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Originally Posted by Joggernot
I assume you don't stop for gas or food or restroom? I'm somewhat handicapped and sitting hurts after a couple hours, so I have to get out and walk around. That's what I left out of the previous post. I have to stop for gas on the M/C every 120 miles for gas, etc. so it was actually easier on me than the car, but took the full 10 hours, even at speed.
Joggernot
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That was just straight math. As noted the stops
heavily influence trip times.
How much faster do you have to go to make up for, say, two 45-minute meal breaks?
595/80= 7hrs 24min; -90min= 6hrs 14min; you'd have to go 95.5mph
595/55= 10hrs 49min; -90min= 9hrs 19min; you'd have to go 63.8mph
Also slowing for towns or construction zones or any such thing means you'd have to otherwise go faster to maintain that average.
I usually have food and drink in the car, and when I fill with gas
I FILL and then don't gas up again until near empty- except if there's a screaming deal on fuel I can't pass up- so my fuel/potty stops are much fewer and much quicker than that of the average bear's, as evidenced by me seeing certain vehicles pass me multiple times on the same trip. I get there at about the same time as the Speedy Gonzalez' do.
