August 1st, 2016, 06:07 PM | #1 |
ninjette.org member
Name: Peter
Location: Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2016 Motorcycle(s): 300 Ninja Posts: 19
|
9319 Miles
3 countries (Mexico, USA, Canada), 19 states (TX, OK, MO, KS, AR, TN, MS, AL, GA, SC, NC, VA, MD, PA, OH, MI, NY, IN, IL), 45 days, and 9319 miles on a 2015 EX300 Ninja visiting Civil War battlefields, Civil Rights sites, friends, and historic places. New tires (Michelin Pilot Street) and new spark plugs at 10,000 miles, an oil change at 12,000 miles (full synthetic), and a low-beam bulb and a new chain at 13,000 miles. Only mods are the bike are a Saddlemens gel seat, a rack, a Yoshimura steering stem nut, and a Grateful Dead Stealie I used SW-Motech saddlebags and an Ortlieb waterproof duffle. Through heat and some heavy rain, on interstates and back roads, the Ninja just ran and ran.
|
1 out of 1 members found this post helpful. |
August 1st, 2016, 06:10 PM | #2 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Al
Location: York, Pa
Join Date: Dec 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja 300..............2008 Ninja 500-sold...2009 Ninja 250-Crashed Posts: Too much.
MOTM - Sep '14
|
must have been epic
__________________________________________________
Keep calm and ride on -Motofool Never quit on a rainy day -ally99 |
|
August 1st, 2016, 06:15 PM | #3 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Rick
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much.
MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14
|
Wow awesome ride! Pics?
|
|
August 1st, 2016, 08:13 PM | #4 |
The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much.
MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13
|
In for the pics!
__________________________________________________
Goal: Shake A Million Hands | Look through the corners | Track Day Prep | Closest track? | The Mid-Ohio School |
|
August 1st, 2016, 10:06 PM | #5 |
Certified looney toon
Name: Teri
Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV)
Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot.
Blog Entries: 16
MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14
|
Sounds like an awesome ride! Definitely interested in more details and pics!
__________________________________________________
<-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow. |
|
August 2nd, 2016, 06:05 AM | #6 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Tom
Location: Northern Virginia
Join Date: Jul 2015 Motorcycle(s): 2001 Ninja 250, 2019 Harley Ultra Classic, 2001 Suzuki SV650 Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Jan '16
|
So you came through VA and you didn't stop to say Hi?
|
|
August 2nd, 2016, 08:31 AM | #7 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: S
Location: CA/MA, usually
Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250R, 2007 Ninja 650R, 2001 F650 Dakar Posts: A lot.
|
Agreeing with prior comments, more details and pictures, please!
|
|
August 2nd, 2016, 12:45 PM | #8 |
ninjette.org member
Name: Peter
Location: Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2016 Motorcycle(s): 300 Ninja Posts: 19
|
Okay, the best riding was the TX Hill Country, Northwest AR, and Southwest VA. Also good are Western PA and Southern OH. Ninjas run wild and free here.
The Civil War battlefields: New Madrid, MO--Island No. 10 (which no longer exists since the Mississippi has changed course, but the site of an important Union victory); Henning, TN--Ft. Pillow where 264 US Colored Troops were massacred by enraged Confederates; Savannah, TN--Shiloh NHS; Vicksburg, MS--Vicksburg NHS and the USS Cairo, the only extant Civil War gunboat; Columbus, GA--Civil War Naval Museum; Appomattox Courthouse, VA--Appomattox NHS, where the war comes to its end; Manassas, VA--Manassas NHS; and Leesburg, VA--Ball's Bluff NHS where Lincoln's friend, Sen. Edwin Baker, was killed. Civil Rights sites: Selma, AL--Selma NHS and the Baker AME Church where the marchers started and rallied; Montgomery, AL--International Civil Rights Center and the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where King was minister 1954-60 and where the Montgomery Bus Boycott began; Tuskegee, AL--Tuskegee Airmen NHS. Historic sites: Johnson City, TX--LBJ's Boyhood Home, the Johnson Ranch and Texas White House, and Padernales Falls State Park; the Natchez Trace (runs from Nashville, TN to Natchez, MS, but you don't want to ride all of it); Warm Springs, GA--FDR Little White House. Left for another day due to weather: Chattanooga and Chickamauga NHS; Blue Ridge Pky, the Tail of the Dragon, and Skyline Drive; Carl Sandburg NHS; Flannery O'Connor library in Milledgeville, GA. The rest of the trip was visiting friends and places of nostalgia from my childhood. There are about as many trucks as cars on America's interstates so it's time for trucks to have their own. |
|
August 2nd, 2016, 01:03 PM | #9 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Kerry
Location: Ventura, CA
Join Date: Jan 2016 Motorcycle(s): Ninja650 Posts: A lot.
MOTM - Apr '18, Apr '17, Apr '16
|
Sounds like a great trip! I'm a history buff, and visiting sites where things happened is pretty cool.
|
|
August 2nd, 2016, 01:26 PM | #10 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Rick
Location: Alexandria, Louisiana
Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much.
MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14
|
Pics please.
|
|
August 2nd, 2016, 01:58 PM | #11 |
ninjette.org member
Name: Peter
Location: Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2016 Motorcycle(s): 300 Ninja Posts: 19
|
I took 963 pictures. What do you want to see? It's a big country.
|
|
August 2nd, 2016, 06:42 PM | #12 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Al
Location: York, Pa
Join Date: Dec 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja 300..............2008 Ninja 500-sold...2009 Ninja 250-Crashed Posts: Too much.
MOTM - Sep '14
|
All the pictures!
__________________________________________________
Keep calm and ride on -Motofool Never quit on a rainy day -ally99 |
|
August 3rd, 2016, 01:08 PM | #13 |
ninjette.org member
Name: Peter
Location: Mexico
Join Date: Feb 2016 Motorcycle(s): 300 Ninja Posts: 19
|
The point of this post isn't to brag about my photography skills but to show that you don't need a big, expensive touring rig to make a long, involved trip like this one. With a few modifications and some thoughtful planning and packing the 300 Ninja is more than up to the task. You'll get 60 mpg. As a twin, it has more torque than a four of the same size so you don't have to downshift to pass anything. This bike is reliable, tough, and a lot of fun to ride. You can move it around while standing and turn it around without white knuckles on a country road. You'll enjoy it more than a GWing or a BMW GS1200 and still get there about the same time.
|
1 out of 1 members found this post helpful. |
August 3rd, 2016, 01:15 PM | #14 | |
Certified looney toon
Name: Teri
Location: 39°52'40.7"N 118°23'53.8"W (Northern NV)
Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250, 102k+ miles -- 2014 CB500X, 42k+ miles Posts: A lot.
Blog Entries: 16
MOTM Jul '13, Jul '14
|
Quote:
What we don't know is what you saw - how you saw it - why you thought it was interesting. I can say "I visited Philipsville, CA" but that doesn't tell you the cute roadhouse I stayed in, the awesome motorcycle garage, nor the neat morning light through the redwoods. You don't have to post all 900+ pictures, but just a sampling to highlight your trip. Not everyone has the time or finances or freedom to do your amazing journey so a few pictures goes a long ways towards vicariously living it.
__________________________________________________
<-- Linky Hey Unregistered! The code [you] shows the username currently logged in. IBA # 56020 AMA # 521481 Fun Rides! ][ My Videos ][ My Gear Hold yourself to the same rules you expect others to follow. |
|
1 out of 1 members found this post helpful. |
August 3rd, 2016, 01:20 PM | #15 |
The Corner Whisperer
Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much.
MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13
|
Whatever you think is cool, not picky here.
__________________________________________________
Goal: Shake A Million Hands | Look through the corners | Track Day Prep | Closest track? | The Mid-Ohio School |
1 out of 1 members found this post helpful. |
August 3rd, 2016, 01:39 PM | #16 |
ninjette.org certified postwhore
Name: Al
Location: York, Pa
Join Date: Dec 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja 300..............2008 Ninja 500-sold...2009 Ninja 250-Crashed Posts: Too much.
MOTM - Sep '14
|
beggars can't be choosers
__________________________________________________
Keep calm and ride on -Motofool Never quit on a rainy day -ally99 |
2 out of 2 members found this post helpful. |
August 7th, 2016, 10:55 AM | #17 |
ninjette.org dude
Name: 1 guess :-)
Location: SF Bay Area
Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE, '15 CRF110F, '13 TT-R50E Posts: Too much.
Blog Entries: 7
|
__________________________________________________
Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered) |
|
August 7th, 2016, 11:07 AM | #18 |
Certifiable nontundrum
Name: Harper
Location: NC Milkshake stand
Join Date: Mar 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2013 SE NINJA 300 Posts: Too much.
MOTM - Sep '13, Sep '16
|
Sounds like one sweet vacation!!! I love history too!
__________________________________________________
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
how many miles are on your pregen? | rabies | 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk | 38 | October 29th, 2023 02:04 AM |
Miles??????? | mangajulio | 2008 - 2012 Ninja 250R Tech Talk | 8 | March 26th, 2015 12:43 PM |
how many miles | Joshua763 | General Motorcycling Discussion | 39 | May 4th, 2014 12:34 PM |
How many miles | Joseph L. Hudson | 1986 - 2007 Ninja 250R Tech Talk | 3 | August 25th, 2011 06:55 AM |
How Many Miles is Too Many Miles? | AMMOCAN | General Motorcycling Discussion | 49 | March 16th, 2011 12:53 AM |
Thread Tools | |
|
|