I have seen several videos made by Iron Butt riders. This is one of the absolute best, because of the explanations and introspection. Well done! Congrats!
I rode 750 miles from Beaufort S.C. to Indianapolis in 1968 on a 305cc Honda Super Hawk in 15 hours as a young Marine going home on leave and to see the Indy 500. I took 2 1/2 days to get back.
Great job capturing the experience! I’ve done a couple Saddlesore 1k and a BB1500. And several undocumented rides. It’s so cool that you rode with Kerri! I recognize her from several long distance riding pages. I love when people say “I couldn’t go that far in a car!” Of course not, a car sucks! 😂
This was fun to watch. I worked for many years as a snow plow driver working up to 30 hours at time. Glad you posted about the concerns of fatigue and doing this.
In 1977 I rode from Newport, Rhode Island to Walnut Creek, CA in 3 1/2 days. I was on my Kawasaki H2 750 (the widowmaker) no windshield and very little common sense. It was not my butt, rather my neck which gave me such pain. Around 3200 miles, a real character builder! I made the return trip about two weeks later, a little slower. I am 80 years old now, so I won't be repeating that adventure.
Well, You’re an inspiration! Thanks for sharing this. My first ever motorcycle ride, 9 days after passing my UK motorcycle test, was only 180 miles,collecting my first larger bike (a 650]. The trip had rain, wind, and took 4 hours. It was a wonderful feeling to bring my bike home, but I absolutely loved the journey. I’ve done 2000 miles in 7 weeks, so it seems I’m into motorcycling…. Now to plan my first Iron Butt…. 🙏👍👍👏👏👏👏🤣🤣
Yes, I did my first saddle sore this past June heading to the BMW rally. It was great to do. I started just before sunrise, and finished an hour after sunset. I focused on eating only as little as I needed, and hydrating fairly well, and without excess caffeine. In the end I decided it wasn’t that hard overall. Planning some details ahead for a while kept me from being stressed about it. Congrats! I knew you would go for one at some point 🎉
Amanda, congratulations on your first IBA run. I’m also a member and love this type of riding. It’s challenging, but you made it. Welcome to the insanity!
Congratulations. I’ve done a few Saddlesores, but just one documented. I rode from my home south of Atlanta to the St Louis Arch, bought some trinkets at the gift store, and then rode back home. 1174 miles. It’s not hard, but it’s not easy, either. Biggest thing is just “stay on the bike.” I’m enjoying your channel!
I did a couple of 1000+ miles in a day. Probably won’t ever do it again. While completing a challenge is cool, it’s just too painful. I’m retired, so just putzing around on backroads for 4-6 hours is fine, and then get a campsite or motel. No rush. Give myself plenty of days to get there, and only feel like I took a bunch of consecutive day trips. That’s how I enjoy motorcycling.
I just returned to North Carolina from a motorcycle trip back to the small town of Letcher, South Dakota where a grew up. I learned to ride in and around Letcher so I wanted to ride the roads I learned on so many years ago. I am 63 now, so it's been roughly 35 years since I rode a motorcycle on those gravel roads. It had been 20 years since I was back in South Dakota, but that time I was in a car so it wasn't the same. I watched this video a couple of days before my planned trip starting Friday, June 30, I watched the video to prep myself a little bit. My first motel reservation was over 1,000 miles away. The morning I left the weather was great, by the time I reached Black Mountain in the Smoky Mountains it started raining, I rode for about 200 miles in the rain, with temps in the upper 60's. Once I got out of the rain and just east of Nashville, Tenn. the temps were in the mid 90's and continued climbing to 102 to 104, this is not counting the humidity. If it hadn't been for traffic accidents it wouldn't have been horrible. I did make it to my motel destination with 1,021.8 mile on my odometer. It wasn't official like your ride because I don't have the receipts and all the other proof, but now I know personally that I have done it. Your video of your ride did help keep me going. The one thing I didn't do while riding the roads I grew up on, I didn't wipe out, crash, or fall over. Thank You for your videos.
Welcome to the club! Done the saddlesore twice- first with a group, second on my own…. Did better solo. I find leaving at 3am easier and keeping my gas stops shorter helps!
WELL DONE! I loved Kerri's additional narration, it REALLY added to the video. Since watching this I have had a good look into the IBA (UK), the ride is a little harder to plan over here as the UK little. Lands End to John O'Groats is under 850 miles by the shortest route. Looks like I need to get the maps out.
@@kerrizor thanks Kerri, I've found the forum and I'm currently pondering routes that would be a bit more interesting than just pounding up a motorway (highway) to Scotland and back. Maybe a four points rather than just a straight Iron Butt 1000.
Congrats! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us! You asked, and we answer: Yes, I've done a Saddlesore 1000 ride too!: Mine began very near where yours ended in Wyoming. I had a very chilly ride, starting in Laramie, Wyoming (the next major town east of Rawlins on I-80) and ending in Tucson, Arizona. It was a beautiful sunny day in early January when I left Laramie (7200 feet above sea level). I needed to wait for the sun to rise high enough to melt the ice off the roads near Laramie, so I didn't get started until 10:30 AM. Sadly, that meant riding through the cold night hours in January in the Rockies. I rode south through Colorado and lost my daylight as I passed through Raton, New Mexico. I nearly froze my jewels off as I continued south through New Mexico's chilly high deserts, and stopped for four hours sleep (and a lovely hot shower) in Socorro. I managed to get myself out of bed in time to blast southward through more cold and dark, and I finally saw the dawn as I rode past Deming, New Mexico, and hopped onto I-10 for the last leg into Tucson. I was thankful for the astoundingly comfortable bikes BMW makes! Not only did I appreciate the big fairing on the R1100RT, but the nice hot cylinders and heads sitting right in front of my cold feet helped too! The generator on the bike had no trouble keeping up with the needs of the ignition and headlight, along with my heated grips and vest! I don't think I ever shut off the heat, even in the last leg of the ride across southern New Mexico and Arizona. Appropriate for the positive feeling about BMW's bikes after that ride, I finished the ride at a BMW dealership in Tucson, with almost an hour to spare. They are all too familiar with the rules of Iron Butt rides, and they were happy to provide the ending documents. How can you survive a 1000 mile motorcycle ride through the Rocky Mountains in January? Layers! Lots of layers. Wear a couple layers of wicking fabric and wool, then a heated electric vest, all underneath an Aerostich suit, and top it off with the thickest, most enormous down coat Eddie Bauer ever sold. Stuff some of those "handwarmer packets" inside your socks, so that they ride above your toes, and then stuff another packet under your toes as you put on your boots. Finish with another handwarmer packet stuffed into mittens so that they cover the backs of your fingers, while the front sides of your fingers enjoy the heated handgrips. Good memories!
Awesome accomplishment. My personal best is 748 miles riding home from a trip. (East of Memphis to San Antonio.) The last 150 miles were so hard because I just wanted to be home. I have a friend that has done this all the time and also competes in some long distance rallies. He keeps encouraging me to do this.
I completed my SaddleSore 1000 this past June. It was an organized ride so the day before I rode 238 miles to Billings. 5 of us left Billings at 5am and rode to Missoula than Hwy 200 to Glendive, then interstate back to Billings. We didn't get back until after 2am. Part of the issue was that just about half of it was on 2 lane highway and we were moving slower. One of the riders was having fatigue issues but wanted to complete it so we slowed down and basically ran down both lanes of the Interstate to Billings. I then got up the next morning and rode home. It was an experience, I loved that I was capable of completing it. Previously my longest ride was a little over 400 miles/8 hours on my Himalayan. I don't think I'll be doing it again any time soon. It's just not how I like to travel I guess, plus my bikes aren't really set up for mile crushing. (no cruise control, limited comfort features) I'm glad you had a good time and Kerri is so cool. 🙂
Congratulations on your saddle sore 1000. I did mine in June. I know all to well of mentally hitting a wall. Good thing your friend was along. I rode solo and having one more person would have helped.
I try to do at least one per year. This year I did the Lake Superior ride for an IBA cert. I enjoy it. It’s challenging and fun. I also like walking the Camino de Santiago for many of the same reasons. Congratulations and welcome to the club! I’ve got two more to finish the Great Lake series. BTW, I like to be in ketosis when doing them. More energy and more alert. Planning helps. (Like picking the right time of day to go through Chicago. 😅)
Congratulations! I have been an IBA member for about 10 years. I have done the 1,000 a few times and a two in one 1500 in 36 hours. Always feels amazing to have met your goal. Enjoy!
1043 miles was the most in a day for my Ss1000. I had a couple 600-700 mile days this summer on my Montana trip. Glad to see you on the roll now! Congrats!!!🎉
Bonza effort! Mission accomplished. Thank you for sharing. I love how in the USA you can pass through so many states in that distance, but from where I live in Australia I could just scrape in 3 states in the same distance People living in Perth would barely make it out of their state.
Just seen this and gave a 👍 I am in UK I have done 1000 miles b4 now not as a IBA and have thought about doing it in past, but never really understood it.but you explained it by far better. Thank you
Congratulations. WIth practise you could do these regularly if you need to get somewhere quickly and time is a limiting factor. I've done several undocumented ones. The first was to see if I could actually do it. That one was truly miserable. The others were because I needed to get from point A to point B and didn't have a lot of time to do so. A lot of Dallas to Los Angeles or vice versa. My top tips are: * Make sure your bike is suited for it. YOU have got to be comfortable on the bike. I like adventure bikes because ergonomically, you are sat in a comfortable position naturally. * Make sure you have weather appropriate gear. If you get cold or wet, or both, that is going to be miserable ride. Same with being too hot. I keep several pairs of gloves in my panniers (including one set of neoprene canoeing gloves) because heated grips don't overcome wet gloves. * Leave early in the morning. By leaving super early in the morning (say 2am) you could stop at 10 am for breakfast, and already have 8 hours under your belt. But, BONUS, you still have basically all day to ride. Also, i'd rather deal with the glare from oncoming headlights when i'm fresh, than later in my day when i'm exhausted. * Take advil, before you need it, pack some eye drops for your eyes, sunglasses, and ear plugs the whole way. For me, round about hour 12 is when my lower back might start to ache a little but, so I have to take advil right then. The first time i rode I suffered before remembering that most gas stations have advil for sale. * Have a routine for your gas stops. I fuel up, document the stop, go inside, use the restroom, then come back and get something to drink and something to eat. I like to get sandwiches and other foods that I can eat on the go. It's all about keeping the wheels moving and keeping up as high an average speed as possible. You don't have to go fast, you just have to be efficient. Eating while going 55mph on the frontage road keeps your wheels moving. * Don't be afraid to stop if you're too tired. Just stop. Get a hotel room. There will be other opportunities. * Walmart and Target sale racks, Salvation army, Goodwill, etc are nice places to get cheap extra layers if you're cold.
Congrats to you. I have never seriously contemplated riding that far in such a short period of time. I may have been able to do it when I was a young buck but now at 65 it’s not going to happen. I feel blessed to still be able to ride whatever the distance may be.
Hey, Amanda! Welcome to the world of Iron Butts from IBA 71243! I've done a Saddle Sore and a Bun Burner Silver (1500 in under 30 hours) and you're right, Kerri is an incredible rider!
Fantastic! It's great that you had someone with you. I rode 1800 miles coming back from South Dakota in 48 hours, and in hindsight... I was really too tired for many of those miles. A ridding buddy could have pointed that out to me at the time! It's easier o make mistakes alone! - Frank
Undocumented, about 28 years ago: I, semi-intentionally, went 1300 miles - from Lakewood CO to Knoxville TN. By semi intentionally, I mean I picked the destination, but for some reason I thought it was around 1000 miles. A week later, I unintentionally went 1700 miles - from Annapolis MD to Lakewood CO, in the rain. By unintentionally, I mean that I had planned on stopping in eastern Kansas for the night. But when I wanted to stop, there were no vacancies due to there being some sort of convention in town. So I got back on the road and continued. There were no more cities (just small towns) on my route, and I didn't want to waste more time unsuccessfully looking for a motel that was open and had a vacancy. I just wanted to be home and out of the wet, cold cloths. I arrived at home almost exactly the same time as I had left the day before. With two time zone changes, that was 26 hours.
Congratulations on getting out there and getting it done! I did my first last year (an in state Saddle Sore 1k) and I'm planning the BBG now. It's strangely addictive! I love the little odometer down there ticking off the miles as the video went on.
Excellent video and congrats!!! I did my very first Ironbutt back in July while on the way to "Get On ADV Fest" from SW Florida, two Ironbutts back to back with 2,250ish miles in 48 hours to get there in time, LOL! Overall round-trip was 5,318.5 miles over 11 days and I'm STILL working on editing all the content from the trip! ;)
I have don two certified saddle sore ride and another 5 just going down the road. Most between Wyoming and Phoenix AZ area. Did my first one at 70 years of age. Love your videos
Congratulations, Amanda! That's quite an accomplishment and inspiring for anyone considering such an undertaking. You did a great job recording the experience and thanks, also, to Kerri for being your Sherpa. The mile ticker in the corner was a helpful addition.
Congratulations and great job!!! Such a great feat that just leads to more of those "official" rides. I did my SS1k in September '21 and was surprised how much easier it was, physically, than the three subsequent days I spent riding back home.
Great video. I'm a R1200 GSA rider and have done several of the Discovery Routes out west, and have had some long rides to get to the start of some of them. And one ride I did to get to some sailing lessons in Seattle, via Portland, had me going through Columbia gorge - but on the north side. One of my favorite road rides anywhere. That was a great start to your ride. I just mapped out a trip from where I live now (Ogden, UT) to where I lived before I moved here (Lubbock, TX) and...NOT A CHANCE. I won't even pretend to suggest I could do it. The route I laid out is 991 (so, I'd find an additional 9 miles somewhere) but claims a total time of over 16 hours. So, factoring in stops for gas and food - maybe 18 hours. So, 6 AM to midnight. To repeat a phrase NOT A CHANCE. :) Congratulations on quite the feat.
Easily the best video of the 1K ride I’ve ever seen. I led these rides for those who wanted company. For me, riding so many miles on the freeway caused fatigue and I stopped Many times to rest, walk around, or even, looking like a fool, doing exercises in the parking lot!
Congrats! You truly are one of the worlds toughest riders. I completed my Iron Butt Saddlesore 1000 in July 2021 on a CB500X. My answer to the why question is to see if I could do it.
Congratulations! Great job and welcome to the IBA. I suspected that you might do this one day since you are a traveler. My first SS1K was for my 50th birthday. I'd never been on a very long mc trip before then, and the SS1K gave me the confidence to begin taking week-long cross-country trips.
I did a couple of Iron butt rides without knowing there was such a thing. I Han a summer job working at Disney World in FL. I lived in Illinois 1100+ miles in about 18 hours. The ride down was 3 days and sightseeing. The ride back was interstate! I did that for 3 summers in college on a Yamaha 650 special. My 60 year old self is looking for a custom seat!
WTG , I ride long distance ( and hours ) for the last 50 years . I do have an IBA SaddleSore Cert. on the wall from back in 2006 did it with a friend who was a city rider who wanted to prove to himself he could .
I've only ever done that in a PU truck. That was in April of '88, from Temple TX to Orlando FL. I couldn't find a place to sleep until I was well south of Lake City FL. Then there was no GPS for me and I wasn't even thinking about 24 hour personal records. The truck was a 6 cylinder, manual 4 in the floor - '84 Dodge D100. Well I remember how tired I was!
Congratulations! I've done it twice. The third time I couldn't keep my eyes open at 4AM. I found a dirt patch in the desert north of the Great Salt Lake and had a great two hour nap!
Enjoying your video. I am a new rider, working on my training wheels with a Honda Navi. Fun fact, your stop at the Loves truck stop in Bliss was formally a bar a pizza restaurant called the "Skinny Pig" owned and operated by my parents.
Congrats Amanda! The cool thing I noticed for me after doing a few SS1ks is how it makes a 5-600 mile day seem easier. Hardest SaddleSore 1000 I did was for the solar eclipse certificate in August 2017. Columbus, OH to Andrews, NC (via the Dragon) then back to Columbus (via some of the Blue Ridge Parkway). 1,187 miles and used all but 21 minutes of the 24 hours to do it.
Congratulations. Don't mind me strolling thru your older videos. I've never rode my bike 1000 miles but I have in a semi truck🤘🤠. One day when I have a comfortable bike I definitely will do the iron butt challenges.
Congratulations on your accomplishment, it's quite a feat. There's a lot of riders out there who call themselves "real bikers" when in reality they are just collecting shirts while they ride 200-300 miles in a day. My personal best is 700 miles and I was whipped at the end of the day.
CONGRATS! Best I've done in 1 day was 635 miles. Never really had a desire to do more than 400 mile days on overnight trips, but I was feeling good that day and got in the zone.
WhooHoo! Nicely done and extra points for the camera work. My personal best is 550 ish miles 40 years ago. I was young and was sore for a week! FF to today and 300 is my adult high mark....... SO FAR! Good deal!!, Your on my hero list :)
I can relate to the feeling of missing out on the milestone. This year I rode 978 miles in 16.5 hrs coming from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania. However I did this on an Indian scout sixty unlike most who use a bagger to complete.
Congratulations on your first saddle sore ride good to see you were doing it with an experienced rider. Here in the UK we have a lot of traffic on mixed motorway and two lane black top on a small island that makes a 1000 miles a bit more challenging but doable, looking forward to your next one. Best regards from the UK (IBA 57639)
I did do an unofficial one as I didn't know it was a thing and was just riding home. I had picked up a CBR600 F3 in Syracuse, NY. I rode down to Columbia, MD that afternoon. Got up Sat morning and on the road by 6:30 AM. Did a quick tourist ride through DC to get picture of Washington Monument, the White House, and then back on the road. Got home to the Ft. Lauderdale area Sun morning about 1 AM. Didn't realize it was about 1050 miles. My wife wasn't too happy with me needless to say. But I did get to sleep in my own bed that night. 🙂
Congratulations ! As shown by my channel picture to the left, I'm a Versys X300 owner and the seat is notorious for bring great pain to those that sit on it for more than a couple hours. So - a iron butt event will not be in my future or at least until I upgrade the seat to something much better.
Great job and congratulations Amanda. I did a lot of bike touring here in Australia back as a young fella around 30 to 40 odd years ago. I honestly never kept track of my kms but even now days I still wish I could ride and even though I still hold a bike licence and the mind is willing thanks to injury my body isn’t willing.
