Just what does a motorcycle trip across country cost anyway?

[OneSickPsycho]

3869 miles on two wheels... Plus another ~1200 on four... over 5000 miles total...

2-Wheel Fuel
Location Gallons PPG Cost
Unknown 3.441 $4.26 $14.66
Warner, OK 2.751 $3.90 $10.73
Deer, AR 3.889 $3.17 $12.34
Dover, AR 1.224 $4.32 $5.29
Unknown 1.018 $3.70 $3.77
Stratton, CO 1.5 $4.05 $6.07
Limon, CO 4.051 $4.00 $16.20
Las Vegas, NM 3.427 $4.09 $14.01
Raton, NM 3.015 $4.17 $12.57
Colorado City, CO 2.74 $3.96 $10.85
Falcon, CO 2.245 $3.92 $8.80
Versailles, IN 3.018 $4.16 $12.55
Bedford, IN 1.904 $4.00 $7.61
Maple Hill, KS 2.249 $3.89 $8.75
Abilene, KS 3.28 $3.85 $12.63
Sweet Springs, MO 2.978 $4.00 $11.91
Columbia, MO 2.73 $3.90 $10.64
Salina, KS 2.169 $3.93 $8.53
St. Louis, MO 3.969 $2.75 $10.92
Berea, KY 3.764 $3.83 $14.41
Knoxville, TN 2.145 $3.86 $8.28
Robbinsville, NC 3.774 $4.20 $15.85
Unknown 2.733 $3.93 $10.74
Robbinsville, NC 1.952 $4.20 $8.20
Crossville, TN 2.862 $4.06 $11.62
Centerville, TN 2.72 $4.16 $11.31
Hazen, AR 3.245 $4.16 $13.50
Shawnee, OK 2.699 $4.04 $10.90
Jackson, TN 1.954 $4.19 $8.19
Memphis, TN 3.399 $3.97 $13.49
Oak Grove, MO 3.32 $3.83 $12.70
Clay City, IL 3.226 $3.86 $12.45
Franklin, OH 3.27 $4.67 $15.28
Hinton, OK 3.092 $3.90 $12.06
Adrian, TX 2.601 $4.10 $10.66
Erick, OK 2.282 $3.90 $8.90
Newkirk, NM 4.564 $3.80 $17.34
Total 105.2 $3.94 $414.71

4-Wheel Fuel
Location Gallons PPG Cost
Tifton, GA 9.946 $3.86 $38.38
Locust Grove, GA 13.499 $3.96 $53.44
Knoxville, TN 8.434 $3.64 $30.69
Cartersville, GA 13.057 $3.80 $49.60
Valdosta, GA 14.692 $3.80 $55.81
Orlando, FL 5.065 $3.70 $18.74
Oakland, FL 12.96 $3.88 $50.27
Total 77.653 $3.82 $296.93


Fat Guy Fuel (Food)
Location Description Cost
Locust Grove, GA Unknown $2.13
Bedford, IN Hardee's $5.54
Centerville, OH water $1.09
Oakley, KS water $1.06
Goodland, KS water/sandwich $4.82
Limon, CO juice/unknown $8.08
Raton, NM water $1.39
Canon City, CO Mexican for 2 $30.01
Carlyle, IL Unknown $8.05
Abeline, KS Sonic for 2 $17.32
Abeline, KS Sonic $10.48
Maple Hill, KS water/sandwich/snack $11.51
Bedford, IN water $1.49
Columbia, MO water/snack $4.05
Topeka, KS snack $2.23
Las Vegas, NM Unknown $9.26
Oak Grove, MO truck stop for 2 $34.40
Tapoco, NC Dragon breakfast for 2 $14.28
Knoxville, TN water $1.07
Lebenon, TN Unknown $7.87
Hazen, AR water $1.19
Cookeville, TN water/snack $3.26
Crossville, TN Dickey's BBQ $8.49
Dickson, TN Unknown $3.81
Shawnee, OK Denny's for 2 $30.57
unknown water/snacks $5.31
Adrian, TX water/snacks $4.78
Newkirk, NM Unknown $3.24
Tifton, GA energy drinks $6.94
Smyrna, TN Toot's $10.42
Dover, AR water/meat pies for 2 $9.68
Oak Grove, MO drink $2.18
Total $266.00

Lodging
Location Cost
Shawnee, OK - Super 8 $62.43
Limon, CO - Traveler's Inn $69.55
Abeline, KS - Budget Lodge Inn $44.85
Memphis, TN - Red Roof Inn $52.16
Total $228.99

Vehicle Expenses
Location/Description Cost
Colorado Springs, CO - Pikes Peak HD
Diagnostic/troubleshooting $325.00
Abeline, KS - NAPA
o-rings $11.10
Robbinsville, NC - Wheeler's Performance
Suspension Tuning $25.00
St. Charles, MO - Bob Schultz Motorcycle Supermarket
4 quarts HD syn oil $42.75
unknown - O'Reilly's Auto Parts
Iridium plugs $26.87
Oak Grove, MO - WalMart
roasting pan (for draining gas into $3.18
Gove, KS - Kansas Highway Patrol
87 in a 70 $132.00
unknown - O'Reilly's Auto Parts
Sea Foam, tools, etc $13.56
Hays, KS - Doeffler's HD
plugs, diagnostics, troubleshooting $145.80
Total $725.26

Souvenirs/Misc
Location/Description Cost
Robbinsville, NC - Wheeler's Performance
t-shirt/stickers $23.00
Tapoco, NC - Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort
t-shirt/stickers/shot glass $30.93
Kettering, OH - WalMart
earbuds/notebook/pencils $32.45
Tapoco, NC - Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort
postcard/stickers/kickstand puck $6.48
Colorado Springs, CO - Pikes Peak HD
Buell hat/sunglasses $57.89
Total $150.75

Grand Total = $2,082.64*

*This is skewed slightly low due to the fact that I lost some receipts and did not get receipts at some stops along the way. I estimate the total to be closer to $2,200... Now if you factor in the fact that I bought a new bike along the way...

[Rider]

Not bad for a that long of a vacation.

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by Rider

Not bad for a that long of a vacation.

I was pretty surprised when I tallied it all up... The one thing I didn't add was the cost of all the shit I bought in preparation for the trip... The cost of my bike running like assholes was about equal to my preparation cost...

[Rider]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

I was pretty surprised when I tallied it all up... The one thing I didn't add was the cost of all the shit I bought in preparation for the trip... The cost of my bike running like assholes was about equal to my preparation cost...

Yeah looks like you could have spent over $700 less(excluding new bike) if you didn't have bike trouble. Should have bought a zuke to begin with......

[Mr Lefty]

Yeah I was expecting more... though you spent over a G on the bike... before you traded it in...

thanks for doing this BTW... gives me a good idea of what I'll be looking at in september...

then again.. gas prices will probably double by then

[PiZdETS]

How the fuck do you drop 30 bucks at denny's?????

Last time I went to denny's I got me and 4 fatass buddies stuffed full of breakfast shit and coffee, bought ice cream and sausage patties for 40% of mexico's homeless children, renovated the smoking section with plasma screen tv's and wireless internet and tipped the the waitress 150%... all for around 12 bucks.

Did you order a pizza and refi your mortgage or some shit?

[pickle.of.doom]

Not bad.. if you think about it you could have stayed in FLA and gone to a resort for 5 or 6 days, sat on your ass, got fat and sunburned and alcohol poisoned and spent more than what you spent on an adventure of a lifetime....

[marko138]

Originally Posted by PiZdETS

How the fuck do you drop 30 bucks at denny's?????

Last time I went to denny's I got me and 4 fatass buddies stuffed full of breakfast shit and coffee, bought ice cream and sausage patties for 40% of mexico's homeless children, renovated the smoking section with plasma screen tv's and wireless internet and tipped the the waitress 150%... all for around 12 bucks.

Did you order a pizza and refi your mortgage or some shit?

Thats the funniest thing I've ever read.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

Yeah I was expecting more... though you spent over a G on the bike... before you traded it in...

thanks for doing this BTW... gives me a good idea of what I'll be looking at in september...

then again.. gas prices will probably double by then

but his bike was getting crap milage too, so that makes a diff too.

[DLIT]

Good accounting skills.