Can you tour on a RE Super Meteor? We ride 2000 miles in 5 days through Colorado mountains on this Set Up for the Long Ride Super Meteor. Wahoo! Baxtercycle.com
I have the same bike with an air filter and pipes and you can definitely hear them on the highway (especially as you get towards 80mph). I only have the one bike and the vast majority of my riding is not long highway days, so I appreciate the pipes around town… but if I had multiple bikes and this one was a dedicated highway tourer, I’d consider keeping the quiet pipes.
Givi panniers look great. Realised that a 50l roll bag and a 30l rucksack not enough for my camping needs. So am guessing you got about 250 miles on one tank, similar to the Himmy? I did 2 hrs on the motorway and was hitting 75/80, noticed fuel went a lot quicker. (Had to arrive for 9am and motorway was 45 mins quicker). Def prefer to be doing 60/65 with full load. Super trip!
So, if I could only have one motorcycle out of the Three? I'd have to say the Interceptor because it's a great all-around bike. Loads of fun to ride too 🙂
Can you interview your friend, who you rode with, that took the Shotgun 650? I'm curious about his thoughts on his bike being a good touring bike. Thanks!
I tried to run 80 indicated on the interstate. I suppose that's 76 or 77 mph real. a lot of the time I ranquite a bit more than that. The bike did not struggle. Actually liked running that fast. Nebraska is a long state 🙂
