Category: Long Distance Riding
My history with the Iron Butt Association (IBA) and Iron Butt Rally (IBR)
A student at a university asked on a web forum for people to talk about their experience with the IBA and IBR. The following was my open letter to him. I’ve been around the Iron Butt Association since 1992. I’ve…
2016 Bike Week Main Street
Updated: 1999-2013 Iron Butt Rally Stats
This represents a view into the 1999 through 2013 Iron Butt Rally statistics as best I can aggregate them. There are over 800 observations over 8 rallies. This reflects the data available, and a long time follower of the rally…
Updating and working on the BMW K1600GTL
BMW has three basic lines of motorcycles. BMW Boxer motors with two opposed cylinder, inline engines in either 4 or 6 cylinder, and a variety of two and one cylinder bikes. What follows is documenting the tear down and upgrade…
Prepping a rally bike 2012 BMW K1600GTL
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Garmin iPhone application for motorcycle rallies
This is a quick description of how I use my iPhone on motorcycle rallies. I also use two BMW Navigator IV GPS but the iPhone is actually a faster processor, better GPS, and shows up better in daylight. In my…
2014 Iron Butt Association Pizza Party (couple a pics)
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2013 Iron Butt Rally: Where to from here, what worked and didn’t
How do you explain a ride like the Iron Butt Rally to people? Ride, activity, challenge or opportunity the Iron Butt is a phenomenon few people have hardly heard of and most don’t care about. In the early 1990s I…
2013 Iron Butt Rally: Leg 3 Rancho Cordova to Pittsburgh
The morning of July 8th found bonus packets for the third and last leg of the Iron Butt Rally being handed out to a surprisingly quiet group. There was some fire and brimstone from the President of Iron Butt Association…
2013 Iron Butt Rally: Leg 2 Pittsburgh to Rancho Cordova
Mike Kneebone once told me that his idea of setting up a rally was to look at where he wanted riders to go and setting the bonus points accordingly. On the morning of July 5th we got a bonus packet…
2013 Iron Butt Rally: Leg 1 Pittsburgh to Pittsburgh
It’s a fine thing to ride a motorcycle. I used to think being a motorcycle journalist would be the most kick ass job in the world. Then I tried being one for about long enough to nearly starve. I couldn’t…
2013 Iron Butt Rally Finish
Since people have been digging through the media gallery all day long so I made it easier. I got chastised in some web forums for taking pictures and not resting at the start. I think they got it backwards. I…
And they’re off…
This morning marked the beginning of the 2013 Iron Butt Rally. I am not riding this year, so I am posting pictures of the event. These appear largely without comment. I hope these pictures capture the atmosphere. It was a…
2013 Iron Butt Rally: Tech Inspection Day 2
From my intrepid documentary crew. There efforts and support never to be under stated. Lots and lots of bikes. About 96 to start with 90 solo and 6 two-ups. We’ll see what the real numbers are at 4PM today.…