Come on Matt and Skooter!
From the Day11 report details:
"Behind Schedule
After Scoring Thunder Bay yesterday, Greg Marbach overslept last night and found himself about 1,400 miles from the finish at 9:21 a.m. Pacific Time this morning. Riding 1,400 miles in 21 ½ hours is usually nothing for Greg, but he’s not in Nevada today. He was in some town I’ve never heard of in the province of Ontario, and he has bonus stops he needs to make along the way back.
Alan Barbic is also going to be cutting it close. At 6 a.m. this morning he was in the bustling metropolis of Watersmeet, Michigan, which is 1,633 miles from the finish and nowhere close to an Interstate. A Bun Burner Gold pace all the way in is required to put him in the middle of the penalty window.
More Mechanical Problems
Gary Jarl’s R1200RT is leaking final drive lubricant. It’s a prelude to catastrophic failure, but he is going to attempt to make it to the finish.
Matt Watkins called from Minnesota to report that he has blown a rear shock. His plan is to limp back to the finish realizing that the possibility of maintaining a top ten slot is gone.
Bob Mutchler has had major problems with his side car rig. Based on Bob’s call today, the sidecar actually became separated from the bike. He is back on the road, but unlikely to have enough points to finish.
Ken Meese switched from a rock hard Metzeler ME 880 rear tire to a stickier Avon Storm to run the last leg. After running the new tire down to the wear bars in 2 days, he was fortunate to line up a replacement tire yesterday without losing much time. But now he has had to spend about four hours dealing with repairs to his shift lever, which fell off of his K1200GT. Glen Pancoast took four hours out of his riding time to help get Ken back on the road. (No, he won’t get an extra four hours to finish.)
Alex Harper is stopping frequently to add oil to his third bike in this rally, a BMW GS. The bike has a serious oil leak that is soaking Alex’s left leg.
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Other Problems
Tom and Rosie Sperry made their call-in bonus today from the side of the road while on their way to Saskatoon. It seemed like a good time to make the call because they weren’t going anywhere soon, having just run out of gas.
Richard Buber hit a small deer in Minnesota, but there was relatively little damage to either Richard or the bike. Some belly pan plastic is broken on the R1150RT. Both Richard and the RT are covered in deer excrement. The scorers are drawing straws tonight to see who gets to score him tomorrow morning. The honor goes to the short straw, of course. (However, deer excrement will probably smell better than some of the riders.)"
