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Locked and LoadedAgainst my wise daughter's advice I am leaving a blog message tonight.Yes, it's finally started! The 2009 Iron Butt Rally, which I have dreamed about and planned for well over a year, is underway. We had a long riders meeting this afternoon, then dinner, then the bonus packs were handed out. The theme this year is Crime Scenes. Every bonus location is the scene of something

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A Day of Rally BusinessAs you saw from my earlier email, we had a rider meeting about media and publicity. You saw the end result. Sorry if it was heavy handed or hurtful. I just wanted to be absolutely clear about the rules and the consequences to me for breaking them.In happier news, today was a long but productive day. I started at 7:30 AM, moving my bike to the tech inspection area. I was the

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In SpartanburgThe ride here was very nice. I started last night from Des Moines around 7:00 PM, and stopped for the night in Hannibal, MO. That ride was 242 miles. Today I left bright and early so that I could get through St. Louis before rush hour, and wound up crossing the Mississipi right around sunrise. I found myself going through Metropolis, IL, and stopped for a picture of the giant

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What is it about the Iron Butt Rally?Now that I’m about to go off on this crazy trip, I need to put down in words some kind of explanation. Why would someone with a great “normal” life be drawn to something that seems like a kind of self-imposed torture, with life-threatening consequences thrown in?First of all, it’s not torture. What’s not to love about riding a motorcycle all over the continent

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Cal 24Update: I finished 7th! Ride report here.This weekend is the Cal 24 endurance rally. It will be my fifth Cal 24. It was my very first rally in 2003. I showed up in Antioch that year not knowing a soul, or knowing very much at all about rallying. If you had told me then that in 2009 most of my friends would be LD riders and that I'd be riding in the Iron Butt Rally, I would have said you

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The Bionic Subframe(This is my post from the FJR Forum. I thought it was worthwhile documenting it here too.)On my way to the Superior RTE (ride report linky) my rear subframe broke. This is the part of the bike that supports the seats, saddlebags, and topcase. I was using a Garauld support rack and a Pelican 1550 for the topcase. This setup has been fine for 10K street miles. What killed it was

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Done!On a rainy spring morning, in the garage of Sierra Research of Sacramento, CA, I tightened the hose clamp on a fuel tank vent line. With that turn of the wrist, my motorcycle was ready to rally. The fuel cell came back from BLM at 4.69 gallons, bringing the total capacity of the bike to 11.3 gallons. The rally limit is 11.5, and I calculated that by being two tenths short I'm giving up about

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Project UpdateAs mentioned below, I took off the major bodywork on the front of the bike to take care of some lighting upgrades. My nose cone now houses four ballasts for HID lights. They are really shoehorned in, and I honestly think I may be taking a risk with longevity. All they need to last is about 14,000 miles in the hottest part of summer. Keep your fingers crossed! I'll post some more

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Bits and Pieces EverywhereMy fuel cell is back in the shop of its manufacturer, BLM Accessories. After I sent the dimensions to the IBA tech team, I found that it's too big for the rally. Bill M is going to install a bit of displacement metal, and then ship it to Tom A for measurement, blessing, and certification. Better to get this fixed now than in a parking lot in South Carolina.Another part

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Inner Iron Butt PeaceSomething has happened to me in the last few days. After months of stress and excitement about this rally, after setting up a new bike, making lists and checking things off the list, after planning and executing a series of training rides, after getting good at the computer side of waypoints and routing, after thinking of a bazillion tiny details and posting every tiny

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The Last FarkleThis weekend I installed an Autocom system. This should cure my cell phone blues. I tested it with my friend's Blackberry Curve and it worked great in the garage. Still need to take it for a ride and see how the phone does at speed. Even if performance is not hugely improved, I've got the water-sensitive electronics under the seat now. Won't have to cover the dash if it rains.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

Jerry Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13013193763576942845noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30492653.post-84705641701219687472008-12-31T04:55:00.001-08:002008-12-31T04:55:31.850-08:00

My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

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My motorcycling drivel - listen at your own risk.

Jerry Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13013193763576942845noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30492653.post-55848690293311937282008-12-29T10:48:00.000-08:002008-12-29T11:02:27.547-08:00

Winter Warm Weather BBGPlan A was snowed in, here's Plan B. I got courthoused-out last month so this ride features many miles and only one courthouse (Kern County in Bakersfield.) This is only my third BBG. Wish me luck!

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Let's Talk FJRA lot has happened since the end of the Spank. Most important thing is: I bought an FJR! At the end of my Spank ride report I wrote this about my BMW: "I probably won’t ride it in the IBR. After this failure, and the other weird failure it had last year, my confidence in it is fading. I still like that bike a lot, but I need something that is bulletproof. My old red Beemer isn’t."

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My Spank Ride Report posted here.

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Spank ResultsAfter a three-legged red-eye air journey that took nine hours, and one last night at the Iron Butt Motel, I arrived at rally HQ before 9AM. Coincidentally Roger Van Santen was on the same flight from DFW to Tulsa, and invited me to ride with him and his wife to the rally HQ. That was great, riding with friends instead of taking a taxi. I went through the scoring process as if I had

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It ain't so badGood news on my bike. It's not the transmission, it's the drive shaft! That changes a 10 hour repair job with many new parts, to a 3 hour repair with few new parts. They may be able to fix it while I'm in Tulsa, and I may be able to ride it home. I'll know more on Saturday. Good thing I didn't purchase my return flight yet! I'm currently in a very nice bar in Reno with Reno John,

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