So day 2 only consisted of 35 miles (20 on dirt), but considering the 135 mile day it followed, now my butt is really sore.

Definitely need to look at seat options.

Guido, I have a windshield too, and it does help a lot on the pavement. I found it slightly annoying on the dirt though. We did one trail that had some pretty good bumps, dips, logs, etc to navigate, and I had to be careful to not hit my head on the windshield...

 

Snohomish? I was in the Washington Army National Guard for a short time after resigning from the Regular Army in 1992. One of our motorpools was in Snohomish. Spent many years at Fort Lewis.

 

Sweet Cheeks, the cheap seat option.

 

Yeah I did 700 miles in 3 days, standing up riding was the only way to get through it.

 

get some high quality biking shorts with great padding...feels like a diaper if never wore for biking, but saved my butt on my 500 mile ride from sf to sd on a since day...only gas breaks...

 

I'll be wearing diapers soon enough, why rush it? LOL

 

I never thought to wear my cycling chamoix on the motorcycle... I'll have to give that a try.

 

The KLX did well on it's tour, about 450 miles in 2 days. I managed to hang in there on the freeway and cruised through the dirt and sand. I was fairly lightly loaded due to an unfortunate pannier melt-down (do not rely on your side panels to hold up a loaded pannier - get racks if you go that route) and I did notice some head-shake oscillations when I was carrying the weight, especially behind semis at 70 mph. We did almost 90 miles of interstate at 65-70 mph at one stretch and it wasn't bad. The windscreen helped. I was running 14/42 gearing and 15/42 would have been nice. I also used a bit of oil over the two days, down to the bottom of the sight glass. But all in all I was quite pleased with the little beast.

Here's a link to a ride report that one of the fellows on the trip put together. Scroll down, our tour starts about 5 pictures in:

RR-2012Moab

Thanks to SgtMarty for all that. BTW, I am Gordon in his ride report.

 

Yep, they really work.

 

^^ sure do. Happy @$$