{"id":2349,"date":"2018-06-16T21:28:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T21:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/?p=2349"},"modified":"2022-06-08T19:38:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T19:38:07","slug":"my-first-iron-butt-rides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diomederacing.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/16\/my-first-iron-butt-rides\/","title":{"rendered":"My first Iron Butt Rides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yup, it’s two rides for the price of one… Kind of.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned in the prior post, I had given myself two days to get back home.\u00a0 I had taken three to ride over to the campground in NC.\u00a0 It was a total of 1789 miles to get over to the campground, making it a point to stay away from the Interstates as I could.<\/p>\n

The ride home, was 1503 miles\u00a0if I stuck to the interstates. (It would be just a tad longer OD wise due to fuel stops) That made it just about perfect for doing the IBA<\/a> rides.\u00a0 The Saddle Sore and the Butt Burner.<\/p>\n

From the IBA site:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Saddlesore 1000<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1,000 miles in less than 24 hours
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bun Burner 1500<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n1,500 miles in less than 36 hours<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I<\/span>RON BUTT ASSOCIATION<\/em><\/p>\n

The 60,000+ members of the Iron Butt Association are dedicated to safe, long-distance motorcycle riding. Although based in the United States, we have thousands of enthusiastic members throughout the globe! One of our more popular slogans is, “The World Is Our Playground.”<\/em><\/p>\n

This web site is home for hundreds of excellent stories about long-distance riding. One will also find a vast amount of technical information regarding the art and science of long-distance riding. Our most famous document, the IBA “Archive of Wisdom”, contains the collective wisdom and knowledge of some of the most experienced, seasoned long-distance riders in the world!<\/em><\/p>\n

I know a number of people who have done the Saddle Sore ride (SS).\u00a0 \u00a0I viewed as one of those things that you should try once.\u00a0 There is a WHOLE lotta rules for getting the rides certified.<\/p>\n

Just to give you an idea:<\/p>\n

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  • I had to have a tracker, like my InReach (a spot works, too).<\/li>\n
  • I had to have a witness at the start, sign verifying my OD reading, the time, and location I left from.<\/li>\n
  • I also had to get a receipt at the start of my ride with a date and time stamp on it.\u00a0 This would be my official start time.<\/li>\n
  • I had to log any stop over 30 minutes.<\/li>\n
  • I had to log every gas stop.<\/li>\n
  • Can’t ride more than 350 miles without stopping. Regardless, of your fuel capacity.<\/li>\n
  • I had to note at the gas stops the OD reading.\n
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    • I made this easier by just taking a picture of the OD and the receipt showing the date and time stamp on the receipt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • I also had to have a receipt at the end showing the date and time.<\/li>\n
    • Along with the witness at the end who would verify that the above was accurate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      I decided before I even attempted this, that I would knock out the 1K miles on the first day and then tackle that last 500 on the second day.\u00a0 However, once on the road, I started to work out how to make it more manageable.\u00a0 Like only doing 750 on the first day, then doing the other 750+ on the second day.\u00a0 That would have only given me the BB award, but it if I was so tired that I couldn’t make the 1K it was a safer alternative.<\/p>\n

      It worked out that I was able to knock out 1063 miles on day 1. I kept my gas stops under 10 minutes, but I also stopped every 165-175 miles.\u00a0 I could have pushed them out more, but figures more shorter stops was better for me. Also that bike only has a 180 mile range.\u00a0 (I know they say it’s 200, but not at 70 mph it isn’t. I average 66 mph for the trip.)\u00a0 It was the last two hundred miles for me that were the hardest.\u00a0 I was getting tired, my focus wasn’t as good as it should have been.\u00a0 \u00a0Especially since it was dark out,\u00a0 there was also a strong wind that was pushing the bike all over the road.\u00a0 My last gas stop for the evening, I didn’t pick the pump well and I almost dropped the bike when a gust of wind caught it.<\/p>\n

      Since I’d already knocked out the magical 1K+ miles. This meant I had less than 500 miles to go til I got home.\u00a0 That is really do able for me.\u00a0 It’s when it get\u00a0 around that 600 mile mark, that I start to feel like I’ve had a LONG day.\u00a0\u00a0 I stopped for the night in Elk City, OK.\u00a0 \u00a0I found a Holiday Inn Express… of course.\u00a0 Actually, it was that the other hotels didn’t look very nice.\u00a0 I had already done a couple of dive hotels on the way out to NC.\u00a0 I was over that.<\/p>\n

      I got a great nights sleep.\u00a0 I can’t imagine why….<\/p>\n

      I rode the last 450+ miles that day.\u00a0 \u00a0I did have a long gas stop in the am.\u00a0 I had to stop to remove the visor from my DualSport helmet, the wind was starting to catch it.\u00a0 All that wind tugging on it was making my neck hurt.\u00a0 Once I got that off it was so much better.\u00a0 The wind wasn’t an issues anymore.\u00a0 \u00a0I also stopped off at Clines Corners to take a break but it was less than 30 mins.\u00a0 \u00a0My last stop for the day was at the Vet clinic to see my poor lil cat.\u00a0 \u00a0That’s not a story I care to go into.\u00a0 I was at the vet clinic for just over an hour or so.\u00a0 Then it was a quick ride to home.<\/p>\n

      There really isn’t much I can say about the ride.\u00a0 I did see some great things along the way, but I didn’t feel I had the time to stop.\u00a0 It turns out that I did, but never having done this type of ride before.\u00a0 I wasn’t sure how it would all play out.<\/p>\n

      I submitted the logs along with all the documentation to the IBA, via email.\u00a0 The site says it can take up to 6 months for them to get it taken care of.\u00a0 I got mine back in about a months time.<\/p>\n

      It was when I was reviewing the forms, receipts, InReach and my GPS that I learned that the OD on my bike actually reads less than the actual mileage.\u00a0 Where most bikes tend to read more than the actual mileage.\u00a0 Explains why the GPS speed is different from my OD speed.\u00a0 For example:\u00a0 the GPS says my speed is 65 and the bikes only says its only 61 on the highways.\u00a0 \u00a0I think it’s only with these Mitas E07 tires, I don’t remember that being the case before, like on my trip to Alaska.<\/p>\n

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