Ride to Las Vegas...recommended?

[hyphen]

A bunch of friends and I are heading to Vegas in 2 weeks.  There's no room in anyones car for me and I don't particularly want to drive my truck by myself there and back (gas prices).  Given the length of the ride and the heat, would you guys say it'd be a fairly easy ride there or should I just bite the bullet and take my truck.

[gm2]

d o   n o t   r i d e.   you'd end up selling your bike in vegas just to avoid the ride home.

why not fly?  check southwest etc.  you can often get there for very little $$.

[derby]

never ride/drive to vegas. much smarter to fly back hungover and dehydrated than ride/drive back.

[lucazuma]

....its going to be like riding through hell!   

[gm2]

never ride/drive to vegas. much smarter to fly back hungover and dehydrated than ride/drive back.

so true.  and especially when 90% of ppl want to go (~weekends) the drive to/from can be traffic jam the entire way.  don't.

[madmatt]

unless you have a GS1200, a HOG or god forbid a Honda Shadow -  don't ride.

[Grampa]

boring assed drive, boring assed ride. But, I'd drive before I left my bike someplace in Vegas.

[hyphen]

point taken.  as for the parking situation, we rented a house for the weekend and it's got a large backyard + garage.  so i could park it in either.  i'm still contemplating, while taking in all the advice in mind.

[Keith]

I have done it in August on a Harley and it was HOT, damn HOT!   But fun in a masocistic way.  I just drove there and back in a car over this last weekend and traffic was much lighter than in the past.  I made it home in just under 4 hours leaving Vegas at 10:45am.  There were a lot of bikes on the road.
If you do it, pay atention to how you feel.  If you start to feel overheated, stop at the next stop and cool down and drink plenty of H2O.

Now idealy your "friends" whould spread out amongst the cars; ie. 9 people could ride 3 in each of 3 cars instead of 4 in 2 cars and then telling you that there is no room.   Whats that all about telling you that there is no room?

[arai_speed]

I'm with the others...

[lawbreaker]

never ride/drive to vegas. much smarter to fly back hungover and dehydrated than ride/drive back.

+1

Fly.......

[gm2]

don't check a bag, fly out of burbank or long beach, and you'll never consider driving/riding again.

[derby]

don't check a bag, fly out of burbank or long beach, and you'll never consider driving/riding again.

you have something against lax?

[gm2]

no, i'm just saying those two airports are a lot easier to deal with.  flying out of LB takes at least half the time in terms of airport BS.

[derby]

no, i'm just saying those two airports are a lot easier to deal with.  flying out of LB takes at least half the time in terms of airport BS.

if i'm flying southwest, and i am if i'm going to vegas, lax is just as little hassle and you have the added benefit of more flights to choose from.