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    IronButt Kansas City to New York

    Good call and thank you for that suggestion! I went down there today and picked up some rear brake pads so I have full replacement sets for both fronts and rear (a lesson learned the hard way a long time ago:whitstling:). They also had a sale on some really nice Bullit gloves for $20 so I bought...
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    IronButt Kansas City to New York

    Thanks for the advise guys. I will grab an apple at a couple of the stops. Great idea on going to the Cyclegear in Lanexa as I planned on going there to get a spare set of rear brake pads to throw in the bag for the trip.
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    IronButt Kansas City to New York

    There is some really good advise on this! Thank you for taking the time and sharing this with me: I did go on to the IBA website and will be using their log sheet that they provide there. I also have mapped out my route on google maps and printed it off. My plan was to scan all of this into...
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    IronButt Kansas City to New York

    Game on!! This time next week I will be leaving my office in Kansas City, MO and will be heading to Hudson Valley, New York looking to join the 'I don't have enough sense to take a break' club! :laugh: From Departure door to arrival door the trip is going to be 1,265 miles. It's looking to be...
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    front brakes..

    Have you tried tying your brake lever to the bar? If not, pull the lever back as if you were normally applying your brakes and then tie it off in that position and leave it there overnight. Do not go crazy on tying it down...just tie it off at the same tension you apply the pressure with your...
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    Saddle Sore Ride

    I was born and raised North Newburgh by Middle Hope and know the area quite well. I would love to meet up for a ride at some point! The plan right now is to leave out of work early on Friday, June 30th and then "iron butt" it to the Hudson. Ending point is Marlboro. The whole idea of doing the...
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    Saddle Sore Ride

    It boils down so that I can get a patch and a piece of paper from Iron Butt Association stating that I did a 1,000 mile day. I could pretty it up more than that I suppose but that is the truth of it...to have a certificate to go rooster over. Now why is the IBA so particular? Because they...
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    BS did not work

    You sir have the lost the battle. The only hope left in this situation is to continue to stand by your story and do NOT change or alter it! Perhaps in time it could convince her and wear her down. But then again..."PERHAPS" is the key word...
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    Wife called me a Hooligan

    Agreed! I know that we are talking about a gender issue...not a nationality one. My wife is Japanese and for 24 years now there have been times I looked at her like an inquisitive dog as she spoke expletives that I did not understand but in accordance with tone and body language....my guess was...
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    Wife called me a Hooligan

    Is a "pain in the a$$ that won't ever grow up" the definition of a hooligan?? Because that quotation gets pointed out to me during certain times of the year... I was taking the family out for dinner last Sunday and naturally I was the first one at the door and waiting...and waiting...and...
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    Saddle Sore Ride

    All these inputs provided is allowing me to best prepare for this so that I can still enjoy it too and not just suffer through! For that I am very grateful! Thank you! Yesterday I picked up the cramp buster from a Triumph dealer in Des Moines while I was up there for business. They had two...
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    Saddle Sore Ride

    Thank you for posting this, there is some really good advise on here. I won't be with another bike so I will give extra care to keeping my focus and the hard candy is a great piece of advise! I do that already and it works quite well. I am also thinking of getting a blue tooth unit thing for my...
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    Saddle Sore Ride

    You are correct from what I have gathered on their website. There is a form to fill out but I'm retired military so I have gotten pretty good at following and filling at a checklist!:confused:o_O But I was reading also that they like the picture submissions along with the form too. It seems a...
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    Saddle Sore Ride

    Thanks for the good advise. I plan on taking a picture of the fuel receipt next to the odometer at each fill up. I think that keeps with the nature of the integrity of the trip. To Wilks-Barre is about 1100 but then my destination is 1300 miles. I might just push it out and do it all but then I...
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    Saddle Sore Ride

    :laugh::roll::whitstling:
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