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Smunderdog
Joined: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 611
Location: Indianapolis, IN5/23/13 7:26 AM |
Another Iron Butt Motorcycle ride
Many of you know I have a Honda sport touring motorcycle and I think I may have mentioned two summers ago I did the Iron Butt Association's "entry level" certification ride of 1000 miles in under 24 hours - the SaddleSore 1000. That one was Indy to Dallas...and on my return trip a few days later I even made time to swing by and meet Sparky in TN before he moved out west.
http://www.ironbutt.com/ridecerts/
I also officiate NCAA track & field, so when I was selected as an official for the DII outdoor meet in Pueblo CO - I pulled out the map and decided I would make it into another motorcycle ride and try for a more difficult certified ride - the Bun Burner Gold - 1500 miles in under 24 hours.
Full ride report coming soon, but I rode ~1550 miles leaving Tuesday morning from Indy and arriving in Colorado Wednesday morning. Looped up through IL into IA, then south through MO and across KS into CO. Got to Pueblo and was still short of the mileage I needed, so did an out/back toward NM. Was quite the planning, routing & endurance challenge! More soon...
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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield5/23/13 10:11 AM |
62.5 mph avg
Take it easy going there. The last couple of hours are going to be a test. Do you plan to start near sunset, finish under a full sun?
Taking a car from San Diego to D.C. in 2.5 days was okay. I mean what else are you going to do but drive?
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19099
Location: PDX5/23/13 10:14 AM |
How many miles on that ST-1100 these days?
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Dave B
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 4511
Location: Pittsburgh, PA5/23/13 2:00 PM |
quote:
Take it easy going there. The last couple of hours are going to be a test. Do you plan to start near sunset, finish under a full sun?
I think your warnings are a bit late. It sound like the ride is already finished.
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daddy-o
Joined: 12 Apr 2004
Posts: 3307
Location: Springfield5/23/13 4:16 PM |
Indeed, passed
I (Smunderdog) rode ~1550 miles leaving Tuesday morning from Indy and arriving in Colorado Wednesday morning
I'll try to read his report more carefully.
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Smunderdog
Joined: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 611
Location: Indianapolis, IN5/24/13 7:53 AM |
No worries - but yes, I posted this after I completed the ride...
I had planned on an afternoon departure = afternoon arrival, but the storms sweeping across the plains changed my plan - I was able to depart Tuesday morning and pick my window to get across the storm front before it fired up later in the day. Then the rest of the ride was fantastic weather...
But it did make the last hours of the ride in the dark which wasn't as ideal as I had hoped, but I did ok.
Sparky - I turned 50,000 on this trip. More than half of those miles are mine and I've touched 23 states on my rides with the potential to add the 24th on the way home depending on what route I ride...
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6897
Location: Maine5/24/13 8:06 AM |
diversification opportunity
Maybe you could expand your bike tour biz to Ironbutt Motorcycle Tours...
Are you back in Bike Tour mode yet?
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real5/24/13 11:03 AM |
A real iron butt would ride his bicycle that far in one day. :)
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