Yep, my stock Challenger seat is very comfortable for me I added the Utopia back rest to shorten up my reach to the bars a little bit.
seeking advice/comment for a 1000mi in 24 hr ride next month
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The Third Annual Southeast Iron Butt Tour
Our starting points alphabetically by state: Alabama Birmingham Connecticut Brookfield most of Florida Sanford Indiana Clarksville Iowa Cedar Rapids
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This is the one from last year. I can’t find any info for one this year. I considered doing the group ride last year but having to ride 120+ miles north to meet up at the Iron Pony just to turn around and basically double back and not get any credit for that, and at 3 or 4 a.m., I just decided not to do it.
I don’t generally like to ride with groups anyway but I thought it would be nice to actually “celebrate” afterwards with their shindigs they had planned at the end.
I did complete a SS 1000 by myself in October of 2021.
That was my second attempt. All in all it was fairly uneventful which is what you want. No major problems. My first attempt was a different story. Started out with thick heavy fog at around 4 a.m. Stayed foggy until around 10 a.m. at which point it got hot and humid as hell as I sat in stop dead traffic in Tennessee in an incline where I couldn’t put down my side stand. After over an hour delay I still wouldn’t have had a problem doing it in time but the state of Virginia’s department of highways decided to purposely cut off one lane of I-81 for no good reason at all, in different places causing traffic to bottleneck and cause a lot of road rage from cagers. Not to mention some of the worst truck drivers I’ve ever shared a road with.
Behind schedule but still being doable I hit an unexpected thunderstorm just before dark that was bad enough for me to take a break under an old closed gas station awning with another couple on a Harley for about 45 minutes. Back on I-81 again another downpour causing hazy red glare from truckers brake lights going by me doing 80 mph made me realize it just wasn’t worth it. I pulled in at the next exit and got a room.
Like someone noted before, there’s no shame in knowing when to throw in the towel if necessary. I consider myself a pretty experienced rider in pretty much all conditions except for snow. But I saw enough signs on that trip to tell me it was time to call it a day.
The next month I picked a completely different route and did it. I was kind of surprised how easy it was. I really wasn’t tired. Got home and went to bed slept like any other normal night. The next evening and the whole next day after that was when it really hit me.
Can’t really think of any different advice than others have given. Just enjoy it and remember to use common sense and trust your gut if things don’t feel right. No shame in throwing in the towel and doing it another time.
Good luck.
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My 1020 mile stretch from western Wyoming to the KC area last summer took me 16.5 hours. It was not a planned 1000 day. It just so happened that the weather was perfect, interstate all the way and getting together with some people I hadn’t seen in a few years were motivating factors.
I did a Bun Burner Gold in 2012 on my ‘11
Victory Vision. If you do the math 1500 miles takes every bit of 24 hours. I had 8 gas stops between start an finish. The stops were limited to 10-12 minutes, gas,pee and go. My prostate was the size of a baseball back then, so 140-150 miles between stops was the absolute limit lol. I lived on beef jerky and water for
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24 hours.
I left Louisville Ky @ 0430 edt and arrived @ Little America Wy @ 0145 mdt. . 1524 miles, 23hrs 15min, I planned my route to avoid metro areas as much as possible, Indianapolis being the only one I had to deal with. A mixture of Interstate and 65mph 4 lane highway. I got a little behind schedule in Missouri, hitting some severe thunder showers. I was relegated to 40-50 mph for a stretch. I finally got on I80 @ Lincoln Ne, so 75-85 mph for the remaining 760 miles. Approaching Cheyenne, Wy I could see heavy thunder heads and lightning coming up from the south. I figured if I hit more heavy rain and lightning, by then it was also nightfall I’d be screwed. Fortunately I got ahead of the weather so the last 300 miles were uneventful.
At the time the Vic Vision was the most comfortable bike I’d ever ridden. Big long running boards, the stock seat fit me like a glove. The Vision had the most incredible lighting too. A 7” HID light with an H4 bulb on each side.
I credit my successful 1500 mile/24 hour LDR to several things: 1st My absolute love of riding x-country. To me there is nothing more peaceful or exhilarating than a kick stand up before sunrise and riding past dusk. If you enjoy it, it ain’t work. 2nd Loving the machine you’re on. If the bike isn’t fun and comfortable why torture yourself. 3rd I picked a good route. Also riding east to west. 3 more hours of daylight also has a positive psychological effect.
I did a Bun Burner Gold in 2012 on my ‘11
Victory Vision. If you do the math 1500 miles takes every bit of 24 hours. I had 8 gas stops between start an finish. The stops were limited to 10-12 minutes, gas,pee and go. My prostate was the size of a baseball back then, so 140-150 miles between stops was the absolute limit lol. I lived on beef jerky and water for
I left Louisville Ky @ 0430 edt and arrived @ Little America Wy @ 0145 mdt. . 1524 miles, 23hrs 15min, I planned my route to avoid metro areas as much as possible, Indianapolis being the only one I had to deal with. A mixture of Interstate and 65mph 4 lane highway. I got a little behind schedule in Missouri, hitting some severe thunder showers. I was relegated to 40-50 mph for a stretch. I finally got on I80 @ Lincoln Ne, so 75-85 mph for the remaining 760 miles. Approaching Cheyenne, Wy I could see heavy thunder heads and lightning coming up from the south. I figured if I hit more heavy rain and lightning, by then it was also nightfall I’d be screwed. Fortunately I got ahead of the weather so the last 300 miles were uneventful.
At the time the Vic Vision was the most comfortable bike I’d ever ridden. Big long running boards, the stock seat fit me like a glove. The Vision had the most incredible lighting too. A 7” HID light with an H4 bulb on each side.
I credit my successful 1500 mile/24 hour LDR to several things: 1st My absolute love of riding x-country. To me there is nothing more peaceful or exhilarating than a kick stand up before sunrise and riding past dusk. If you enjoy it, it ain’t work. 2nd Loving the machine you’re on. If the bike isn’t fun and comfortable why torture yourself. 3rd I picked a good route. Also riding east to west. 3 more hours of daylight also has a positive psychological effect.
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