D-Mac
Distance Rider
As I've mentioned on here before, I got bitten by the endurance riding/Iron Butt riding thing last year when I did a Saddlesore 1000 on my FZ6 (1000 miles in under 24h is required - I did about 1060 in a bit under 20 hours with several longer stops).
I've spent a long time modding the bike and reading about different endurance rides. I've got my next attempt narrowed to a few choices (for details check out IBA - World's Toughest Motorcycle Riders ) I live in mid-Michigan - about 2 hours from the Canadian border.
Anyway, my current 'choices' are:
(1) Great Lakes Challenge: Ride around all 5 Great Lakes (~2500 miles) in under 100 hours.
(2) Great Lakes GOLD: Ride arounds all 5 Great Lakes in under 50 hours! (see map below)
(3) Border-to-Border: Ride from inside of Canada to inside of Mexico in under 36 hours.
(4) Border-to-Border Insanity: Ride from inside of Canada to inside of Mexico in under 24 hours.
(5) Border-to-Border-to-Border: Ride from inside of Canada to inside of Mexico to back inside of Canada in under 72 hours!
For the record, I'm leaning toward #2 (quickest route from my location is shown on the map below- along with possible stops). Of course all of these rides require witnesses and gas receipts, as well as a mileage log.
Here's what the bike looked like in the fall (I've since swapped the windshield with one from Cee Bailey and added a Garmin Zumo GPS).
I've spent a long time modding the bike and reading about different endurance rides. I've got my next attempt narrowed to a few choices (for details check out IBA - World's Toughest Motorcycle Riders ) I live in mid-Michigan - about 2 hours from the Canadian border.
Anyway, my current 'choices' are:
(1) Great Lakes Challenge: Ride around all 5 Great Lakes (~2500 miles) in under 100 hours.
(2) Great Lakes GOLD: Ride arounds all 5 Great Lakes in under 50 hours! (see map below)
(3) Border-to-Border: Ride from inside of Canada to inside of Mexico in under 36 hours.
(4) Border-to-Border Insanity: Ride from inside of Canada to inside of Mexico in under 24 hours.
(5) Border-to-Border-to-Border: Ride from inside of Canada to inside of Mexico to back inside of Canada in under 72 hours!
For the record, I'm leaning toward #2 (quickest route from my location is shown on the map below- along with possible stops). Of course all of these rides require witnesses and gas receipts, as well as a mileage log.
Here's what the bike looked like in the fall (I've since swapped the windshield with one from Cee Bailey and added a Garmin Zumo GPS).