Iron Butt

http://makeashorterlink.com/?E454351E6

Anyone here done it, or know someone that has ?
It has always appealed to me.

If you were going to do it, what bike would you use ?

 

And the correct URL is...

http://www.ironbutt.com/about/default.cfm

 

Well that link points to a thread about Daytona Bike Week,
which I have been to, but I've not done any Iron Butt events,
of which you can get better info here:
www.ironbutt.com

Did you actually mean Iron Butt or Bike Week?

For an Iron Butt event, I'd use very, very comfy tourer,
such as a Gold Wing.

While I was at Daytona I hired a Harley Sportster for
a few days and while I was pootling around on that, got
chatting to local guy who lent me his unused[1] 650
Nighthawk for the remainder of the fortnight. Which was
nice )


[1] He'd just bought a Harley Fat Boy.

 

Klaatu wrote

Course it never fucking occurred to you to actually read the thread that
your nice compact link takes us to is it? Chances are you would have
got a clue or two from there.


And what is all that bollox about being world-wide? Ironbutt is all
about a fast crossing from east to west (or west to east I dunno which)
of the widest bit of merkania. It has **** all to do with anything
outside of that, in fact anything else is just a cheap imitation of the
real thing.

 

See correction above :O)

 

I've done a number of 1000 mile days:
- Venice to Huddersfield. 1982. Z750e
- John O'Groats > Lands End > Gloucester. 1984. GPz750 turbo
- Mt Isa (Qld, Aus) to Katherine (NT, Aus). 1989. FJ1100
- Adelaide (SA, Aus) to Sydney (NSW, Aus). 1989. FJ1100
- Florence to Cheltenham. 2001. GSX-R 1000.

I'm not in a hurry to do any more.

 

Read that one on your website I think.

Heh. Longest I'v done is London to Assen dunno how far that is and
there is the ferry to france in between - rac.co.uk says its 408
miles. Christ it felt more though.

 

I did actually - I was juggling urls in clipboards and got the wrong
one.

Anyway, I am allowed one mistake a week

 

I hope this was more exciting than it sounds.

 

Big Tony wrote

You are kidding right. I have never heard the tale told so well. The
drama, the intrigue, the costume, the very clever little twist at the
end. Utter fucking brilliance it is, a work of sheer genius.

 

In fact, it was to go and see Keith race , whom it turns out, you,
as I've just realized from links on your webpages know.

 

Was she impressed enough to shag you?

 

I've done a couple.

Florence -> Derby
Milton Keynes -> Basel

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Not really, tell us about the shag.

 

Don't think Milton Keynes -> Basel is anywhere near 1000 miles.

 

To those noobs that labour under the misconception that "The Clique (There
Is No Clique)tm" is a creation of ukrm, check out the thread in the above
link... Jeez, there's some names I ain't seen for a while, there.
--
| Wik -UKRMHRC#10- 2003 R1150GSA -DC#1 -'FOT#0 'FOF #39 - BOD#12 BOB#12
|# You don't believe me | "Experience is the worst teacher.
|That the scenery | It always gives the test first
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***** human response from wik at blueyonder dot co dot uk *****

 

Klaatu let forth with a mighty belch and uttered :

Done a (close to ) 1,000 mile day carting documents between Nottingham,
London and Southampton when couriering[1]. That was a big earning day!

Did it on the XJ650. If I were to do the Iron Butt, I'd choose a Divvy 900
or a GTR1000 as I know the GTR is capable of being ridden for extended
periods and the only bloke I know who had a Divvy reckoned it was a sofa
and capable of being ridden all day.

Some Brit won it a few years ago on a Guzzi 1000.

[1] Nottm - Grantham - Nottm - Wembley - Nottm - City - Nottm - Southampton
- Nottm - Sheffield - Home. Don't know the actual mileage.
20 hour day and the only ones that didn't pay were home - Nottm and
Sheffield - Home. Nice big spiv for taking the Southampton plus a
backhander when I returned with the signed docs.

 

It is if you go via the route we took.

Which could be summed up as the wrong route.

 

Ahh ok, yes it could be. It seemed like 1000, but I'll strike it off
the list.

I think the once was enough anyhow.

 

I've done Westbury - Berlin, but that was in a Morris Minor.