The dehydration one is very important. It took me a few weeks to realize that dehydration was the main factor in my cramping on rides.

Great info here man. Riders who haven't done this NEED to watch this video before venturing out into the great unknown.

So glad you mentioned the ear plugs that for me is easily the #1 thing to be able to ride a long time and so many people neglect it

Awesome video. I especially love the quote: "If you're only aiming to get from hotel A to hotel B - take a flight instead."

Good video. I would also recommend wearing a padded bicyclists shorts under your regular pants. It's a life saver on 1000 plus mile rides

I ridden my 899 Panigale on several trips through Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam - it's ALWAYS HOT, as in 30-37c and often pouring rain. All of Rokkit's suggestions are good and easy to do - i did like the changing position options, i feel i've tried them all (sort of). But i think the two most helpful tips are: (1) take regular stops - 2 hours typically, (2) drink water frequently. Have fun, take care.

If you like spotbikes and touring then what you really need is: 1- 1000cc bike 2- Aftermarket seat 3- Adjustable foot pegs 4- Heated grips 5- Aftermarket windscreen 5- Smartphone / GPS holder (whit charging option from bike battery)

one question; why this master piece doesnt have much views and most of the shit on KZfaq has M?... I dont understand...really.

This is not limited to sports bike. This is applicable advice for (motor)bikers in general.

Very informative vid. I busted out laughing when you switched riding position to reverse riding. lol

Sooo pretty sure 95% of this applies to any bike. Not just sportbikes

Nice vid. I do Iron Butt runs on my ZX10r. I think many year's riding sports bikes just acclimatised me to the position and I don't really feel any discomfort. Luuurv those long trips!

Also not un important : Let your bike get checked up by a mechanic and make sure it's safe.

I once did 300 km and man the pain I had to go through later when I got back. I rode a KTM if any of you folks were wondering. Well eventually it gets better or you sell that to get a naked Street bike like I have now. Peace to all the Riders out there, May the Corners be Forgiving! Amen!

That's exactly what I need for my first long trip with YZF-R6, it's gonna be tough but I hope these tips can help me out. Thanks for making this great video.

went from Miami ,FL - Alexandria, LA on a GSXR600. 1,050 mile journey. Fun. Except it started at 80 degrees in Miami and I arrived when it was 12 degrees.

Biggest thing to include....tire plug kit...they can be small and compact and will save you if you hit a nail..

I've done 3 cross country tours, usually averaging 900-1500 miles a day depending if its highway or back roads. Heated grips are a must, not an option. Full rain gear from head to toe is a must, not an option. Training is a must, you need to go to a gym and do squats and deadlifts and shoulder presses if you want to ride past the 1000 mark per day. Strength is key, and it must be trained. And also, pain tolerance and mental tolerance, embracing the pain and telling yourself while smiling that its all good CONSTANTLY. Over and over and over again.

Simple and easy to understand even with beginner level english. Perfect video

Great Vid, I watch this and others before a 33 day 11,300 klm trip I did a few months ago, I made up a set of hwy pegs with a pipe between to frame and engine and placed rubber foot pegs at the ends , a gel pad in the seat and a sheep skin cover help a lot, riding 700 klms most days , when it came to packing I used zip lock bags and sqeezed the air out and took up less space like they were like vaccum packed and sealed.this trip was on a 1981 suzuki katana 1100cc .

I do long trips on my 250 sometimes, taking breaks it the winner! well and bringing cookies ;D

I did 4660 miles EU trip on gsxr 750 k4. Anyone with a tourer will really struggle to keep up with the distances I covered before the end of each day. On of them was 18 hours with stops only for fuel :D The only downside was I can’t carry the baggage they do :P Glad you did that video so more people can be inspired to take their favourite bikes out on long trips.

Good vid. I’m planning a out of state trip come April. I’ve ridden 285 miles non stop before and didn’t suffer too bad. My bum was sore from the hard seat most of sportbike riders know. My back and wrists were just fine. From past experiences, I never leave on ride of any size without a cell phone. Mankind’s best friend.

THIS IS GREAT! Doing my first long term trip on my bike this summer!! 😄

I’m planning on taking my cbr600rr from Wisconsin to Houston Texas next spring/summer. Thanks for all the info!

Love the video dood =) good to see you back

Considering a 1500 mile round trip on a ZX10R. This gave me some extra confidence, thanks

Fazer 800. Best trips I ever had. Comfy, powerfull reliable. I miss her 😭

I might just be the biggest idiot in the world but I'm going to do the trip, I've be driving my 50cc sportsbike from the Swedish boder to Bergen so I can celebrate 17th of May in my home town and suprise my Brothers,, it's estimated to take around two days between overnight Stop In the middle of Norway, I be bringing my tent and touring backpack with sleeping bag as well as camping equitment and personal stuff since I'm going to stay in Bergen for a while.. it's going to be amazing and I know it's going to be hard ... but thet tour is worth it .. I could drive stright without stop .. than I dont need my tent and stuff but than it will take around 17 -18 hours 😅 Wish me good luck, I will be making a documentary on the whole trip

Cool video mate ! I might add 2 tips from my experience and this is good for any kind of bike. First, wear a handkerchief or face tube under your lid. As you have to stop many times in a day you will get far less irritation from removing and putting on your full face helmet. It also keeps your earbuds firmly in place when riding. Second: throttle lock, throttle rocker or equivalent. It's all great fun and games during the first few days but soon enough you will need to rest your right hand from constant gripping while riding. I have found the throttle rocker to be the most effective way to do that for myself.

Touring on a dedicated sports bike is a younger man's game. I've learned in my years of riding for me the sport touring option of bikes is the way to go. Best of both worlds.

I've done many long trips on bike and thought I'd have nothing to learn, but the tip on how to put the stuff in the bag vertically was very good.

Great vid.. I'm in the planning stages for a 9000+ mile USA ride on my Panigale 1199s.

Good video, good advice, and made the video in a funny way 😂 with the highest quality!👌 Very nice! 💪 greetings from portugal! 👊

Just the video I need. I just crashed my long touring weapon, a KTM 1290 Super Adventure, in my last tour (5800 Km around Sumatra Island Trip) about a couple month ago. So I need to prepare myself for the next touring (Celebes Island) with my Honda CBR650F, which I usually ride daily as a commuter, or for a short weekend trip. Thanks, Bro.. keep up the good work..👍🏼👍🏼

Some great advice, particularly rolling your clothes. I rode from Izmir to Amsterdam through the Alps and back on S1000RR. Sportsbikes are great on long journey, unless you're big person.

I ride a Sportster, but all of this applies. Great Quality stuff here man. Thank you.

Awesome advice yet the inserts kept me laughing non stop🤣

I own a Kawasaki ZX10R. I rode it 1500km to meet up with my best mate who owns the same model bike. We then rode 900km more togther to get to the 2016 Australian MotoGP. We had a blast for the 4 days that we were there and then we turned around and rode all that way back again. I went the very bare essentials but they included water, tools to adjust chain tension and other small tech issues and some clothes. Footwear was a pair of thongs (you guys call them flip flops). The journey was from Alice Springs, Northen Territory, Australia to Adelaide, South Australia and on to Melbourne, Victoria and back. 4800km in total on a ZX10R.

I did a combined 18hr ride with my brother on our sport bikes... EPIC! We we're flying all the way there and the memories bro, the memories!

I watched the whole thing. The song reminded me of Trailer park boys and I think that's why I kept watching. But then I enjoyed the helmet being placed on other people I laughed out loud. Subbed and liked

OMG! A challenge to Ryan F9 videos! I disagree on the speaker thing, though. Pick the right plugs (NoNoise plugs do it for me) and I hear my speakers quite well, if not a 100% pure audio experience (Air GT - Sena 20S)

You are 100% correct on your tips.We canyon ride on sport bikes from Canada to the USA every summer on sport bikes.Here are a few tips I've learned along the way.I carry tire repair kit & a small compressor as well.Tire selection is very important . We use Dunlop Q'3 s but this means you have to be watch top end speed so you have enough tread left for the whole trip.I carry water proof Keen sandles on the outside of my soft luggage to save space.I wear moto skiveez underwear & use anti monkey butt daily.This is a must in the hot summer.Pressure points in the saddle seat areas can ruin a trip quickly! We wear full leathers & use Psycleskins underneath.You only require enough street cloths for maybe two days as your leathers are worn all day.I wash my motto skiveez & Psycleskins daily when i shower. The only pack I use is a hydrapak filled with ice from hotel machine & tap water.Make sure to add lemon juice as some sources of water or ice taste off. Tail pack is what I use currently . A modular helmet with flip down sun visor is a great piece of kit. Especially when stopped or you hit a set of corners that have no sun. Enjoy the ride

Trying 99 forms with your bike is a good way to bonding relationships

Great video oddly I found it funny with the mini clips in between 😂😂😂

As always your vid is a must watch! Great info

The tips are good and all that, but I just really liked the production and everything about it. Well done, you've got yourself a new subscriber.

I just finished a trip from Newport News VA to Baltimore. Not a very king trip but it was my longest trip traveled. I’m glad that my 2018 zx14 is very comfortable and I felt great after a 6 hour trip. Me and my made about 3 stops for gas and to stretch but overall it was great. He has a 06 R1 and he said he bottom had a little pain but that was it. I was perfectly fine just had a little pain in my hands

Re: duct tape - it'll take up the least amount of room if you wrap it several times around an expired credit card, instead of a tube of any sort. Liked and subbed!

Being dehydrated makes you dumber than being drunk. Not a good combo on a sportbike. I use a camelbak. Works amazing.

From my perspective the best tip in this video is Practice Makes Perfect. It's so true. The way to increase your max ride time on the bike is to actually spend time on your bike. The more times you ride the more you will get used to it therefore enabling you to go longer.

Ok i subscribed, this video is serious but uses humour to explain with great clips to describe our inner emotions. Nailed it! Ill be looking for more videos.

2:49 the best part !! hahahah

Great Vid & Info. Well edited as usual, and definitely smart to bring the duct tape and surgical gloves options, that don’t take much extra room :)

On hearing protection: wear both foam ear plugs AND use the flat speakers from your communicator for music, navigation and conversations. It is counter-intuitive, but wearing foam earplugs actually makes it easier to hear these things because it cuts the background wind and road noise - the "static" - which allows you to hear the important things like your communicator, car horns and sirens much clearer. I've done this for years and it makes quality of life on long trips much better.

I did bournemouth to east london around 150 miles when i went to pick up my new cbr 600rr. Had a lot of fun. Stopped once for petrol and had to follow my girlfriend in a car, it was her first time driving in the uk. I had so much fun, only my ass hurt a bit from the seat but wrists and back werent too bad. With right mind set and preparation long trips on supersports are definitly possible.

I didn't read all 216 comments or the comments comments so if I'm repeating something that's already been brought up I'll have to pull a Gilda Radner and say... Never mind. If you're starting out to start touring do yourself a big favor. While you're doing normal maintenance on your bike use the tools supplied in your tool kit. You will find you don't exactly have everything you need. By using your tool kit to do your normal maintenance repair items you can put together a more useful tool kit. Nothing worse than being broke down on the side of the road and discovering you don't have the right tools to do what you need to do to get on down the road.

Useful info with comical visuals - I think you may be on to something. Good stuff. On another note: I believe in wearing earplugs, so I have not gotten a Bluetooth device. Can you use both?

I've been a biker for 35 years now. Excellent video, editing was top notch. Good advice. A touring screen if possible WILL make your trip much more enjoyable. Even on my Blackbird a touring screen made a massive difference, and the Blackbird is known to be one of the most comfortable sports tourers. A scarf also drastically reduces wind noise and keeps your neck warm in colder weather. My riding boots gets extremely hot, so I drilled 3. 6mm holes in the toe, so when I get hot I stick my toe out a bit and gets nice fresh air flowing through, but plug up holes in rain.

I rode from Florida to Louisiana many times on a CBR 1000rr. Plan to make lots of fuel stops and use them to stretch out.

"How to do LONG trips on a SPORTBIKE" step 1- just do it thanks for your attention XD

Great video!

4 iron butts for me ,ear plugs are a must at all times. Guarantees less fatigue, and actually you can hear everything better. Regular water is a must! Get up to pee, drink water! Switch positions often. Nothing wrong with standing on pegs for a while. The view is usually great!

I was really curious about your tips and had like zero expectations. After watching this video : very surprised about such good ideas and tips. Will use a lot of them and it really made me confident for my next trip which I planned for the coming weekend 😁 Big thumbs up!!

Now subbed 👌🏽😎

Thats all nice but i only take a backpack with some food and drink. Money for gas maybe and phone. If you need more i suggest to take the car instead 🤣

Just subscribed! I I am a woman and I have a sport bike in Knoxville Tennessee and I’m planning a long road trip all through North Carolina Virginia and all the mountain areas of the east. So I watched your video on how to pack, because obviously I need to bring some essentials and it will change the dynamics and the physics when riding the motorcycle. Super helpful I appreciate it and I look forward to more videos.

Thank you very much! I love my Fireblade. But have always stressed about long trips. Now I am just going to go for it and enjoy every minute. :)

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Best trips/experiences ever on bikes. 1,200 miles in one day on my FZ750, with slightly higher bars; pure hell, plus, followed rain front the entire time. Better to break up the distance. Rented 1800 Goldwing, trip started 7,000 feet up, 25 degrees, snow and ice mountain rd. Did 3,000 miles in four days with wife on back. She was not too happy. Nothing like drifting, sliding and spinning the rear tire on the Pacific Coast Highway on a tourbike. Don't need a sportbike to have fun, just have to plan your braking more for a heavy bike.

Sadly, this well composed video left out the most important consideration for riding a sport bike, whether for a ride near your home of a thousand mile, multi day journey: CONDITIONING. Any pro rider will tell you core conditioning is the key to comfort over long distances on a sport bike. If you can’t comfortably hold your upper torso at a 45 degree angle while seated on a bike without your hands or arms resting on the bars or gas tank, then your toast. It takes a strong core, and if you’ve done the work to get one, you know how wonderful and near effortless it is to ride a sport bike. Cheers

You sound like male Siri voice 👌

Or....buy a bike you can do long trips on without worry :)

For hydration, get a camel pack. It can go in your backpack and allows you to drink water as you are riding, instead of having to stop and 'chug' water to try and stay hydrated. When it's hot out, you can quickly become dehydrated if you're not disciplined about taking water breaks.

Being in shape and regular exercises improves long rides on sport bikes. That's why I hit the gym.

*drop a gear* make the long trip short

Im gonna have to disagree on wearing earplugs. You need the sound of your surrounding to have more awareness.

You forgot flats on your tire and portable co2 tubes to inflate tire with dyna plug fits right in the tail where your registration and insurance goes

A vital addition to this list is a tire plug kit with C02 cartridges. They sell moto kits all ready to go

Or just don't buy a sports bike if you want to go on long rides...

I'm 64 years old but in good shape. I was afraid of going long distances on my old 99' GSXR 750 because the weight on my shoulders from leaning over for so long was very hard on me. One guy suggested that I purchase a tank bag and put only soft items in it like clothes and even a soft mini pillow to fill it up to "full". He said now all I have to do is lean forward until my chest, belly rests on the tank bag and I'll be much more comfortable...and it's worked. If I'm going for a drive now that is more than an hour, I always take my "pillow bag" along with me, it works wonders. PS: Do not purchase a magnetic tank bag, the weight of your body on that style of bag makes it move around and it ends up scratching your tank.

I’ve taken my R6 from Florida to Michigan, back to Florida and it sucks. NEVER again lol and he’s right about switching positions through the trip definitely helps being comfortable

I own a Honda Interceptor with a Nelson Rigg tail bag. I've been riding for 51 years so far, and have found your advice to be spot on. I also own a Honda Fury with a tall sissy bar and large capacity bag for it. I prefer to tour the Interceptor. I can change seat position easier and even though the suspension is more stiff than the Fury, the interceptor just works better. I learned to roll up my clothes decades ago, and have found I can fit a weeks worth of T shirts, socks and underwear in it with room to spare. Living in Michigan and touring the midwest, there is always a place to stop for water so I don't carry any. A very well done video and very entertaining. Your channel will grow. Subbed.

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I've done 700+ mi trips on a zx6r. Agree w/ taking breaks! I stretch and hydrate every fill up. Keep moving around on the bike to reduce cramps/pain. I also prefer to only take a tail bag if possible so I can lay on the tank. A good helmet is for not only comfort but aerodynamics - buffeting will cause a sore neck!

Thanks for putting this out. One other thing to do is get adjustable clipons. Raise em up when you go for long rides.

I did a solo trip from Sacramento to Needles, to Albuquerque, to Oklahoma City, to Shreveport, to Pensacola, to Gainesville, Florida. 2007 gsxr 600.

Great tips, thanks very much... Also another tip I've picked up, some people may laugh at this but it works. If riding in winter and the weather is very changeable wear a thin surfing wetsuit (2-3mm) under your leathers, OK it won't keep you 100% dry if it rains heavily but it keeps you warm as whatever water does get through, your body heat warms up the water. Also same as the surgical gloves, plastic bag over your socks if you don't have waterproof boots. Trust me, they work.

Took a long trip last year about 1300 miles round trip on my 08 zzr600. Cortech 2.0 saddle bags. Nelson rig gps tank bag also got the Viking tail bag. Oh and a cheap camel back with a 2.5 litter bladder full of ice cold Gatorade. Was able to pack a first aid kit. A few tools for chain repairs or wheel removal. Got a tie plug kit and cigarettes light powered inflator. Packed two days worth of clothes plus rain and cold gear. A few snacks. Installed a usb and charger power source to run my gosh and charger my phone. Had a power bank to keep my Sena charged. Stopped every 3hrs to stretch and top of the tank. Doing it again this June

What an important blog on how to carry yourself for long bike ride !! Boom your content is solid

Oh my I just discovered this channel, very underrated! Good content.

Reading to London and back (not an epic journey) on A roads was hard on my back, my ears and my right arm. Should have watched this video but live and learn. Thanks for the upload

so entertaining. laughed a lot. thank you for sharing the tips

I always go on a long ride with my 115 cc motorcylcle here in Philippines and I always prepare my playlist. I love this video it makes me wanna ride my motorcycle right now and go somewhere ahhaa but I have no money for gas lol ..maybe next week... I subscribed man!

Definitely earplugs. Moving around is the key to comfort. A lot of pain is more than likely psychological ... if you stress about a pain and you are in the beginning stages of a long journey ... amazingly, when you commit to the plan, the pain seems to mostly go away ... because you do the moving around thing to keep going. I have ridden from TX to CA via CO and UT many times on sport bikes. I find it a very nice experience. And yeah, do not wear a heavy backpack if you can avoid it.

It’s honestly funny this pops into my recommendations when it does. I’m planning a trip back home 12 hours away and trying to figure out how I’m going to get two cars and a bike back home. I’ve been playing around with the idea of rode tripping my 2001 R6 back and having my buddies tow my tow cars back and me just following em. After watching this, I might just give it a shot

This is why I ride motorcycles, great vid!

The water aspect is HUGE. I wasn't aware of my water intake on my first long trip (3.5 hours to destination, riding for hours while there, then riding back home the next morning) and I got suuuper dehydrated and had to ride back home feeling sick as all shit, ruining my trip completely. Haven't made that mistake sense! Great video man!

I tested the consumption of regular water vs electrolyte water on two separate trips, each longer than 170 miles. I fared much better with the second option, as I felt somewhat energized up until my destination. Significantly less cramping up too, though the '15 ZX-10R I rode remains one of the most comfortable sportbikes out there.