pktexas Posted May 7, 2012 Share #1 Posted May 7, 2012 I completed part of my ride of the Tour of Honor to visit 7 memorial sites around Texas. I signed up for this ride back in Dec. The sites became available April 1st. Dave Zipcode and I attempted back on April 6th when he had his rear tire go flat on the way to the first site in Fredericksburg. Then he went down with his wife a week ago. Sure missed having him ride along, but glad he and Jamie are ok. I was planning to complete the ride of visiting all 7 sites in an Iron Butt Saddlesore 2000 in under 48hrs. The ride was good, turned Hot in North Texas, great weather, finished the required 4 sites in 1000 miles under the 24hr. Grabbed one more site north of Dallas at 12:30am. Headed for home, stopped for some rest along the way. Amazing you can fall alseep on the bike lying on the tank bag. By then I was up for over 24hrs. Got home after 27hrs on the road. Decided on not going to south Texas to grab the remaining 2 memorials. Needed to get some good rest. Was about 25 miles short of being able to submit the ride as a Bunburner 1500 in 36hrs. So I went for a short ride to get me over the #. Here are some pics of the memorial sites I visited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 7, 2012 Share #2 Posted May 7, 2012 Congrats on a great run Perry! I was following your Spots and rootin' you on! Soon I will have my bike ready to tag along! Get some rest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunboat Posted May 7, 2012 Share #3 Posted May 7, 2012 way to go perry, yep have pulled a couple of over 24 hrs myself. but not those kind of miles. well not since my navy days. reguards don c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted May 7, 2012 Share #4 Posted May 7, 2012 Congratulations. I don't think I could do it. Keep me updated on the TPMS you installed, I love mine for that extra peace of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave77459 Posted May 7, 2012 Share #5 Posted May 7, 2012 Congrats Perry! That's quite an achievement. Wish I could have ridden with you. :-( I know you didn't achieve the sort of pace you expected. What slowed you down? Looks like you spent a bunch of time in Fredericksburg, for example. Traffic? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van avery Posted May 7, 2012 Share #6 Posted May 7, 2012 Congrats Perry! Glad you made it OK. Sleeping on the tank is not a great idea. Guess this makes you even more of a hardA$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDawg Posted May 7, 2012 Share #7 Posted May 7, 2012 Great job Perry! I've been thinking about doing the 7 memorials out here in California. The furthest one out is about as far north in Cali that you can go, and I'm down in SoCal. So I would need a few days to do it. But the important part is you did it safely and it is for a great cause! Ride Safe! BigDawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pktexas Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted May 7, 2012 Congrats Perry! That's quite an achievement. Wish I could have ridden with you. :-( I know you didn't achieve the sort of pace you expected. What slowed you down? Looks like you spent a bunch of time in Fredericksburg, for example. Traffic? Dave GPS had me moving for almost 23hr out of the 28. Averaged around 30min per memorial stop, with 7 gas stops along the way. Seen a lot of DPS around Fredericksburg area. I rode a conservative ride, needed you to push me. Haven't checked my gas mileage yet, but I know on the way up to Lubbock the head wind was bad. I usually switched off the aux tank at 100 miles. That section, got only 60 miles on the tank. All n all was happy with the ride. Only traffic was back in Houston when they had 610 N and 45 shutdown and I had to sit in traffic to find a different route thru town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pktexas Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share #9 Posted May 7, 2012 Great job Perry! I've been thinking about doing the 7 memorials out here in California. The furthest one out is about as far north in Cali that you can go, and I'm down in SoCal. So I would need a few days to do it. But the important part is you did it safely and it is for a great cause! Ride Safe! BigDawg Thanks, would love to ride in California some day. Was stationed at Vandenburg AFB in the 70's, did a lot traveling around that state. Would love to see it again on a bike. Hope you get to do the ToH run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twigg Posted May 7, 2012 Share #10 Posted May 7, 2012 Nice Ride. Planning doing the Oklahoma sites when I can get my lazy friend on his bike. All seven can be done in 1079 miles, for an "In-State" SS1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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