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It's not just me then. I thought knowing Eddie personally and liking him was an automatic proposition.

T6 will never be right again and my right half still feels full of scar tissue, but I'm alive and happy. ;)

See that 9K tach mark? It's fine to that point for extended periods. Use it all and suddenly 4-5K doesn't seem like a big deal. The FJR is a high-revving sport-touring bike for a reason and was even more RPM until they dropped it with a different final drive ratio in 2006. That said, don't...

I had a similar experience once. It was an Earls rally in 2015. One that he won, I saw him during the rally, thought I had a better route, and would have....if I hadn't have splatted two sheep and got an expensive helicopter ride to a trauma center. The coolest thing in the world was him...

It looks like somewhere between 77,000 and 80,000 was the minimum to finish. 94 finishers with 13 DNF is a pretty successful field. Usually around 2/3 to 3/4 are finishers...this percentage is much higher.

Thanks Tyler for the update. Tickled and so impressed.....a three-peat! https://www.ironbuttrally.net/standings/

I vaguely remember a target point range shared for an earlier leg in a report...or maybe an FB comment of somebody at the CP. Regardless, they haven't shared minimum points for the rally. After the banquet they'll post the results and the cut line will manifest.

Nope!

I was going to post a freshened version of my Day 8 post about the fog of the rally, but Lisa Landry nailed it even better and notice some of the rally dots are slowing down. Copy and paste this gem. I get it.

Google was my friend as I didn't know either. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=SWMBO

It's called gear or driveline "lash" and perfectily normal. And it seems over the top when you don't have a load on it. Do you expect to use your FJR by leaving it on the center stand with no load? If not, (.which is the correct answer) and there isn't noise when the bike is on the ground...

IBA Motorcycle Riders is the most popular one that anybody can get into. There are others, but they have special affiliation and private groups.

Then that's not transmission nor final drive. That's engine.

When you say whine, does it increase in volume and/or pitch. Is pitch related to RPM or throttle load? Does it make the sound when you put it on the centerstand, put it in gear, and apply throttlle (obviously don't pin it)? If so, take a length of hose (say fuel line), but it to your ear, and...

Regrading the decline of coverage here on IBR: Same reasons as shared in the past.....it's on FB more now. Beyond the IBR, dedicated forums have been declining for years to social media. There are actually more riders this year in the rally! Also, they've held details of the rally more...

Watching riders at 2 a.m. my time and seeing that with a bit over 4 days left a couple of folks appear to be headed to Alaska after having crossed into Canada, a third crosser going around the lakes near Thunder Bay, and a particularly industrious bee heading back towards the northeast with...

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This thread is closed as Leg #2 is over. Keri shows as #66 after the checkpoint, so is still in the rally.

According to RallyMom about 27 minutes ago: