w/ him.

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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #34 on: August 02, 2017, 08:12:28 AM »
Never I call someone to pick me up with a trailer. I'm old, I don't push anything.
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #35 on: August 02, 2017, 08:45:38 AM »
About ½ mile. My Ducati 916 when it still had the early regulator which kept eating the battery. Gave up about that distance from home one day. Wasn't fun, wearing full leathers in the summer.
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #36 on: August 02, 2017, 07:08:09 PM »
The leathers don't bother me as much, it's the boots that always make it a drag.

I wear a pair of AlpineStars and while they work great for riding - off the bike I got the biggest bloodiest blisters (say that 3 times fast!) hoofing it to a buddy's house after my Tiger conked out.
To say that Tiger wasn't reliable would be an understatement.
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #37 on: August 03, 2017, 12:20:32 AM »
About a mile for me. Blew a fuse and didn't have a spare, another time I ran out of gas on the way home from work. That was about a mile too. Not fun but I counted it as cardio for the day. LOL
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #38 on: August 03, 2017, 06:49:07 AM »
Quote from: rickmoore24 on August 03, 2017, 12:20:32 AM
About a mile for me. Blew a fuse and didn't have a spare...

Bet you carry a spare now, Rick!
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #39 on: August 03, 2017, 10:01:57 AM »
Let my wife push it to a gas station 1 mile with me on it to find out that the kill switch was somehow switched on. Still married
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #40 on: August 03, 2017, 01:49:19 PM »
Quote from: Stev-o on August 03, 2017, 06:49:07 AM
Quote from: rickmoore24 on August 03, 2017, 12:20:32 AM
About a mile for me. Blew a fuse and didn't have a spare...

Bet you carry a spare now, Rick!

I do Stev-O! I had converted to the blade type ATC fuses, of course it hasn't happened since. My ground wasn't up to snuff right after the build. Lesson learned, isn't that how it works? ;)
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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #41 on: August 03, 2017, 02:26:11 PM »
Quote from: rickmoore24 on August 03, 2017, 01:49:19 PM
Quote from: Stev-o on August 03, 2017, 06:49:07 AM
Quote from: rickmoore24 on August 03, 2017, 12:20:32 AM
About a mile for me. Blew a fuse and didn't have a spare...

Bet you carry a spare now, Rick!

I do Stev-O! I had converted to the blade type ATC fuses, of course it hasn't happened since. My ground wasn't up to snuff right after the build. Lesson learned, isn't that how it works? ;)

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Re: Farthest you've had to push your bike
« Reply #42 on: August 03, 2017, 03:04:41 PM »
Quote from: jgger on August 03, 2017, 02:26:11 PM
Quote from: rickmoore24 on August 03, 2017, 01:49:19 PM
Quote from: Stev-o on August 03, 2017, 06:49:07 AM
Quote from: rickmoore24 on August 03, 2017, 12:20:32 AM
About a mile for me. Blew a fuse and didn't have a spare...

Bet you carry a spare now, Rick!

I do Stev-O! I had converted to the blade type ATC fuses, of course it hasn't happened since. My ground wasn't up to snuff right after the build. Lesson learned, isn't that how it works? ;)

Pain is the catalyst that bonds a bad experience into wisdom!

That is an old proverb I just made up. :D

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