Accomplished the Iron Butt (Saddlesore 1000)

[Chaharly]

Hey guys! Friday I took off from Omaha, Nebraska and road down Highway 75 to Tahlequah, Oklahoma. I then went southeast to Van Buren, Arkansas, and then from Van Buren to Crescent Iowa on I40 to I49 to I29. (I went to crescent because I was going to be about 8 miles short for the full 1000 miles). I took off at about 3:15AM and got home a little after 10:00PM. It was 102 degrees in Omaha that day, and low to mid-90s in Oklahoma and Arkansas and muggy. I could have done it a little faster, but I took more breaks because of the heat.  I had a tremendous headwind going south and an even stronger tail wind going home. If you've never been on I49 coming north from Fayetteville, it is a beautiful stretch of interstate. 

 

The 1988 Yamaha Venture, of course, performed flawlessly. I got poor mileage on the way down and great mileage on the way up! My start mileage was 104,331.8 and my ending mileage was 105,344.4. I still have to get the paperwork sent in to be verified

[N3FOL]

I've never done anything like that.  Truly impressive.  Congrats!

[RDawson]

Congratulations. I did one in 2019, started and ended at a gas station 8 miles from home so 16 miles farther than the GPS showed. Never did send in the paperwork since the patch didn’t interest me since I don’t wear a vest. I was recovering from shoulder surgery and bored out of my mind not working so as soon as the therapist said I could ride I really rode. Probably the first and last time, I have done some 850 mile days since then. 

[Chaharly]

15 hours ago, N3FOL said:

I've never done anything like that.  Truly impressive.  Congrats!

Thank ya! It's something I can cross off my list, though I'm really not a fan of riding at dark, so it'll probably be a one-and-done!

[Chaharly]

12 hours ago, RDawson said:

Congratulations. I did one in 2019, started and ended at a gas station 8 miles from home so 16 miles farther than the GPS showed. Never did send in the paperwork since the patch didn’t interest me since I don’t wear a vest. I was recovering from shoulder surgery and bored out of my mind not working so as soon as the therapist said I could ride I really rode. Probably the first and last time, I have done some 850 mile days since then. 

Thats a hell of start to get back on after your shoulder surgery!  I'm sending it in not for the patch but I would like to hang the certification in my office. 

 

But I agree, it'll probably be one and done. 700-800 mile days are no problem.  I dont ride much over 70mph on my old Venture, so that's a full day of riding anyway. 

 

I like to stop and see things, smell the roses, get off and walk, and have a nice big lunch

[BratmanXj]

Did mine in August of 2020, had it planned for a few years but life kept getting in the way.... Covid shut-downs and nothing much to do so 2 buddies of mine figured lets go.  Left the south side of Lake Michigan at the IL/IN boarder and headed up into Michigan, up and over into Green Bay, WI, pushed out to Madison WI then back south into IL.  I don't wear a vest, but I wanted to nice certificate to hang up in my office. 

Everyone asked why, or that sounds like torture... but hey, bucket list item checked off.