To add to the story, I believe he bought "Deerslayer" because it had decent miles on it, and to that point was tick free. The commonly held belief being that if you passed a certain mileage with no sign of tick, it was less likely to appear. Guess that belief needs some additional work.
Dude, he's hooked up to sat tracking, just like the last IBR. You'll be able to follow his route, IIRHSC. Hey, I got a better idea! How 'bout in lieu of gas coinage, you donate some of your un-used miles. God only knows (as do the rest of us) you have thousands upon thousands of them...
That's the plan, anyway.... but I seem to have less than good luck with the Star -Traxx system. Satillite coverage here in the extreme Pacific Northwest has not been 100% solid. On top of that, my Star-Traxx transceiver is in the shop to update the firmware... I hope to have it back for a BBG3000 training run this upcoming Friday/Saturday.
Umm.. all this in Nevada? I've only passed thru Nevada once, but it seems to me Nevada is a desert state, typically hot in the day, and chilly at night. So, Nevada in July is gonna be sweltering in the day, and freezing at night? For the day time temperature issues, might i suggest changing one external fuel tank for a water tank with a pump and a spritzer nozzle like they have at the amusement parks. And at night, well, bundle up after drying off.
Twenty five on way via pay pal.I hope the Nevada heat doesnt smoke you DaleI wrestled quite a while trying to decide to post this or not, but... if I don't do something soon, the event may not happen at all.
Here is the deal:
I intend to establish a new World Record for Endurance Riding, and I intend to use the Blackbird to do it. This ride has been almost a year in planning.
One of the Iron Butt Association's "Extreme" Rides is known as the Bun Burner GOLD, which is a documented ride that covers 1,500 miles in less than 24 hours. There's also a "BBG3000", which is two back-to-back Bun Burner GOLD rides. In 2003, I was rallymaster for such a ride, and myself and 25 other riders set a new World Record during that event.
Since that time, several adventurous souls have tried to better this mark by attempting 3 (and even 4!) back-to-back BunBurner GOLD riders. As of this writing, a very small handful of riders have been able to complete three (3) documented back-to-back Bun Burner GOLD rides, and one has managed to complete four (4) consecutive Bun Burner GOLD rides. The latter is the current record as of this writing.
Fron June 30 - July 6, I will shatter that record by completing an ENTIRE WEEK of documented Bun Burner GOLD rides! That's seven (7) consecutive days - riding 1,500 miles per day - which will result in a combined 10,500 miles in one week's time!
Now here comes the problem.....
When I first started planning this project almost a year ago, I budgeted gasoline at $2.70/gallon. Now that it is closing in on $4.00/gallon in some of the regions I'll be riding in, this is turning out to be a huge issue. I am endeavoring to mitigate the problem by introducing steps to increase my MPG range (throttling back a little, doing painfully slow starts, and going up to a 18T countersprocket, etc).
However, I now calculate that I am several hundred dollars short on my fuel budget.
It's demoralizing, in that I have actually garnered quite a bit of sponsorship for this event already.... Avon North America is providing tires (3 sets of Storms), Western Power Sports has donated a case of Silkolene 10-50W Race Synthetic and 4 K&N oil filters: BLM-Accessories.com built and donated the extra fuel cells to allow me to carry 21.6 gallons of fuel, VancoSport has donated chain and sprockets, etc, etc, etc.
Yet, I'm unlikely to find a oil company that's going to give me a unlimited fuel card, so... fuel cost I must bear alone.
I will need approximately 375 gallons of fuel strictly during the event itself As fuel is going for $3.50 to $4.00 per gallon, event fuel cost alone is going to run me anywhere from $1400 to $1500!!!!
ONLY IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED, you can donate to help me put a mark in the World Record books buy tossing some $$$ into a PayPal account set up strictly for this "Bun Burner GOLD Hell Week" event:
[email protected]
No amount is to large or too small; all amounts are graciously accepted. I will be using these donations for a single purpose only: to purchase pre-paid gas card from Shell, Chevron, Mobil One, etc. This way, I don't have to be concerned of a credit card/debit card going offline due to the bank seeing heavy number of fuel purchases every day from June 30-July 6.
If you don't (or won't) do PayPal, you can certainly send donations by snail-mail and/or purchase fuel cards directly and send them my way! You can score pre-paid gas cards at https://www.svmcards.net Just drop me a PM if you need a mailing address for me.
Well, there it is folks...... if I'm going to set a World Record, I need a little help from my forum brethren.
Again, any donation at all is TREMENDOUSLY appreciated!
Web Site for this event: BunBurner GOLD Hell Week
The June30 start date for BBG Hell Week is pretty much out of the question now. 
....so put the funds in escrow, get yourself back into riding shape....and go for it! :yahoo: 
I wrestled quite a while trying to decide to post this or not, but... if I don't do something soon, the event may not happen at all.
Here is the deal:
I intend to establish a new World Record for Endurance Riding, and I intend to use the Blackbird to do it. This ride has been almost a year in planning.
One of the Iron Butt Association's "Extreme" Rides is known as the Bun Burner GOLD, which is a documented ride that covers 1,500 miles in less than 24 hours. There's also a "BBG3000", which is two back-to-back Bun Burner GOLD rides. In 2003, I was rallymaster for such a ride, and myself and 25 other riders set a new World Record during that event.
Since that time, several adventurous souls have tried to better this mark by attempting 3 (and even 4!) back-to-back BunBurner GOLD riders. As of this writing, a very small handful of riders have been able to complete three (3) documented back-to-back Bun Burner GOLD rides, and one has managed to complete four (4) consecutive Bun Burner GOLD rides. The latter is the current record as of this writing.
Fron June 30 - July 6, I will shatter that record by completing an ENTIRE WEEK of documented Bun Burner GOLD rides! That's seven (7) consecutive days - riding 1,500 miles per day - which will result in a combined 10,500 miles in one week's time!
Now here comes the problem.....
When I first started planning this project almost a year ago, I budgeted gasoline at $2.70/gallon. Now that it is closing in on $4.00/gallon in some of the regions I'll be riding in, this is turning out to be a huge issue. I am endeavoring to mitigate the problem by introducing steps to increase my MPG range (throttling back a little, doing painfully slow starts, and going up to a 18T countersprocket, etc).
However, I now calculate that I am several hundred dollars short on my fuel budget.
It's demoralizing, in that I have actually garnered quite a bit of sponsorship for this event already.... Avon North America is providing tires (3 sets of Storms), Western Power Sports has donated a case of Silkolene 10-50W Race Synthetic and 4 K&N oil filters: BLM-Accessories.com built and donated the extra fuel cells to allow me to carry 21.6 gallons of fuel, VancoSport has donated chain and sprockets, etc, etc, etc.
Yet, I'm unlikely to find a oil company that's going to give me a unlimited fuel card, so... fuel cost I must bear alone.
I will need approximately 375 gallons of fuel strictly during the event itself As fuel is going for $3.50 to $4.00 per gallon, event fuel cost alone is going to run me anywhere from $1400 to $1500!!!!
ONLY IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED, you can donate to help me put a mark in the World Record books buy tossing some $$$ into a PayPal account set up strictly for this "Bun Burner GOLD Hell Week" event:
[email protected]
No amount is to large or too small; all amounts are graciously accepted. I will be using these donations for a single purpose only: to purchase pre-paid gas card from Shell, Chevron, Mobil One, etc. This way, I don't have to be concerned of a credit card/debit card going offline due to the bank seeing heavy number of fuel purchases every day from June 30-July 6.
If you don't (or won't) do PayPal, you can certainly send donations by snail-mail and/or purchase fuel cards directly and send them my way! You can score pre-paid gas cards at https://www.svmcards.net Just drop me a PM if you need a mailing address for me.
Well, there it is folks...... if I'm going to set a World Record, I need a little help from my forum brethren.
Again, any donation at all is TREMENDOUSLY appreciated!
Web Site for this event: BunBurner GOLD Hell Week
