Saddlesore 1600

[Bungie]

just in the beginning stages of planning one of these myself... any prep tips you'd care to share?

yes, read and understand the 25 tips for long distance riding on the Ironbutt.com website.

Make sure you don't go from a 100 mile ride to a 1000. You have to break your *** in (wait! what?!) and get more than 3hrs sleep the night before.

 

[Bungie]

Threw the light switch to my Hella Xenons on for the first time just an hour ago, thanks in part to your great description of the relay wiring. Thanks again.

Wait till you go for a ride at full dark and flip the switch.. Really really sweet! The first and last part of my ride were through the deer/moose/sasquatch in fested North Country. I was sure glad I had them on the SS1K.

 

[Bungie]

Epilogue:

Now that I'm back to something resembling coherency (if I ever was) some thoughts on the ride.

I have a new found respect for ppl that have done them (Saddlesores and Bun Burners). It really is something to have a grasp just how far a thousand miles is, its another thing to do them in one sitting. The fact the IBR participants do these back to back to back... just boggles my mind.

Despite my seat (Rick Mayer) giving me a sore butt after a couple of hours (I tend to sit forward on the thin forward part) it wasn't my *** that gave me cause for concern. It was the muscles in my upper back. Even with the Genmar risers. They were knotted up by the time the ride was half over. This with stretching on the bike to keep them as loose as possible. At the end, excruciating. Even today they still fill like somebody got a good swing with an axe and left it in there.

I'm pretty comfortable banging out a 500 or 600 mile day. Ya, I'm tired at the end but I've done them a bunch of times. When I was in North Bay at the 650 or 700 mile mark I was just an hour from home. I had some serious thoughts about turning right instead of heading straight. I think my internal comfortable safe limit is around that point. A 1000 is a whole other beast entirely. At least it was for me. I have absolutely no plans to make a habit of it, or even do it again. One of those things I wanted to do to see if I could.

So for the people that are interested into doing an IB ride. Plan it, sneak up on the mileage if you can but getting comfortable doing a couple 500 milers. Realize your limitations. For me I believe I was unfit to travel for the last hundred or so miles. It was dark, raining and I was very fatigued. If I knew home wasn't an hour a way, I would've packed it in and grabbed a room.

I'm gonna pop another batch of tylenol's, throw the heating pad on my upper back and go watch some tv.

 

[karstenp]

Congrats Steve,

Great trip report. The first 1660 kms (1000 mi) day is the hardest. Feels great to have done it eh?

 

[MEM]

So for the people that are interested into doing an IB ride. Plan it, sneak up on the mileage if you can but getting comfortable doing a couple 500 milers. Realize your limitations. For me I believe I was unfit to travel for the last hundred or so miles. It was dark, raining and I was very fatigued. If I knew home wasn't an hour a way, I would've packed it in and grabbed a room.
I'm gonna pop another batch of tylenol's, throw the heating pad on my upper back and go watch some tv.

Good epilogue, Steve. Reminds me of my running a half-marathon last year . ("One of those things I wanted to do to see if I could.")

And that pain in your upper back? Probably your rhomboids. BTDT except I described my pain as feeling like a hot knife (vs your knitting needle). Add ibuprofen to your Tylenol (yes, it's ok to take them together ; they work differently. Don't take either one for extended periods of time) and get yourself to a good massage therapist

Now.....what's next ?!

See you in NH in a few weeks ! :yahoo:

 

[Patriot]

Even with the Genmar risers. They were knotted up by the time the ride was half over. This with stretching on the bike to keep them as loose as possible. At the end, excruciating. Even today they still fill like somebody got a good swing with an axe and left it in there.
I'm gonna pop another batch of tylenol's, throw the heating pad on my upper back and go watch some tv.

3 things here that work for me

1) I pop 2 max tylenol and 2 max advil first thing when I get up (along with my anti-luney med)...I try to remember to repeat every 4-6 hours

the advil (in tankbag)

2) Airhawk Air Pad

3)

 

[Bungie]

3)

Wouldn't it just be easier and cheaper to hang a set of Apes on the FJR? While your at it, hard tail it cuz swingarms are for *******.

 

[BikerGeek99]

Good stuff, Steve! Congrats! :yahoo: :clapping:

One of these days I'll get one 'O those under my belt.

Now, there's one thing we've gotta work on, bud. Your descriptions. Let's take this example:

I had a raging knot between my shoulder blades that felt like... like.. Somebody was stabbing me with a hot knitting needle.

At least make an effort, son.

Let's use this as an example:

I had a raging, hormonal, manly testosterone-induced knot of man-love between my taint and my shoulder blades that felt like... like.. 2 midget mud wrestlers, Elvira Of The Night, and Perry Como were taking turns stabbing me in my back - through my sack, no less - with a dull porcupine in heat.

Outside of the box, my friend. Outside of the box.

And you still owe me beer.

 

[Bungie]

Now, there's one thing we've gotta work on, bud. Your descriptions. Let's take this example:And you still owe me beer.

Don't make me go all Dennis Miller on your ***. I can alliterate with the best of them - just not after running 1000 miles on 3 hrs sleep! Better to go with the safe tried 'n true. At least I got it rolling a bit in the second half.

Yes, I owe you beer. Not just any old mass market beer either. I'm talking beer that was made from grains lovingly prepared and selected by self flagellating Bavarian brewers whose traditions and recipes came from hundreds of years of experimentation, refinement and whipping by their own hands on anything but incremental progress. I've heard told that the beer is fermented in kettles that are lovingly licked clean after each attempt by their virgin female offspring, but only during menstruation as this adds to a subtle overtone to the flavour. The beer is filtered through ice that can only be obtained at a region that is rumoured to be Valhalla. Men prepare to drink this beer by fasting for a week, just to eliminate the possibility of contaminating the brew with any impurities in the digestive track. A beer, a beer so good, that even urinating it out and causes multiple orgasms. The taste alone has been reported to cause the sensation of your brain stem rotating. The first sip causes you to speak French sweetly, the second, makes you sing like Pavorotti wishes he could. Be forewarned though, drinking it hastily without savor has the opposite affect, making you speak in something akin to the 'click' language of remote African tribes and smell like nutsack sweat fermented deeply in a vat buried deep under a colonic spa in Mumbai.

 

[rushes]

:lol:

 

[huron52]

Good report Steve

I had no doubt that you would do it.... Now we can pop down to West Virginia for the weekend...

That should be a peice of cake now!

 

[BikerGeek99]

Menstruation.

Nice touch!

 

[DE OPPRESSO LIBER]

Strong work, Bungie! Ditch the heating pad though- it feels good but draws too much blood flow to already inflamed muscles and only increases spasms once removed. Drink a **** load of water.

Looking forward to meeting you in a few weeks!

 

[Bungie]

Strong work, Bungie! Ditch the heating pad though- it feels good but draws too much blood flow to already inflamed muscles and only increases spasms once removed. Drink a **** load of water.
Looking forward to meeting you in a few weeks!

Didn't know that, feels much better today. See ya at the Green & Whites with at least 2 other Frostbacks. After the SS1600 the 1000km down should be a breeze LOL!

 

[Bungie]

Epilogue #2.

The bike is put away for the season and it's been nearly 4 full months since I did my attempt at an SS1600. Today didn't start well, not much sleep last night because when I went to bed I looked out my window to see this:

That's my new to me silver Mazda that the Ford is using to rest against. Some damn fool took out 3 cars, one of which was 35 feet away, then decided being a damn fool carries a certain amount of responsibility; they rose up to the challenge by running away. Nice thing about fools is their so predictable. By the time the cops finished up their report it was close to 2am and I had my second wind. I think I finally fell asleep around 5am.

Monday. Its blah, my car got shmucked and where the hell is my damn SS1600 certificate?!

The mailman just left

It's official, IBA # 44620

Today is looking up!

 

[Dr. Bones]

Congratulations on the SS1600!!

Bummer about the car, but what can you do?

Start dreaming about the new seat and suspension!!!!

 

[ynotride]

Congrats :yahoo:

Your notice came a little later than mine but your 52 numbers before me