I was kind of expecting it to be a really awesome adventure for the two of them, but after reading the blog I actually felt kinda bad for them. It looked like a really rough trip with a couple of incidents where things could've got really really bad, and that they were just etremely lucky.
I have toyed with the idea of doing a long distance trip like this as well, also 2-up, but now I'm not so sure.
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I was kind of expecting it to be a really awesome adventure for the two of them, but after reading the blog I actually felt kinda bad for them. It looked like a really rough trip with a couple of incidents where things could've got really really bad, and that they were just etremely lucky.
I have toyed with the idea of doing a long distance trip like this as well, also 2-up, but now I'm not so sure.
It seems like the entire trip for them was just one large difficulty. Perhaps they were expecting a different kind of experience. Hard to say, but the tone of the blog wasn't the most embracing of adventure. I'm glad they made it and I feel that ANY trip can be made on ANY bike, it just matters how hardcore you are!
And, it's a testament to Yamaha scooters. I have always thought of them as great bikes, and this only helps that image.
Seeing that these folks had done that trip on a 50cc was one of the things that encouraged me to try doing my first "MI way" ride (including the Mackinac Bridge crossing) on mine. They definitely set out to just cover lots and lots of miles (or km) every day, which is something I wouldn't want to do myself, because it leaves no time to enjoy the places you go through. 3000 miles in 11 days is about twice as far as I'd want to go in that time.
...but the spirit of doing it on a 50? awesome!
