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On another thread, in reply to a musing about a Highway 191 BtoB Texas T said:
"When are you thinking about doing this? Sounds interesting. But...
With my limited vacation time I have to be pretty careful on how I divvy it up. Right now I'm planning next year's vaca... probably mid-late August. A blitz ride up NV, ID, OR, WA, pick up Brenda at the Spokane airport, then do Glacier NP, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and then blitz back home.
Your 191 B2B looks to be 1750 miles. Google says 1 day, 9 hours. I don't know if they run on a 24 hour driving clock but I would assume so. I would think that if it could be done in 48 hours Kneebone and Company might consider creating a new cert. Are you aware of anyone else that's done it? You might want to drop a note to Ira and see what he thinks about it.
Fri - work half-day and then ride to MX border, sleep. Sat AM - cross the border, get receipt. Mon AM - arrive in CA, get receipt. Sleep all Monday. Tue AM - depart for home. Fri PM (taking my time) - arrive home. Sat/Sun - recuperate. Mon - back to work. If I hustled, I could get my WA, OR, ID states on the way back and I wouldn't have to do it in such a hurry next year. Hmmmm.... But that would still kill the last of my vacation and then I'm dry until next July. (I need to win the Lotto)
36 hours "might" be possible but you'd really have to wick it up beyond the limit in a lot of sections to make up for the slow sections. I think that would turn out to be counter-productive at some point..."
My first thought is to do it during the second week of August, that way I could return through Sturgis but anytime next summer would be fine. I don't think I want to do it on the clock, that would require night riding and part of the reasoning for the ride would be to celebrate the beauty and diversity of Highway 191. Anyway, something to think about.
You are correct, it would be a tough Certified ride in 36 hours. A couple of weeks ago I rode several hundred miles of 191 not including the part through Arizona and rode it hard and my block average was just under 55 mph and you would need a block of 49 mph to ride it in 36.
"When are you thinking about doing this? Sounds interesting. But...
With my limited vacation time I have to be pretty careful on how I divvy it up. Right now I'm planning next year's vaca... probably mid-late August. A blitz ride up NV, ID, OR, WA, pick up Brenda at the Spokane airport, then do Glacier NP, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, and then blitz back home.
Your 191 B2B looks to be 1750 miles. Google says 1 day, 9 hours. I don't know if they run on a 24 hour driving clock but I would assume so. I would think that if it could be done in 48 hours Kneebone and Company might consider creating a new cert. Are you aware of anyone else that's done it? You might want to drop a note to Ira and see what he thinks about it.
Fri - work half-day and then ride to MX border, sleep. Sat AM - cross the border, get receipt. Mon AM - arrive in CA, get receipt. Sleep all Monday. Tue AM - depart for home. Fri PM (taking my time) - arrive home. Sat/Sun - recuperate. Mon - back to work. If I hustled, I could get my WA, OR, ID states on the way back and I wouldn't have to do it in such a hurry next year. Hmmmm.... But that would still kill the last of my vacation and then I'm dry until next July. (I need to win the Lotto)
36 hours "might" be possible but you'd really have to wick it up beyond the limit in a lot of sections to make up for the slow sections. I think that would turn out to be counter-productive at some point..."
My first thought is to do it during the second week of August, that way I could return through Sturgis but anytime next summer would be fine. I don't think I want to do it on the clock, that would require night riding and part of the reasoning for the ride would be to celebrate the beauty and diversity of Highway 191. Anyway, something to think about.
You are correct, it would be a tough Certified ride in 36 hours. A couple of weeks ago I rode several hundred miles of 191 not including the part through Arizona and rode it hard and my block average was just under 55 mph and you would need a block of 49 mph to ride it in 36.