How Much Does It Cost For A 3 Week 8,000 Mile Motorcycle Road Trip Across The USA

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[@jeffbruno7828]

Best advice you just gave: "DO NOT RUSH THE TRIP"! I need to get better at that

[@Country-Marshal]

Great advise on motorcycle touring. I've traveled the exact same way for close to 30 years. Very accurate cost analysis. The most expensive trip was my 1st Sturgis rally in '13. 14 days on the road 6 days in Sturgis and 6200 miles. $5300. Did it ghe 2nd time in '20, rented a house for 6 days in Leed, next town over from Deadwood. $2600. My lomgest trip was in '07. To Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, did all the major national parks. 7300 miles, cost $5100. 400 to 500 miles a day is decent, then I like to throw in a 3 to 350 mile day every 4 days or so. My crew usually try to stop every half tank. Great trip brother. Thanks for taking us along. Bring on the upgrades. I'm rootin fer ya!

[@BNatoAk]

My biggest challenge to alot of my bike road trips is finding friends to go, between finances, work,problems with someone's bike,ect.. it just all has to click. I dont mind riding solo but always good to have good company.

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Yes definitely 💯

[@HOLYSHIFT]

Took us a few days to realize we need to shorten down the daily mileage. Once we did that the days became enjoyable and memorable! Make sure you team up with a buddy that doesn’t steal your blanket at night ..😂

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

🤓

[@brianvick7247]

John. Got to tell you something. Because of you and your reviews, I went out and bought me a brand new 2024 CVO Road Glide ST, Black & Red. 🙌🤙👊🏻.

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Ohh damn congratulations 🎊

[@oliverkrause4347]

Even though that's still a lot of money, I actually would have expected even more. And what you shouldn't forget is that it is a experience of a lifetime and for that it's worth every damn cent. It was also great to come with you on the trip and see so many wonderful things. Thank you very much for that and I'm excited to see what happens next.

[@DerrickJStroman]

Thank you glad you all are safe at home

[@jgigs6569]

Money well spent, worth every cent. Thanks for sharing your trip .

[@a.r.o7697]

Another pro tip is to keep your cash inside of a clear tube and stash it inside of your gas tank just like in Easy Rider.

[@elizabethwilson5349]

This was such a great video series! Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. I have learned a lot from you that I have been able to apply to my own trips. You are absolutely right…a trip on a motorcycle beats Disney World any day of the week! Keep on riding! 😎

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

You are so welcome!

[@davemeshamsr6000]

Glad you could recover the early footage of your trip

[@STIFFRIDES]

This trip was so inspiring, I’m working hard to get to your level on here. It’s been so awesome to watch your journey.👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Thanks 🤙

[@westcoastcanuck9267]

It’s been great watching your coast to coast videos John. There’s nothing better than long distance touring, last summer we rode 14,600 kms/9,072 miles on my 19 FLTRU over 7 1/2 weeks two up with the wife. What an amazing experience we had riding through 8 States and 9 Provinces from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, Nova Scotia plus riding down to Sturgis and had to stop at the Harley Davidson museum in Milwaukee. Bucket list trip for us, the sweet spot for us was 350 to 400 miles per day which gave us time to really enjoy the beautiful sights and scenery without just looking at pavement all day. At 67 yrs old it’s harder to put down the big miles anymore but who cares I’m retired. Keep up the great HD content and ride videos, from one of your Canadian fans 😎

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Thank you 😊

[@josephmirigliano8728]

Always enjoy watching John ride safe and enjoy

[@carlossantiago7551]

Thank you guys very much for sharing that wonderful trip with all of us. Beautiful places where you guys went.

[@justbeingbrown]

“If you’re okay with your manhood” 😂 love it. I’m the same way. I’ll save money anyway I can. As long as it’s nice

[@johnmastin7620]

Thanks John, very very informative. I’ll be going through the rest of your videos that I haven’t viewed yet. I’m retired and bought a road glide this April and having the time of my life on it.

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Wow congratulations that’s awesome

[@ryanpeterson792]

I’d be doing the same stuff. Take that cost divide by 2 or 3 other people is a no brainer. Huge cost savings.

[@jaycosta7204]

Awesome video John!! That was definitely the best series of videos for a trip I have ever watched. Hands down amazing!! Great information on the stuff and how much money you should bring. Awesome stuff. Can't wait to see the transformation of Black Jack 🇺🇸🤘🏻💯!! Thank you again for taking us along on your journey and inspiring others to do the same or smaller trip. Keep up the great work brother and always ride safe 🤘🏻💯✌🏻!!

[@stephanebrochu2627]

great summary !!! gas is around 1.60$ / liter here in Quebec , Canada !!!!

[@georgezaharov72]

God bless you! Can’t t wait for the new videos!!!

[@jeffpowers0214]

Great video. Thank you for the cost analysis. Great advice on all points.

[@brucenelson73]

That’s about what my wife and I spend on our summer scooter trips. Back in the day when I was single my vacations in sturgis I only had 200.00 bucks in my pockets and made it home with a dime left. This was in 81 and 82. Camping in city park was dirt cheap then. Or it could have been 80/81 I’m old my memory is shot. Lol.

[@ScottyLo]

Great breakdown. Sounds like you guys did your planning right. Thanks for sharing your experience and travels. 🇺🇸

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Thanks for watching!

[@GeneNunn]

Great advice, hope we can meet up next year and ride together. Tyler and I would enjoy that. We are going to Bikers, Blues, & Barbecue in Arkansas this weekend. Easy trip compared to our trip to Milwaukee. Tyler got all he’s new equipment for his KZbin recording. We’ll be hollering at you soon.

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Sounds great!

[@terrydorr7547]

Great videos you do a great job. Thanks

[@HDBreakout46]

Hey John... another excellent video and recap of your awesome trip!!! You have given such excellent advice to people wanting to do something like this! Like everyone else... I'll be eagerly awaiting your next videos! John...

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Thanks 🙏

[@davemeshamsr6000]

Nice breakdown of costs

[@JW-ROADKING17]

All I did was milwaukee homecoming and went to poppy's biker bar and illinois afterwards. Rode around alot down there and was gone for 10 days. Stayed in the knick in milwaukee and two other nicer hotels else where. Booze food rooms fuel concerts....5k

[@MotoNorseman]

I use a Marriott Bonvoy credit card throughout the year so I can rack up enough points to pay for most nights on my three week trip every summer.

[@scottjohnson-od1qk]

Great advice! And thanks for posting your adventure!

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

You bet!

[@quickshoe6]

Awesome videos. Thank you for sharing. Exo Lent information, tip's, advice. Only problem with sharing a bed. I sleep like a fish out of water. Flopping around and around. Tempurpedic mattress helps my wife deal with that.

[@ANONYMOUSBIKERUSA]

on the next episode of cyclefanatix...... pillow talk with sandy and John 😂😂😂😂. question man, you said "we" showered, all for manhood security, but HOW secure are ya man? "WE" showered.... getting interesting pal 😂😂😂😂. in all seriousness, nice breakdown, common sense approaches and proper spending for basic needs. good trip brother 🎉.

[@BNatoAk]

Great video brother!

[@brokenspokes6731]

Based on your cost and where you saved sharing rooms with Breakfast kind of worked out to 1 dollar per mile. Back in the 70's I think it cost me about .25 cents / mile. My how times have changed...lol I think if I did a long trip today - I would plan to camp every other day and a hotel every other day. I did do a 4 day trip from Texas to upstate NY on a road Glide about 8 years ago. One trick I learned was I would stop for breakfast and have my gallon jug filled with ice tea - make sure you keep you fluids going... Great review..

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Damn, that’s pretty cool that you realized that. $1 per mile Love it

[@76Sporty22FatBob]

Great content, good gauge to go with. When I retire, cross country trip is on the list. Glad you guys made it safely!! Let’s see what you did to that sled mannnn!!!

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Haha 👊👊

[@brokenspokes6731]

Another tip folks - Make sure you notify you Bank that you will be on the road so your credit card doesn't get shut down on you. No joke when it happens.

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Great tip!

[@grantdaddario3285]

Great advice thanks!!!

[@Fro_Low]

Pretty accurate compared to what I have done two. Budget $200/night lodging, 40 mpg average, and $100/ day food (higher if the wife is along), $500 misc. Then add $500 because shit happens.

[@hanskorschinowski1113]

Just did a 6,000 mile trip, except for two Mom And Pop motels at 70 bucks a night, ( ones I use on all my trips through Utah ) I stayed BEST westerns, Hamptons AND COMFORT INNS. Food free in the A.M a snack mid day, Dinner 40 bucks with tip. Gas, 4.00 bucks a Gallon except the Pacific cost, 6.00 plus a lib area rip off. Tires always new at takeoff, wear them out in the winter riding the desert states. Total cost for three weeks solo 2,600 bucks. One oil change. No bike troubles no cops, freeway and side roads all the way, stop and enjoy the areas you are in, Utah, Colorado, S.Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Oregan, and the land of fruits and nuts California, and back to Pahrump Nevada. Note: I carried a self defense weapon the complete trip. I am 75 and still enjoy the two wheel rides on my 2016 Limited 42 miles per gallon average, she getting old but still keeps on ticking, limited on up grades since I am limited on funds, life goes on. Semper Fi

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Thanks for sharing

[@dankimgiesler8484]

My wife and I travel with other couples on trips. Could be an overnighter or could be 3 week, 14 state, 6200 miles like last summer. Motels are the budget buster. On our trip last summer there were 3 couples on 3 bikes. Every 3rd night each couple got a room by themselves. My wife and I paid for all the rooms as we went along, then added it up and divided by 3 and the other couples scratched us a check at the end of the trip. We stayed at clean, sometimes older motels and our cost was $110/night per couple. 2 rooms for 3 couples every night, except a 4 night stint in Keystone, SD, where we found a room with enough beds for everyone - big money saver. Saw 109 in Moab, 42 and light rain on Beartooth. Saving up time and money to do another one in a year or 2. Very hard to get people to commit to trips like this. PS - I'm 64 and the wife is 59.

[@STIFFRIDES]

No reason why you can’t crash in one room with your boys! I’d do the same thing save the cash🤑

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

👊👊👍

[@gsosenko]

Awesome!

[@redrider0151]

HAHAHA. Just off the title...this is what we REALLY want to know!! LOLZ. I can already see you and Sandy spooning away for 3 weeks... 😛. HAHAHAHAHA. My biggest shock when I got out of the military is people refusing to share a room....I lived on a tank or in a humvee literally for years with other dudes.....shocking that people will spend 250 bucks more just to not hear me snore...(well maybe not too surprising..LOL)

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

👊

[@Reaper71931]

Real good to know that i can make it happen and not spend crazy money...

[@CharlesOsborne-f6e]

Have you looked into some of the hotel rewards programs to help on the hotel cost?

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Yes 👍

[@michaelroy925]

Did you book all the hotels in advance? Also did you need to do an oil change on the trip? Thank You, Excellent Video 😎

[@bumrush5314]

Yea 8-10 for the wife and I

[@brianb.59]

Did you pre book hotels or just check places when ready to call it a day?

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

I pre-booked hotels all the way up until Milwaukee and then it was just basically find whatever we can get

[@johnmyers8588]

I'm thinking $10,000.

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Not even close

[@hectorarbelo9965]

Looks like you lost some weight brother

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Nah still 210

[@DK-455]

Did you guys take turns on who had to share a bed at night ?

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Yeah, just to be fair

[@edsolis263]

Leave politics out of it. It is not entertaining. In my opinion.

[@stevenwright6573]

Im still short the 28k for the BMW K1600gt i want😂, ill have to wait for the kick ass road trip even longer.

[@KeithRowell-l7j]

How can you put in thousand mile trip to Sturgis and vack.from east coast to west coast and bavk is only 6 thousand miles.

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Go back and look at my videos, you’ll see We just didn’t go straight to Sturgis and back

[@Rpm68]

My favorite hotels are the Fairfield Inns, around $170, but free breakfast adds up to something, i find the older i get the less of a rush I'm in everyday lol, with age comes patient's. One thing you're excellent at is editing video, something I'm just lousy at, much credit there on something that gets overlooked, you have amazing editing skills🫵 it's like watching regular TV but so much better✌️

[@CYCLEFANATIX]

Thank I appreciate that 💯👊