Cannon Ball under 27 hours New York to LA

[Zino]

www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a30085091/these-guys-just-drove-an-e63-amg-across-america-in-a-record-27-hours-25-minutes/

Now this is just Awesome.
I so dreamed of doing this in High School .
I had friends that had off switches for tail lights/brake lights ,radar detectors , police scanners and cbs wired up for flying down the road .
I practiced making high speed runs sliding through turns .
With my Datsun 240Z I was never caught speeding but was chased twice at 100 plus took some twistys and left them in the dust .

The technology theses guys used to do this is amazing .
103 miles per hour average speed .

Here is the current record 
www.foxnews.com/auto/cannonball-run-record-empty-highways-coronavirus

[geoffh]

Smokey an the bandit springs to mind,classic stuff and amazing if it,s true,I,m not getting my calculator out but I,m on the dubious side of this claim.

Geoff

[aeroxbud]

Apr 10, 2020 10:01:19 GMT -5 Zino said:

www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a30085091/these-guys-just-drove-an-e63-amg-across-america-in-a-record-27-hours-25-minutes/

Now this is just Awesome.
I so dreamed of doing this in High School .
I had friends that had off switches for tail lights/brake lights ,radar detectors , police scanners and cbs wired up for flying down the road .
I practiced making high speed runs sliding through turns .
With my Datsun 240Z I was never caught speeding but was chased twice at 100 plus took some twistys and left them in the dust .

The technology theses guys used to do this is amazing .
103 miles per hour average speed .

Here is the current record 
www.foxnews.com/auto/cannonball-run-record-empty-highways-coronavirus

That record has been beaten. It's a bit controversial, as much as an illegal race can be. But 26hr 38 minutes is the current record, in an Audi A8.

[bandito2]

If things change for the better regarding this Covid-19 virus thing, I have
plans to participate in a thing called the "Scooter Cannonball Run" it is an
event held every 2 years. Much more sedate than the idea of more conventional
cannonball runs. This one is a timed endurance challenge. This year, the course
runs from Bar Harbor Maine to Eureka California over the course of 10 days with
overnight stays at motels. (mostly; some opt for campgrounds from time to time)
One needs to get from one checkpoint to another for each day with a handicap
based on a vintage PS200 Vespa. Go too slow and you loose points... ditto if
your ride for that day is too fast (based on handicap) Smaller and/or older
scoots gain an advantage over newer bigger scoots IMO. (279cc max I believe)
Many do the ride mostly for the fun and camaraderie of it while some others are
more competitive. I look to have fun with it... but hope to do well points wise.

But again, it depends on how freed up the country is... if not enough then the
rumors are that it will be postponed until 2021. As much as I want to do the
ride anyway, (since I have non-refundable type paid reservations at hotels) I
may not actually or realistically be able to if there are interstate travel
restrictions, shut down hotels or who knows what other impediments that may be
arrayed against me and several other riders that want to go ahead with the ride;
even without the cannonball run aspect of it.

NY to LA that fast is wildly insane... pretty dangerous too I'd think. Certainly
not a thing for the faint of heart or unprepared to even think about attempting.

[Zino]

Bandito
I have heard of the scooter cannonball run
That is quite a endurance test for saddle soreness.

I hope that things get back to close enough to normal that it happens.

I have thought about doing just across . My home state of Wisconsin .

[lilpinny]

Apr 17, 2020 23:44:32 GMT -5 bandito2 said:

If things change for the better regarding this Covid-19 virus thing, I have
plans to participate in a thing called the "Scooter Cannonball Run" it is an
event held every 2 years. Much more sedate than the idea of more conventional
cannonball runs. This one is a timed endurance challenge. This year, the course
runs from Bar Harbor Maine to Eureka California over the course of 10 days with
overnight stays at motels. (mostly; some opt for campgrounds from time to time)
One needs to get from one checkpoint to another for each day with a handicap
based on a vintage PS200 Vespa. Go too slow and you loose points... ditto if
your ride for that day is too fast (based on handicap) Smaller and/or older
scoots gain an advantage over newer bigger scoots IMO. (279cc max I believe)
Many do the ride mostly for the fun and camaraderie of it while some others are
more competitive. I look to have fun with it... but hope to do well points wise.

But again, it depends on how freed up the country is... if not enough then the
rumors are that it will be postponed until 2021. As much as I want to do the
ride anyway, (since I have non-refundable type paid reservations at hotels) I
may not actually or realistically be able to if there are interstate travel
restrictions, shut down hotels or who knows what other impediments that may be
arrayed against me and several other riders that want to go ahead with the ride;
even without the cannonball run aspect of it.

NY to LA that fast is wildly insane... pretty dangerous too I'd think. Certainly
not a thing for the faint of heart or unprepared to even think about attempting.

I'm signed up for the SCBR too... I seriously doubt they are going to run it. In fact many, like myself, have withdrawn and are waiting for it to be postponed to next year.

[bandito2]

And so it has happened (on the 6th of May, 2020)... the postponement to July 2021 and a little later in the month (July 12, 2021) to help avoid the the higher Holiday (4th of July weekend) hotel rates. I'll check around mid June to see how many of my hotel reservations have been cancelled by the hotels. One of the riders (at the SCBR riders forum) mentioned something about checking with the hotel in Gaylord Michigan and found that the hotel had already cancelled the room for her. Pretty sure that was the same hotel I had booked, so when I check, it will be no surprise if it has been cancelled for me as well. (it was the event hotel for that day of the SCBR)

I had planned to ride the route anyway up until just recently when finding out about hotel cancellations... as well as the estimation that some states may still have (unlawful IMO) travel restrictions and 14 day quarantines in effect. Maine, the starting point, still had that in effect last I knew. And Canada is still closed to non-essential travel from the USA... and probably will still be like that for some time.

So the ride for me will not happen... which may be just as well. I had hoped to have my Honda Reflex streamliner project done by then but have had several road blocks that came up, mostly because of the covid-19 pandemic. Mainly because of parts that I needed have been subject to severely slow or non-existent shipping. Not surprisingly, only a couple small items made it out of China in time before things got shut down. So... alternatives have needed to be made. Fortunately I got my money back from cancelled orders... but had such a hassle and wasted time waiting for things to be all cleared up. Needless to say, I won't be buying anything direct from China any more. That, and it has been just too damned cold to be able to do work with epoxy and fiberglass/carbon fiber. I mean.. May 8th and we still get snow?... Dammit, come on, REALLY?

[ThaiGyro]

THis is all too cool! The original Cannonball Run was an epic event... Zino...27 hours? WTF? My best Coast to coast was Daytona to San Francisco, (East a bit) in 54 hours and w0 minutes...with two hot laps at buttonwillow on our race bikes.
We thought that was cool...NOT!

If my scoots ever make stateside, I will surely help a Scooter version. (Ball Bearing run?) (Mosquito nard yard?)