What's a LONG ride to you?

[Scubadvr]

My longest single-day ride was 750 miles, and made me realize I'm not Iron Butt material.  I can do 400-500 mile days for as long as the vacation time lasts.  Those don't seem like long days unless it's all superslab, which I try to avoid.  I generally try not to ride more than 10 hours per day; mileage varies with road type.

[bikerider]

Anything over 500 miles or 10 hours on the road in a day is a long ride for me.

I have had days Dual Sporting that took 10 or 12 hours to go 100-150 miles, and other days Sport Touring that took 10 to 12 hours to ride 600 or 700 miles.

[twotrackhero]

A long ride for me is the last stretch when you know your on your way home  

[Explorer]

When I'm more than two states away from home

[sammyseaman]

On the slab a long day is anything over 8 hours. I find it nearly impossible to stay awake after that. Booooring.
On some nice twisties it can be 12-14 hrs.

This is if it's in the summer and my back, shoulders, neck and knees are used to riding. In the spring my joints are not very tolerable to long days in the saddle.

[Oddball]

Every week during this time of year I'm good for at least one day a week that uses a few tanks of gas.  Don't think much about it, but when I go on trips I can usually ride all day without any thought.  The problem and what makes a long trip for me tends to be on the way home.  I can spend weeks riding, but turn toward home and hit the slab the life just seems sucked out of me.

[forester]

All day all night in excess of 1200 miles in 24 hours at least partially in the cold rain.  That's long enough to warrant a hotel for a few hours.  

Anybody thinks I'm full of shit is welcome to test me on this - but you pay the fuel if it's just a test.  I'll gladly pay you back if I fail - mechanical difficulties non inclusive.  

[ZZR Rob]

500 + miles a day, mostly twisties and sweepers with no more than 10-20% being slab just to get to the good stuff.

[Jason F.]

Anything more than 400 miles in a day.
Anything more than 1000 miles in a three day weekend.
Anything longer than 5 days if the mileage average is over 250 miles a day.

[Stray Cat]

When it's not fun anymore.

Word.
I've done 500 miles days and felt fine. I've done 250 mile days and wanted it end just about every mile of the way. Those days are long in effect, but not miles.

[Espada]

More than 3 hours on a straight and boring highway starts to feel long to me.  

[Snowbird]

A long ride is over fifty miles on an Interstate highway or over three hundred miles on twisty back roads.

Or ten miles with the wrong person.

I just returned from a four day ride of about 300 miles each way. The bike never moved on days two and three. It didn't seem long at all.

[SVTNate]

I did this route yesterday....

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Westminster,+CA&daddr=33.67849,-117.84791+to:Ortega+Highway,+San+Juan+Capistrano,+CA+to:Lake+Elsinore,+CA+to:Palomar+Mountain,+CA+to:Julian,+CA+to:Los+Terrenitos,+CA+to:32.80532,-117.21449+to:Westminster,+CA&hl=en&geocode=Fc8fAwIdOVz3-CkJ6WPoIibdgDHxk7iXFq0sHg%3BFZrkAQIdmsj5-ClrEpO1jd7cgDHA0ZqUOACX_Q%3BFbp3_wEdZIr9-Ck9_ZVXZfLcgDGDlrxwf53uPQ%3BFe27AQIdYroB-SkzOpkxJprcgDHZVAiqqExdcQ%3BFT13_AEd1JII-SlfHE0E5JbbgDFpAo9ku6FyoA%3BFX-9-AEdlMsM-SnBFCiKyizagDFAMfiaZbl8RA%3BFaAE9QEdyoAM-SlDzdwNpmTZgDEVCNWxsHW7dA%3BFciR9AEd5nID-Snld0p7NgDcgDHFGVI7uxEOTw%3BFc8fAwIdOVz3-CkJ6WPoIibdgDHxk7iXFq0sHg&mra=dpe&mrcr=5&mrsp=7&sz=11&via=1,7&sll=32.862286,-117.234421&sspn=0.415847,0.601501&ie=UTF8&ll=33.329381,-117.117004&spn=0.413643,0.601501&z=11

305 miles, and a good amount of twisty roads along with some nice desert scenery and fresh baked pies  That's about as long as I have time for usually, and I try to get at least 1-2 rides like this done each month.

[Snowbird]

some nice desert scenery and fresh baked pies

That is dessert scenery.  

[holliebibi]

I have ride within 100 to 150 mile long a one day..because this my last capacity for the ride the bike..

[darkstarmoto]

600+ miles in 12 hours with LONG air conditioned lunch break in the middle...makes a really long ride for me. Just did it coming home from IndyGP.

[rabbott5]

It would be rare that I ever ride less than 100 miles.  Most of my rides are 100-220 miles.  I can do about 250 miles on a tank of gas.  I would say that anything over a two tank ride in a single day would be long.  Yes, I have done many Long rides.  So in a single day ride over 400 miles I would consider a long ride.

[black hills]

I'll do some testing and report back, vacation the 11-19th so I'm heading west!!!

[Elseanno]

I judge most of my rides by time & fun.

When I ride a lot 8-10 hours is my sweet spot. Average that out at say 60mph and you got 480-600 miles. I've done over 1k but only when doing a rally or trying to get home.

I don't ride so much now so 4-6 hours works for me. Same multiplier gives 240-360 miles. Nice easy day.

I feel sorry for your BIL & SIL. I hope they ride a long poker run or a nice 3 day weekend on the bike... say 150 miles a day.

Elseanno

[243Win]

DR650SE with Suzuki gel-seat.  Two hundred to two hundred and fifty miles is about right for the day.  Beyond that, it gets mighty uncomfortable.  Haven't pushed any other bike in the stable that far as of yet, keep coming back to the DR when I want to travel.