1600km a day, for 100 days...

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1600km a day, for 100 days...

John.R
2 years ago

Anyone come across this bloke?

Took a brand new 2021 Road Glide, and did 100,000 miles in 100 days.

Insane effort. The consumables alone would be a nightmare logistically, let alone any unforeseen mechanical issues. But old mate got it done.

Soapbox2627
2 years ago

that is epic, I rode 800ks to Adelaide and back and felt a tad tired, still not having to back it up again the next day, 1600 is amazing

no time for sight seeing though

Ratbob
2 years ago

Unbelievable effort, most I’ve managed in one go is 1400ks (870 miles) Adelaide to Sydney in 1971, on a new Suzuki Titan. No reason for it other than youth and stupidity.

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STEAMER
2 years ago

Quoting John.R on 23 Jan 2022 03:17 AM
Anyone come across this bloke?

Took a brand new 2021 Road Glide, and did 100,000 miles in 100 days.

Insane effort. The consumables alone would be a nightmare logistically, let alone any unforeseen mechanical issues. But old mate got it done.

Going by his map, he is in USA,

In 2015, on my last day of lap of Oz, i left Harley Heaven Dandenong after getting new rear tyre fitted, 10am depart and 9.15pm arrived, was in dark from Goulburn to home north of Wyong on nsw central coast, 1146km. Towing trailer.

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wadewilson
2 years ago

Back in the 90's when I rode RTW I was coming back south from Alaska and due to a small clerical error (I did not know what day it was) I found myself riding from Circle Montana to Milwaukee Wisconsin in one go. A distance of just over 1000 miles.

I had told a buddy that I would be at his house to celebrate 4th July and somehow I lost a day so instead of having two days to get to his place I had only the one after I realised my SNAFU.

From memory I left about 7am and arrived at Bob's about 3 the following morning. I can remember pulling up under a street light to read my map, no GPS in those days, and a local copper pulled up behind me to see what I was doing at that time of the morning. I explained to him that I was going to see a mate who lived on the other side of the city and that I wasn't too sure how to get there. "No problem, just follow me" he said. Although he did not know the exact street Bob lived in he lead me to the suburb I needed. After i recognised a couple of landmarks I pulled up beside the copper at some traffic lights, thanked him for his assistance and told him I knew the way from here. As I approached Bob's house I killed the motor and silently rolled up the driveway, parked my bike on his back lawn and collapsed on the sofa on his back porch.

Just cannot imagine backing up for a second day of this let alone doing 100 of them.

paulybronco
2 years ago

I have done many back to back 1000klm days on the street glide but doing 1600klm a day back to back.....FUCK THAT! Respect!

John.R
2 years ago

Listened to a podcast with him on today where they asked him a few questions. Main takeaways:

*The trip wasn't really "planned out" to a T. He had a rough idea of where he wanted to go, things he wanted to see, what he wanted to knock out first. But really it was just him riding around to various POI based on whatever he felt like. He said one day he spent 5hours walking around some island attraction, couple of hours waiting for a ferry once, 3hrs caught in peakhour NYC traffic as he didnt really plan when he would get there. Kinda stayed away from California due to weather and shit traffic though.

*He AVERAGED 1000 miles a day, some days he was well behind and would have to catch up over a week or so.

*He spent roughly 16-20hrs on the bike a day, and basically adjusted his pit stops (fuel, lunch, dinner) based on how he was tracking, and knowing it was taking away from his rest time.

*He had a 5 gallon? aux tank under his pillion seat, and could go roughly 400 miles between fuel. Had ohlins shocks put on the bike straight away and replaced every 25,000m. Had his regular 10,000m service at his home dealer, and a stock pile of tyres he ordered. Only had 2 punctures his trip, dead square middle of the tyre so easy plug.

*Copped a LOT of accusations of the ride being bogus, but really only from internet or instagram critics. Apparently well known in Iron Butt circles and hierarchy, so no doubt from peers. Also had 2 GPS trackers transmitting his position live in real time for people to follow, as well as every receipt next ODO except for 3 from afterhours petrol stations.

fatbat
2 years ago

I followed him as he went and there were also lots of posts (and false accusations) on the hdforums.com forum. And had posts taken down because he was doing it for charity and posts encouraging donations are prohibited there

Can understand why there were so many doubters as it’s an extraordinary feat. Lots of physical and mental strength/resilience required

I feel pretty spent at 750km but a good bike with back rest, wind protection, cruise control, good suspension and a strong body used to lots of riding def helps

beaglebasher
2 years ago

Quoting John.R on 23 Jan 2022 03:17 AM
Anyone come across this bloke?

Took a brand new 2021 Road Glide, and did 100,000 miles in 100 days.

Insane effort. The consumables alone would be a nightmare logistically, let alone any unforeseen mechanical issues. But old mate got it done.

Quoting STEAMER on 23 Jan 2022 09:18 PMedited: 23 Jan 2022 09:24 PM
Going by his map, he is in USA,

In 2015, on my last day of lap of Oz, i left Harley Heaven Dandenong after getting new rear tyre fitted, 10am depart and 9.15pm arrived, was in dark from Goulburn to home north of Wyong on nsw central coast, 1146km. Towing trailer.

I remember stopping at that sign post steamer. My mate wanted to take a photo and there was no traffic around so he set up his you beaut $700 camera on the road with a cigarette lighter underneath it to get the angle right. He set the timer and ran over to his bike .
Then we shared a joint and fucked off but he forgot to pick up the camera.

Far Canal
2 years ago

Quoting John.R on 23 Jan 2022 03:17 AM
Anyone come across this bloke?

Took a brand new 2021 Road Glide, and did 100,000 miles in 100 days.

Insane effort. The consumables alone would be a nightmare logistically, let alone any unforeseen mechanical issues. But old mate got it done.

Quoting STEAMER on 23 Jan 2022 09:18 PMedited: 23 Jan 2022 09:24 PM
Going by his map, he is in USA,

In 2015, on my last day of lap of Oz, i left Harley Heaven Dandenong after getting new rear tyre fitted, 10am depart and 9.15pm arrived, was in dark from Goulburn to home north of Wyong on nsw central coast, 1146km. Towing trailer.

Quoting beaglebasher on 24 Jan 2022 10:41 AM
I remember stopping at that sign post steamer. My mate wanted to take a photo and there was no traffic around so he set up his you beaut $700 camera on the road with a cigarette lighter underneath it to get the angle right. He set the timer and ran over to his bike .
Then we shared a joint and fucked off but he forgot to pick up the camera.

Bugger!, if only he had shot up a few trips he would have remembered the camera. Sometimes the old cubs motto "be prepared" has a ring of truth to it.

Far Canal
2 years ago

Quoting Ratbob on 23 Jan 2022 07:52 PM
Unbelievable effort, most I’ve managed in one go is 1400ks (870 miles) Adelaide to Sydney in 1971, on a new Suzuki Titan. No reason for it other than youth and stupidity.

Sweet!, I will bet you wish you still had that Titan.
1400ks also trumps my longest single ride. 1283 klms from Airlie beach to Ballina on my faithful old MOE TOE GOOT ZE 850 that I rode 200,000 klms on between 1984 and about 2019.
Reason for that ride was had to get back for work after a holiday. Was near halucinating by the time I got to Ballina and was struggling to walk and fart at the same time.
I wonder if Mr thousand miles a day for 100 days enjoys what he does and what sort of sex life he has?. Reckon there would be lots of big chicks hanging out at USA roadhouses that are partial to lashings of onion rings with ketchup.

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SoftailSteve
2 years ago

Quoting Ratbob on 23 Jan 2022 07:52 PM
Unbelievable effort, most I’ve managed in one go is 1400ks (870 miles) Adelaide to Sydney in 1971, on a new Suzuki Titan. No reason for it other than youth and stupidity.

My t500

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FBUser214
2 years ago

I did an Iron Butt ride from Seymour, just outside of Melbourne, up the Newell Highway, to Brisbane in 2010, 1615 klms.
We went up for Bike Week. It had been held regularly on the Gold Coast but this year they were going to Ipswich. They had a new sponsor/organiser who wanted to move the event and it fell apart and they pulled the plug as we were riding up there.
We got into Brisbane about 2.00 am on Good Friday and everything was closed. We met a mate up there and went back to his place and shared a couple of longnecks that he had in his fridge and then crashed.
We stayed for a few days and then came back, taking the scenic route, we did 3 consecutive 800k days and they were a breeze after the trip up.

Ratbob
2 years ago

Quoting Ratbob on 23 Jan 2022 07:52 PM
Unbelievable effort, most I’ve managed in one go is 1400ks (870 miles) Adelaide to Sydney in 1971, on a new Suzuki Titan. No reason for it other than youth and stupidity.

Quoting SoftailSteve on 24 Jan 2022 11:12 AM

My t500

Bloody excellent 👍
Great bike even today, long cruisey wheel base, not bad tourque for a two stroke and smoooooth, thirsty buggers though.

paulybronco
2 years ago

Quoting John.R on 24 Jan 2022 10:01 AM
Listened to a podcast with him on today where they asked him a few questions. Main takeaways:

*The trip wasn't really "planned out" to a T. He had a rough idea of where he wanted to go, things he wanted to see, what he wanted to knock out first. But really it was just him riding around to various POI based on whatever he felt like. He said one day he spent 5hours walking around some island attraction, couple of hours waiting for a ferry once, 3hrs caught in peakhour NYC traffic as he didnt really plan when he would get there. Kinda stayed away from California due to weather and shit traffic though.

*He AVERAGED 1000 miles a day, some days he was well behind and would have to catch up over a week or so.

*He spent roughly 16-20hrs on the bike a day, and basically adjusted his pit stops (fuel, lunch, dinner) based on how he was tracking, and knowing it was taking away from his rest time.

*He had a 5 gallon? aux tank under his pillion seat, and could go roughly 400 miles between fuel. Had ohlins shocks put on the bike straight away and replaced every 25,000m. Had his regular 10,000m service at his home dealer, and a stock pile of tyres he ordered. Only had 2 punctures his trip, dead square middle of the tyre so easy plug.

*Copped a LOT of accusations of the ride being bogus, but really only from internet or instagram critics. Apparently well known in Iron Butt circles and hierarchy, so no doubt from peers. Also had 2 GPS trackers transmitting his position live in real time for people to follow, as well as every receipt next ODO except for 3 from afterhours petrol stations.

When i was still in the bike shop our service manager Gary Van Stratten and an American Rich Willey rode from Sutherland to Cairns without stopping on a pair of Kawasaki GTR 1000 with extra tanks on the way to a never to be repeated 6 days 17 hours 6 minutes lap of Australia. They were required to get a fuel docket in every state to prove time and location. Gary had several attempts before but either fatigue or error or the combo of both conspired to beat him. He had some remarkable stories about the attempts including Rich exiting a round a bout on the wrong side of the road (American rider) and hitting a car head on destroying the bike, the car and breaking his legs!

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John.R
2 years ago

Thats a wild run. Apparently the time x distance aspect is why it can't be included in the Guiness World record. Gets into Cannonball run type issues.

Old mate was pulled over 14 times with 3 tickets.

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paulybronco
2 years ago

Quoting John.R on 24 Jan 2022 12:10 PM
Thats a wild run. Apparently the time x distance aspect is why it can't be included in the Guiness World record. Gets into Cannonball run type issues.

Old mate was pulled over 14 times with 3 tickets.

By memory he made three attempts getting it on the last. One attempt he did it with a serving motorcycle highway patrol cop , Geoff Lord, on VF 1000. Both bikes again had something like 75 extra litres via three boat tanks linked together. They where donated by the business next door to us Webb Marine. Roy Dennison donated the Michelin tyres, Castrol did a deal for the oils but i cant recall the specifics. Honda sold us the bikes at cost. Caltex reimbursed the cost of fuel.
That attempt was doomed from the start when Geoff hit a truck tyre retread at high speed less than a hr after starting. Snapped the footpeg off, one tank but broke his ankle very badly. Gary stayed with him till ambo came along with a highway car. Geoff flashed his badge and they escorted Gary at speed with "blues and twos" beyond the city limits up towards central coast. Long story short as a result of loosing time it put all the planned stops in chaos with fuel stops closed etc. He rode several hrs in the wrong direction due to fatigue and was that confused when he rang the bike shop from Canberra believing he had around 15 min till he got to us in Sutherland. We sent our spares manager to intersect him and ride back to us but Steve ran off the road and broke his leg! Gary missed the record by around the same amount of time he spent with Geoff waiting for the Ambo. All 4 bikes 2x VF1000 and 2x GTR were serviced and repaired and on sold.....other than a GTR that i took home one night and a driver rear ended it. Bike was repaired under insurance and sold.

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1600km a day, for 100 days...

1600km a day, for 100 days...

John.R

Soapbox2627

Ratbob

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wadewilson

paulybronco

John.R

fatbat

beaglebasher

Far Canal

Far Canal

SoftailSteve

FBUser214

Ratbob

paulybronco

John.R

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