[QUOTE] Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ He's American. He believes that riding at over 35MPH will cause his head to explode and the government to steal his gun.[/QUOTE] <snort> A few years ago, for a lark I decided to see just how far I could go in 24 hours. I rode from San Diego, California to a gas station ~30 miles past El Paso, Texas (that bizarrely enough, but probably pretty typical for Texas, kept tigers as pets,) back to San Diego, and up to Oceanside, for a total of 1640 miles. I then rode back to San Diego in the next hour. It's pretty hard to do that at less than 35mph, exploded head or not. What nearly destroyed my head was the terminal boredom of the trip, as it was almost entirely one straight line, there and back. Like most of you, I find autoroutes/bahns/pistes to be mind-numbing and anathema to fun motorcycling. But on the fun one-lane roads I rode in Galicia and Asturias, if you think you can average much over 35, you're either a suicidal maniac or BSing. I'm certainly not be the fastest guy on the road, but there weren't many bikes passing me.