# Cross-Country Road Trip On A Motorcycle **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 21, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507 "2015-01-21T08:22:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/81 "2015-04-22T09:48:55Z")
@Spam16v is gonna let me borrow the Super Tenere cuz he’s my homie. ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/82 "2015-04-22T09:50:17Z")
I saw that thing at C&C, boy did it look intense! ---
**Author:** ![donkeyballs69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@donkeyballs69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/donkeyballs69)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/83 "2015-04-22T09:59:49Z")
I would do it next year and I would let someone use my car if they wanted to follow. I’ll have at least 25k extra miles left on my lease that will go to waste next October lol… ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/84 "2015-04-22T10:40:03Z")
Come in August…don’t be a wuss! :lol: ---
**Author:** ![donkeyballs69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@donkeyballs69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/donkeyballs69)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/85 "2015-04-22T11:49:18Z")
I only have 13 days of vacation time right now. I wish I could but had to use it for medical issues but I’ll have 5.5 weeks of vacation time in September. I planned on doing this with my car to burn up some miles but that was before I bought the bike. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/86 "2015-04-22T14:03:33Z")
I might do a quick lap of the great lakes in August over labor day weekend. - - - Updated - - - > [@Haenszel](#): > > @**[Spam16v](http://www.nyspeed.com/member.php?u=4602)** is gonna let me borrow the Super Tenere cuz he’s my homie. Yamaha has plenty ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/87 "2015-04-24T13:12:07Z")
@**[Haenszel](http://www.nyspeed.com/member.php?u=598)** can you shed some light in here for what are some key stops and routes? ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/88 "2015-04-24T13:25:12Z")
technically this is supposed to be the best route but you guys dont have the time for all of it ![http://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/timelapse-across-america.jpg?resize=570%2C337](http://i0.wp.com/geekmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/timelapse-across-america.jpg?resize=570%2C337) ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/89 "2015-06-05T11:14:52Z")
Bump! 2 months and change away, super stoked for this! So far we have: Denver, CO Horseshoe Bend Pikes Peak Zion National Park, Utah Grand Canyon, AZ Death Valley Yosemite, CA San Fran, CA Cliff Jumping and Natural Swimming Holes as well. The one I found is in Supai, AZ right by GC. To access it you’ll have hike 8 miles by foot or by horse, pretty neat. The rough travel numbers are: 60hrs and 3800+ miles(constant) but…that is via highway only, we will be traveling trails as well so the numbers will rise. - - - Updated - - - ![http://farm1.staticflickr.com/218/502829170_64183e862a_z.jpg](http://farm1.staticflickr.com/218/502829170_64183e862a_z.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/90 "2015-06-05T11:20:32Z")
If it were me - and you were going to take your time and hang places… I would go to chicago (8ish hrs?) then to Omaha Nebraska (8ish hours and a really cool downtown area called Old Market) then to denver (8ish hours)…probably your straightest route to CO that has cities actually worth stopping in. Also, you’re better off skipping right through Denver and heading to Boulder to stay for the night (because its the coolest city in the country.), then head down to pikes peak which is maybe 1.5 hr south in COSprings ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/91 "2015-06-05T11:23:47Z")
Plan is; getting to Colorado in 3 days, it’ll suck but oh well, it’s all boring up to that point anyway. ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/92 "2015-06-05T11:40:57Z")
thats perfect then w/ equal 8hr trips each day. there is a 9% chance i will join. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/93 "2015-06-05T11:45:32Z")
> [@King](#): > > thats perfect then w/ equal 8hr trips each day. there is a 9% chance i will join. \*.0000009% ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/94 "2015-06-05T11:52:46Z")
not sure of exact %, but it went down - you’re talking me out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/95 "2015-06-05T18:38:12Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > technically this is supposed to be the best route but you guys dont have the time for all of it Once I get 4 weeks of vacation, something close to this is in the plans. Probably in a year or two. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/96 "2015-06-05T18:51:00Z")
I love how that map suggests that there is absolutely nothing to see south of what looks to be Jacksonville \ st Augustine lol florida sucks! goddamn lawless swamp. except for st Augustine. - - - Updated - - - @XwalkerX link to the actual article? ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/97 "2015-06-05T18:52:35Z")
> [@King](#): > > Also, you’re better off skipping right through Denver and heading to Boulder to stay for the night (because its the coolest city in the country.), then head down to pikes peak which is maybe 1.5 hr south in COSprings Boulder kind of sucks, I wouldn’t waste the time going there at all. ---
**Author:** ![XwalkerX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xwalkerx/32/7598_2.png) [@XwalkerX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/XwalkerX)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/98 "2015-06-05T19:05:57Z")
@Jam that may have been a route someone on the car lounge mapped out but here is another article with a slightly different map that ventures a bit farther into that swamp > **[Data Scientist Maps the Perfect Cross-Country Road Trip](https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/the-ultimate-13-699-mile-american-road-trip-20150316)** > > A data scientist has mapped the perfect cross-country drive. ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/99 "2015-06-07T19:21:05Z")
Stop saying trails. These are trails. ![http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35089&stc=1](http://www.nyspeed.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=35089&stc=1) ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507/100 "2015-06-07T20:43:42Z")
> [@GV1390](#): > > Brian is doing this trip on his DRZ, lol. Super late comment but I just got a drz400sm, a 100 miles on it is painful. Definitely do not recommend that for a cross country trip. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cross-country-road-trip-on-a-motorcycle/271507.md?page=6)