I've been enjoying this, although the videos haven't exactly been the most exciting for me. JPow's are summaries at the end of the day, and DaBinChe's have been hyperlapse style videos. QuasiMotard hasn't done his videos yet and they're the ones I'm holding out for.
Some stats from the rider page:
There are 135 rookies (approx 2/3 of the field), 33 second time cannonballers, and 13 old timers that have done more than 3.
There are 5 Supercub riders and one
@G19Tony on a CT125.
Oldest Scooter: 1979 Vespa P200
Most common including year: 2022 Honda ADV150 (13), 2021 Honda ADV150 (11), 2014 Honda Forza (7).
Most common (any year): Vespa GTS300 (36), Honda ADV150 (28), Honda Forza (10), Honda Helix (9), Yamaha SMax (8 + 1 with larger displacement - maybe a big bore kit?).
Most common makes: Honda (76), Vespa (66), Yamaha (14).
1/3 of all the riders come from: California (30), Arizona (21), Florida (12), Pennsylvania (10)
2/3 of the riders are: Automatic 150 class (70), Automatic 278 Class (65)
I was surprised so many people were using the 2014 Honda Forza. The other thing that was somewhat interesting was while I had no doubt Vespa would have a significant showing, to me the GTS as a platform yielded some interesting points:
- The GTV is a variant of the GTS apparently, so if we consider that statistic the GTV300 and GTS300 combined rider count is 42,
- If we're talking about similar knowledge and bikes where people are usually aware of small changes made between various years, the older GTS250 has an additional 6 riders and the GT200 has 3 more riders so the total running the GT/GTS platform is almost one quarter of the bikes in the Cannonball run.
At one point I used to think that Vespa's were full feature but you were paying mostly for the name, but the Cannonball run is making me think that there really is something to the brand.