Saddle Sore Ride

[Rick_C]

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 styles, one with a long/ thin resting point and the other with a wider/shorter resting point. They were only $10 each and honestly, I saw value in both styles so I just went ahead and picked them both up! They seem like they will work pretty good and I am anxious to give it a try. My roadster had a really good throttle lock on it when I bought the bike but honestly, the darn thing frustrated more than anything. I found myself always having to adjust it as it is exactly what it says...just locks the throttle in. So I think I will be happier with this choice.

I am also considering getting one of those blue tooth thing-a-mig-jug (I'm very technical) put on my helmet so that I can listen to music through my phone. I have never done this before for the 45+ years I have been riding. I have always been a purist when riding. This won't be my first 18+ hour ride I have ever done but will be the first that I have actually tried to do something through IBA. I can see the value of listening to my tunes on this ride but still on the edge on this one...the purist side of me still says just ride the bike and enjoy what that has to offer.

I am going to get a sheepskin though! I have been reading some really good things about them that other riders swear by. So I figure a small add-on like that can't hurt and can always get pulled off simple enough if it doesn't work. Does anyone know of a good vendor that sell these? I look on Fast Eddy site but I didn't see any. I like to support Eddy as much as I can because for years he sent me things when I was stationed overseas when other vendors wouldn't and never even charged extra for it. So there is my plug for the day...buy off of Fast Eddy's site if you are online shopping...he's good people!!

I got my sheepskin from tandy leather goods. pretty sure they have an online site

 

[Tal]

So for us guys down under....or at least me...
Why do you need all this proof? Is it because youre entering different states?
We can travel from one end of our country to the other with no problems as there are no different states. Aussie is the same.
As you can tell, ive never been to the USA....enlighten me.

 

[Old N' Grumpy]

So for us guys down under....or at least me...
Why do you need all this proof? Is it because youre entering different states?
We can travel from one end of our country to the other with no problems as there are no different states. Aussie is the same.
As you can tell, ive never been to the USA....enlighten me.

Cause otherwise we will cheat!

 

[Trumpeteer]

So for us guys down under....or at least me...
Why do you need all this proof? Is it because youre entering different states?
We can travel from one end of our country to the other with no problems as there are no different states. Aussie is the same.
As you can tell, ive never been to the USA....enlighten me.

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 operate on a volunteer basis and the whole thing really does operate on the integrity of the system with what people are doing and that they verify and give the certificates out to those who earned them. If they didn't do that then the whole thing would go to he11 in a hand basket. So the receipts along with the odometer shows the proof. The receipts will have physical address along with date and time. So you can verify that with the odometer. For example, I am going from Kansas City to New York State so that will show the line by fill ups...Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. They can track that to see it is legit and on the up and up.

I have been reading that my kind journey is easier and faster to verify because it is a one way trip. A lot of people go to get their certificate on a weekend where you have to loop your course in order to get the miles and naturally, there is more opportunities for monkey business when the course is looped. It is a little bit of a hassle to go through all the hoops but I get it...if the IBA didn't do this then the integrity of their system would be crap and the certificate would be worthless.

 

[Tal]

Gotcha now....seems quite logical to me too.
Do you get an IBA patch to sew on ?? or just a sore butt?

 

[Ishrub]

Gotcha now....seems quite logical to me too.
Do you get an IBA patch to sew on ?? or just a sore butt?

You aren't really tough until you combine the two!

 

[1olbull]

You aren't really tough until you combine the two!

What?
Sew the patch onto yer butt?!?!?!

 

[Ishrub]

What?
Sew the patch onto yer butt?!?!?!

Your quite perceptive some times Steve! You tough enough? Of cause you have to participate in in a gay pride march too and have your photo taken with a receipt for your outfit next to the patch. Discreet of cause, No need for a Brazilian or anything sordid like that.

 

[R3 in CT]

I am going to head to NY this summer for a vacation. I will be heading into the Hudson Valley up by West Point and will be staying clear of the city. I will be doing this on my own so I will be throwing a leg over the Rocket and heading to the empire state from Kansas City, Missouri. I am considering on registering an IBA ride and see if I can get myself a purrrrrty certificate. The plan is to go from Kansas City to Wilkes-Barre, PA which is my original route of travel and is about 1100 miles. Here is my question to anyone that has done one of these before: How big of a deal is the witness thing? I am riding by myself and could get a witness on the start of it but who is to say I can pull over a complete stranger in Wilkes-Barre and witness a form for me with their home address???...Doing everything else on the form is a no brainer with snapping off pictures of receipts with odometer, etc. Anyways, I thought I would ask for any insight. Thanks guys!

Trumpeteer - I live in CT not too far from West Point. If you want to meet up with myself and my riding Buddies this summer near West Point, let me know. Will be happy to join you on a portion of your trip.

 

[Old N' Grumpy]

I grew up across the river from Bear Mountain. A really nice ride would be north on the Taconic. If you go just watch for deer especially at dusk and dawn.