Cross Country Ride Advice/Tips

[He Man]

Bigger knife always wins, i have a 4" cold steel with me. sharpened to the T.

[mysticbluex3]

I'll add
- mounted gps

Check!

[Privateer]

i just ordered the go cruise. thing looks badass, i have the throttle rocket II. its good for the short highway jaunts but for real long distance riding, i really wanna take my hand off the bar and switch it up.

Yup.  I just ordered the go-cruise too!

I'll add my experience with it hopefully to help others.

My experience is the throttle on a twin is pretty sensitive to small changes.  You will find the go cruise works pretty well, but it needs to be in juuuust the right spot to really keep your throttle steady.  What I do, I get to the speed I want, i rotate the go cruise down with my right index finger to the brake lever.  Then I slightly, very slightly, squeeze the throttle so it rotates down a little at the same time pushing the go-cruise with my finger.  

If I don't, I find the throttle drops off ever so slightly and suddenly I'm slowing down.   If you find it doesn't hold on very well (I found it slipped a little over time) use the silicone band that comes with it.  

edit:  Oh, forgot to mention.  Be careful of stretching it too far.  The older produced ones used a different injection mold (what a retailer told me) and they were prone to break at the 'point' when stretched over the bars.  Apparently the old mold had the injection at the open end, the new mold injects at the tip.

It does work, but it takes a little finesse and technique to get it just right.  Here's me using it at about 80 mph:

[DanTheMan]

Think waterproof. What are You going to do when it rains, and it will. Trash bags, zip lock bags, good pair of gloves, boots. Ideally have drybags for all your luggage. Also helps keep the dust and smell of exhaust out of your clothes. Rain sucks. Especially if your camping after finding in the rain all day.

Get one of those emergency blankets. All sorts of uses from tent foot print to actual emergency heating.

Get one of those mini aircompressors for about 15$. You'll need it if you get a flat. Also top off tire pressure I'm the morning.