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2013 Iron Butt Rally Bike Preparation
I decided I wanted to ride the 2013 Iron Butt Rally. I had been selected to ride in the past but was unable to do so for a variety of what long distance riders would call excuses. Deciding to ride is...
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Thoughts on Iron Butt Rally routing
The Iron Butt Rally has been described as a scavenger hunt with the only prize a three digit IBA number.The Iron Butt Rally is really better described as go where ever the rally masters decide. The...
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2013 Iron Butt Rally, Tech Inspection
A day of lines and forms. Lots of awesome people here. Lots of experience walking around doing stuff. Trains, Planes and Automobiles. Check your SPOT, save your fuel log. Automation is a good...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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