go for it!
In my Iron Butt riding, I clocked up somewhere north of 11,000 miles on my '01 model.
Brian,
Please understand that I am not challenging your IB status but the Royal Enfield Community Newsletter - September, 2006 Volume 8, Number 9 has a report on Rick Germain of Rochester, NY and his Aug '06 Saddlesore 1000 on a Bullet. They said that they weren't aware of any other Bullets doing this. It sounds as though you have far surpassed Germain's feat and I for one would like to see you get credit. Can you fill us in?
REgards,
Leonard
No problem Leonard,
And thanks for filling me in on Rick's ride too - as far as I knew, I was still the only one with a RE in the IBA books. No way I'd attempt a SaddleSore on the Enfield! that's quite a feat!
My ride was the "Tour Master", chosen specifically because I would not have to push the interstate travel and could take up to a year to complete the challenge at my own pace.
As a matter of fact, as I look at the IBA ride finisher database,
http://www.ironbutt.com/rides/rideslogin.cfm it still only lists one RE - mine. Did Rick not file w/the IBA for his ride?
Then again - I just noticed that it seems out of date. Anyone have a link for a current list?
A while back I was contacted by someone - who may have been Rick - seeking advice on doing an Iron Butt, he was going to try the SS1K. I never heard from him again. Later, I heard through my dealer (Slam Dunkus) that Keven said he arrived at the REoA headquarters "looking like the bike had dragged him there, and delerious".
So I never knew if either of these guys - if they were 2 separate individuals - ever successfuly completed their rides. Since no one turned up in the IBA finishers database, I assumed not.
Anyway, from Sept 23, 2003 - Sept 23, 2004 I covered 139 parks in 27 states, and clocked somewhere between 11,000 - 13,000 miles (my speedo crapped out somewhere in the middle and had to be replaced, and I lost the slip of paper I wrote my old mileage on!)
I had a full account and pictures up on my web page
www.fivehundredcc.org but that is currently down right now for a re-design.
Hopefully I will have it back up soon.
I just discovered this forum today and am enjoying it! Hi Kevin!
Hopefully I'll soon be the owner of a 07 Military and will start prepping for the "Ultimate Coast to Coast" to run pobably in the summer of '09 (I'll need that long to save up a months worth of vacation time!)
Cheers,
Brian
IBA #21846