Congrats on the SS1000!
Thread hijack:
My daughter and I did our first SS1000 this year also! CMA (Christian Motorcyclists Association) has an annual fundraiser (Run for the Son) in May each year. Normally, members solicit donations from their local communities and then on the Run for the Son day there is usually some short ride less than 100 miles or so for a celebratory event. Since we had been discussing doing a SS1000 for a while, we thought we would combine the two: solicit donations per mile on the 1000 mile ride. In addition, we decided to make it a Nevada event by riding 1085 miles all within the state, one very large loop across some very beautiful yet very remote areas of the state.
We used a SPOT trace device to track our progress and provide a way for sponsors to follow us along the way.
Since we had never done this before, we knew we needed to practice we could work out any bugs in gear or bikes. The plan was to ride a 500 mile loop in Nevada, then a 750 mile loop around the circumference of the Grand Canyon.
My 10 year old son joined us on the two practice rides.
Please note that for the 500 and 750 mile rides, my daughter (
@StealthyNinja ) rode on her Ninja 500R. She was dedicated to that bike but we found on the return leg from the Grand Canyon that riding into a head wind saw the 500cc engine struggling to keep up.
It was at that point I decided to upgrade her to a sport touring bike. We found a local 2002 ST1100 and quickly grabbed it.
Now, for the pics from the SS1000
We completed our loop of 1085 miles in 21.5 hours. What an experience! I've already mapped a similar loop around Mississippi for my MS patch/pin. If you track the state line all the way around you can do 1016 miles!
I slapped 20 bones in their hands and said go grab some cold ones... fired up the ST, and I was on my way!
