2011 IBR - The Inside View

[jwhite518]

I want to know who caused LL to laugh until she cried.

And I want to state here that the 3 going to Hyder are all capable of winning it. I hope one of them does.

 

[Tyler]

I want to know who caused LL to laugh until she cried.

And I want to state here that the 3 going to Hyder are all capable of winning it. I hope one of them does.

The recaps are great... it's fun being on the "inside" sorta...

I need more popcorn...

 

[SkooterG]

I want to know who caused LL to laugh until she cried.

And I want to state here that the 3 going to Hyder are all capable of winning it. I hope one of them does.

+1 as to the LL tearmaker identity!

As for the the 3 going to Hyder - NUTS! NEVER blow your wad on the first leg of the IBR. While all three could win it, my money and allegiance is on Eric Jewell or Chris Sakala. The fact that those are the two *******s in this year's IBR who finished ahead of me last time around has NOTHING, I say NOTHING to do with it!

Edit: And don't forget Curt Gran. A PROVEN Big Dog when it comes to pouring on the miles!

 

[Auburn]

From the ld-rider list:

Heard that 4 speeding tickets have already been handed out in the greater Seattle area since the start.

Wonder if they were keeping a watch out for them or something...

Nothing special, just some very big speed traps that WSP usually runs and all three main groups went through at least one. Even the MC WSP have laser on the west side now.

 

[Warchild]

After reading the daily report on the Iron Butt Rally site, and seeing the post on Ldrider. All I gotta say is that guy is having a really bad day!

Definitely.

As Tom Austin's Day 1 report clearly indicated, David's egress out of the impound lot was non-standard. To say the least. I wasn't very happy with him.

Now this electrical issue.

A very bad Day 1 for Mr Fick. :huh:

 

[LowAndSilent]

WSP was out in force on I5 Northbound. They had a plane up spotting just north of Tulalip.

Also, here is the video of everyone (well...almost everyone) rolling out from the start.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMyYiRqMxXU

Photos coming shortly.

 

[Warchild]

Okay, what 'da ****..... check out this SPOT snapshot just taken...

LOOK at this "TBO" dude riding in uber-slow-*** Hwy 12 in Orofino, Idaho!!! WTF?! Is he sight-seeing?! :blink:

 

[dcarver]

We just got back from compleating 1/4 of the 4 corner portion of the IBA Rally, more pictures to follow. this was the Candy Butt Rally.

NOW we are talking!

 

[SkooterG]

LOOK at this "TBO" dude riding in uber-slow-*** Hwy 12 in Orofino, Idaho!!! WTF?! Is he sight-seeing?! :blink:

Must be. Guess he wants to ride the Lolo Pass road. Hell, maybe he'll double back and ride it two or three times for the fun of it. :lol:

 

[LowAndSilent]

The perfect bike to do a 48-state blast.

FJR's much?

No auxiliary tank...but a Frankentank. Not as clean as the one AuburnFJR is rolling with.

The Hopeless Class and odd balls

A bad omen for the Triumph that's running in the IBR?

The sole instruction given by Dale: DON'T F&*K UP!

Amused onlookers.

All done in 4 minutes.

 

[Warchild]

Awesome shots, L&S!

 

[SkooterG]

Great pics! Thanks!

 

[wheatonFJR]

Awesome shots, L&S!

I would agree...the one of the pieman even came out okay.

 

[exskibum]

LOOK at this "TBO" dude riding in uber-slow-*** Hwy 12 in Orofino, Idaho!!! WTF?! Is he sight-seeing?! :blink:

Must be. Guess he wants to ride the Lolo Pass road. Hell, maybe he'll double back and ride it two or three times for the fun of it. :lol:

Judging from the time and the latest SPOT track for him, it appears he's on Lolo Pass and going to ride it in the dark. That IS a great motorcycle road, but doing it from dusk into the night? Forest rat time, slow and treacherous. Good luck to him.

 

[ahchiu]

Here are some more pictures,

Looks like Dale is about to get slapped upside the head!

These two are from down under

Neihart trying to get riders to bring pie back from all 48 states

Looks like ready2go is NOT ready2go

Now he's ready2go

 

[Sharif]

I am majorly pumped at this year's format! Really looking forward to watching the events unfold - the spot link is fantastic.

 

[Niehart]

Good pictures Adam and Marcus! wheatonFJR, oh..nothing .

Dale said they would be out 4.5 minutes. He got them out even quicker than that. Good job!

 

[escapefjrtist]

Nice pics y'all. After witnessing the finish in Spokane in '09, it was fun to see how it all starts!

Good luck to all the riders!

--G

 

[beerme]

Who's on the blue SV650? I didn't see it listed in Tom's Day -2 roster.

 

[Bugnatr]

wow, wow, wow. Great pics and reports, this is great. The 11 day superbowl of motorcycling!