1000 miles (1600km) in under 24 hours on a BMW GS Adventure earns Don an Iron Butt. 

I haven't done 1610km yet, but in 2012,I rode from Cape Town To Edenvale and back. I left CT on Friday and came back on Monday, 1450km one way. I ride a GTR1400, and stopped 7 times for fuel on my way there and 5 times on my way back. An amazing experience. Can't remember the time but less than 24 hours.🙂 In December 2015, my wife and I and my brother and his wife took a camping trip around SA on 2 GTR's. We did over 6000km in 18 days. The route was Cape Town, Springbok , Thabazimbie, Mussina, Magoebas Kloof, Sabie, Pongola,Port Edward, Port St Johns, Hole in the wall, East London, Knysna, Oudtshoorn and Strand. One of the best holidays of my life.

Iv'e completed 9 Ironbutts on scooters of 350cc or under. Some Italian and some Taiwanese and one 1200 mile ride from Calais to Avus in Berlin and back in 21 and 3/4 hours. The most I've ridden was 2164 miles in 54 hours from Calais to Valencia and back with 4 hours sleep but that wasn't a very good idea. One more ride to do in April this year :-)

I did 1340 miles in 24 hours on a 2021 zx14r. Then 2 days later 1340 miles back home. Sw Florida to northern NJ. Definitely a Iron butt ride... plan to do it again this summer on my 22 hayabusa...

“Theoretically” a damn good effort on Don’s part 🏍😉👍!

Good effort on a modern bike. In July 1986, my (then girlfriend, later wife Louise) left Antibes on the French Riviera to come back home to Worcestershire, on my Suzuki GSX1100 ESD, loaded with tankbag, throwover panniers and a rack loaded high with camping gear(couldn't afford hotels in those days). We took the Route Napoleon through Gap and on to Grenoble(that part took 6 hours). It was then a long night-time blast, back up a then incomplete Autoroute network, around Paris and up to Calais. Through the night we were cruising mile after mile at over 100mph and stopping every 1hr 20mins for fuel, when Lou had to wake up. We waited 2 hours for the Hovercraft(remember them) to arrive, because of fog in the English Channel. Then the 230 mile ride back home from Dover. 952 miles and exactly 24 hours since we left Antibes. Did I ever want to do it again? Absolutely no way, but doing it once was more than enough.

I went 1300 km on a road trip in Australia from Sydney to Maryborough in Queensland, got lost too, on a K1300S. Still got it :) The bike that is.

At 6-2 with a longer torso, the Puig aftermarket screen and an aftermarket saddle turned my GSA into the dream touring machine....Great video! "Now I know where to go to not get lost." Classic line and I'm gonna use it, LOL

Must be your greatest production to-date, many congratulations Don, something good comes out of SA!

Re seats: When was the last time you had to get out of a car because the seat was too hard? Why can't bike manufacturers make a bike seat that lasts a good chunk of the day.

You need to live in Australia! My trips usually have a first day of 1300 to 1500 Km, and following days min 800, depending upon the temperature, anything over 38C limits tolerance to 800K. Oddly enough the heat is worse in the Southern areas, humidity rules. BMW's have the legs out here, R1200 does 600KM on 98 Premium fuel, as it sits on cruise mostly.

Awesome Don !!!! The most i've done is around 800 KM with the wife on the back of the bike. To say We were both done at the end of the day is an understatement !!!!!

Nice job Don I've done it twice on my old 98 H.D Softtale going to Sturgis back in the early 2000s with two other guy who aren't around any longer .

Great show, I like looking at some of the old ones (they are the bikes I can afford) and the mischief you get up to on the new ones :)

Well done Don! I did 900miles in a day, but mine was mostly Autoroute in France, so you definitely had the better deal scenery wise. I was on a fully loaded standard GS and managed to hit the Peripherique at rush hour.

ha, i did a ride from , NM to Morgantown WV in a strait through ride on an RT1200 in 31 hours. It was awesome.

nice to see gentle comfortable travel on well made roads

Brilliant! Enjoyed that very much

I have only ever done the JHB to CPT ride in 24 hours on a Honda NC750. Even that was pretty epic.

I really like the cracks and motorbike knowledge you've raised the bar chaps

After feeling butt pain just for riding 200 kms couple of times comfort has become as equal as the styling of the bike for me, congrats for the iron butt challenge, for a speed king like you it's a small challenge lol.

Great job Don! You are a better man than me because it would’ve broke my back.

Awesome effort and fantastic scenary! Cheers, Don. 🍻 🍻

Congrats Don!! Quite a nice achievement!

On my last bike trip ... from Upington to Jozi , it took me two day's to get home ! a. 98% was dirt road b. a KLR650 can only go that fast🤭 Nice trip though Don 👌🏻😎

That’s a lot of miles in a day. Well done that arse. 🤘🏻 (can’t think of a better bike to do it. Apart from the goldwing or an r18 transcontinental (ok that’s just me). Side note : I’ve never known a guy to ride so long with his visor up. I’d have ended up eating a bowl of bugs.

-35 C. It’ll be another Month’n’a’1/2 before We Can even Contemplate Any Journey by Bike,, Any Place,,, the Prairies are a Snow& Ice Desert,, ‘waiting for the Scorching Heat& Tornadoes of Summer on North Americas’Great Plains🦬🦬🦬🦬🏍🦬🦬🇨🇦🇺🇸Lots’o’Fun ! Keep Up the Good Work !

I completed an Iron Butt Saddle sore 1000, in just under 22 hours. I road a 2012 Triumph Tiger 1050 SE. I'm glad I did it, but really all you do is ride to beat the clock and that's not really the type of riding I enjoy. The GS is (IMO) a good choice for the Iron Butt.

Your style is impressive! The video quality could have been better but maybe that was just my internet ;) Can't wait for the next one!

I have the same bike over up here in the UK, but my screen is a lot bigger, which gives me a more, weather protected, ride. But, i think we need it more in the UK.

Why does that GSA have a standard GS windscreen? The GSA should have a larger, wider, touring screen which would go a long way to improving the wind buffeting.

Well done and looks like plenty of protein ended up on your face shield👍

I use Pivot Pegs and put a little pressure on the shifter before a shift...seems to be a better angle...risers and a taller EGRO windshield make a standing position much more comfortable...I'm 6 feet on my DSA Rallye...same bike.

If you do it again, one tip; pre-emptive panadol (paracetamol).

Iron Butt on the latest German two wheeled sofa hardly counts.

That's interesting as I'm going to attempt my next one on a 20 year old BMW R 1100 RT. Is there anything that I should know such as what kind of range per tank you were getting ? I forgot to mention completing 1505 miles in 32 hours on a Kymco Downtown 300. Calais to Alencon, back to Calais and then to Lubeck and back to Calais.

Donovan … could we kindly ask your advice in planning a GS based holiday out of JNB ?

Should be using Rain-X on windscreen for bugs and stuff to slide off and rain too..Face Shield too for fog.

1000km in a day is no problem...with the right bike. I do it every now & then.....1600km , a different story !!!!

I'm impressed. Well done. Great crash helmet. What is it, please?

Refers to it as barren desert, but it's lush and green as far as the eye can see LOL

Don's got cross wind, sounds like a bad medical problem🤣🤣

You avereged the national speed limit. Nice :P

Nice Job Don.

Awesome

Not allowed to go too fast to get the certificate ;-)

That's easy man!! Try Gibraltar to Alcañiz in one day. On a Speed Triple R

Love Donovan: good egg !

Amazed he’s wearing that helmet. One, for recording purposes it’s crap, and Two, if he has an accident he’ll be without a lower jaw.

Show me your certificate!....1065 miles 22hrs. 2015 MV Agusta 800 Dragster RR. I did it in 2017 Im the only person in the world to do a certified SaddleSore 1000 on the Dragster RR and it was brutal!

Please somebody tell me what helmet that is. I think the design is brilliant...and I want one.

Yeah.. Cruise control set 191KPH!!!.. Dont think we missed it.

When you are ready for 48state ride in under 12 days let me know and we can figure something out.

Please… I did 2,000km in 16h on a KTM Super Adventure; GSA seat is like a sofa compared to a KTM wooden bench

Super easy on a GS. What's the big deal?

Do you not have any corners in SA? Think I'd rather take the car 🙄

Looks like a brown river

Don, how many fuel stops? 30l tank should get you 600kays, no?! Anyhow, well done. I reckon this is one of those things that is more difficult than it sounds 👍

AWESOME VIDEO AMAZING FANTASTIC

I'm done at a 1000km / 600 miles nothing to prove... good job Don. ;p 🍑

High mileage for the sake of high mileage, you may as well just round and round a track 🤨

Making a on bike video with half shell lid, and no eye protection. Way to lower the bar!! Just terrible!!

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Agree about the GS gearbox. One of the worst I have ever experienced. The engineer(s) responsible for that design should be let go.