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DrBob · 11-21-2004, 02:46 AM

Yeah haaaa!!!! Just got back from the Iron Butt ride...had breakfast in Snellvile, GA, lunch in New Orleans, and then a very late dinner in Lawrenceville, GA. Turned 1,076 miles in 21 hours, including over three hours in New Orleans cruising Bourbon Street, taking pictures at one of the old cemeteries, and having some lunch. It rained very hard for about 275 miles of it, and rained steadily for another 300 miles or so, but we were having way too much fun to care!!!! The Intruder 800 ran perfectly, and I was perfectly comfortable despite the fact that the bike is still dead stock. At the end of the ride I was in as good a shape as anyone...the others rode a full-dresser Harley, a Goldwing trike, a BMW full-dresser, and two tricked-out Volucia 800s. I picked on then for needing such luxuries as windscreens, aftermarket seats, and highway pegs, and they picked on me for having such a small fuel tank, making then all stop every 125 miles for gas...all in all, a truely great time with some great people!!
Thanks for all the well wishes...I am going to bed now that i am warm and dry...

Gixxerdale · 11-21-2004, 09:58 AM

Congrats on completing the ride

Not the challenge for every rider, BUTT it's something you'll always remember!

**Clint** · 11-21-2004, 11:37 AM

My ass is numb in your honor, Bob. Way to go!

c50tiger · 11-21-2004, 01:44 PM

Just thinking about that makes my back hurt

LayinLo · 11-21-2004, 03:40 PM

LayinLo · 11-21-2004, 03:41 PM

Hardware · 11-22-2004, 03:14 AM

How'd you finish?

tlwisner · 11-22-2004, 09:31 AM

Congrats, sounds like good times!

WhyteGryphon · 11-22-2004, 08:43 PM

congratulations on completing your ride. Now comes the fun of waiting for the paperwork to get certified.

I did my ride in September, going from Sylvan Lake Alberta to Moose Jaw Saskatchewan and back in 20hrs 1min on my 83 GS650GLD. Total distance was 1759km (1093 miles)

Feels good to be home again doesn't it?

DrBob · 11-22-2004, 09:19 PM

Yup, it sure felt great to pull into the driveway and be home...but I was up and riding again 8 hours later! Comparing notes with the others, it would appear that the larger aftermarket tire the previous owner put in my new Intruder makes the speedometer read slow: they showed about 40+ more miles that I did, so i guess i rode more like 1,120 miles Saturday.
Man, congrat to you also, especially on an old GS650.
The six of us are sending in our paperwork in one packet, so at least they only have to certify one ride, and not all six of them. Can;t wait to get the patch though

11-21-2004, 02:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
DrBob In The Zone Joined: May 2004 Bike: several Location: Decatur, GA Posts: 2,765	Home from Iron Butt ride!!! Yeah haaaa!!!! Just got back from the Iron Butt ride...had breakfast in Snellvile, GA, lunch in New Orleans, and then a very late dinner in Lawrenceville, GA. Turned 1,076 miles in 21 hours, including over three hours in New Orleans cruising Bourbon Street, taking pictures at one of the old cemeteries, and having some lunch. It rained very hard for about 275 miles of it, and rained steadily for another 300 miles or so, but we were having way too much fun to care!!!! The Intruder 800 ran perfectly, and I was perfectly comfortable despite the fact that the bike is still dead stock. At the end of the ride I was in as good a shape as anyone...the others rode a full-dresser Harley, a Goldwing trike, a BMW full-dresser, and two tricked-out Volucia 800s. I picked on then for needing such luxuries as windscreens, aftermarket seats, and highway pegs, and they picked on me for having such a small fuel tank, making then all stop every 125 miles for gas...all in all, a truely great time with some great people!! Thanks for all the well wishes...I am going to bed now that i am warm and dry... __________________ Dream like you'll live forever, live like you'll die tomorrow. You MUST obey the pug dog!

11-21-2004, 09:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Gixxerdale Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst. Joined: Mar 2004 Bike: 02 GSXR 1k Location: The warm and twisty roads of SoCal Posts: 3,028	Congrats on completing the ride Not the challenge for every rider, BUTT it's something you'll always remember! __________________ Proud Father of a U S Army Soldier... The key to life is to die young...at a very old age... Ride like you own the road...and...someday the road will own you.. My Favorite Ride? Tomorrows!

11-21-2004, 01:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
c50tiger Can Ride And Chew Gum Joined: Aug 2004 Bike: 2005 C50 Location: Selma, Alabama Posts: 2,058	Just thinking about that makes my back hurt __________________ Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable, let's prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. - Douglas Adams COGITO EGGO SUM: I think, therefore I am... a waffle

11-22-2004, 03:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
Hardware Sprocket Pilot Joined: Sep 2004 Bike: 2004 Hayabusa Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 843	How'd you finish? __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons...for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

11-22-2004, 09:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
tlwisner Throttle Jockey Joined: Apr 2004 Bike: '05 Boulevard C50 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 3,208	Congrats, sounds like good times! __________________ Tim Wisner AMA, SCRC Happiness is something we create

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11-22-2004, 08:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
WhyteGryphon Newbie Joined: May 2004 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 1	congratulations on completing your ride. Now comes the fun of waiting for the paperwork to get certified. I did my ride in September, going from Sylvan Lake Alberta to Moose Jaw Saskatchewan and back in 20hrs 1min on my 83 GS650GLD. Total distance was 1759km (1093 miles) Feels good to be home again doesn't it? __________________ Pack up all those phantoms Shoulder that invisible load Keep on riding north and west Haunting that wilderness road Like a Ghost Rider Rush, Ghost Rider

11-22-2004, 09:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
DrBob In The Zone Joined: May 2004 Bike: several Location: Decatur, GA Posts: 2,765	Yup, it sure felt great to pull into the driveway and be home...but I was up and riding again 8 hours later! Comparing notes with the others, it would appear that the larger aftermarket tire the previous owner put in my new Intruder makes the speedometer read slow: they showed about 40+ more miles that I did, so i guess i rode more like 1,120 miles Saturday. Man, congrat to you also, especially on an old GS650. The six of us are sending in our paperwork in one packet, so at least they only have to certify one ride, and not all six of them. Can;t wait to get the patch though __________________ Dream like you'll live forever, live like you'll die tomorrow. You MUST obey the pug dog!

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