Endurance Rider - A brief history

[ScooterWolf]

Endurance Rider, sounds like you got into the SCR just under the radar. It's a shame that a crash caused them to change the rules. Would they had done the same if it was a 250 cc bike that had hit a sign as well? If I were to enter I wouldn't want to do so as a second class 'tourist'. I'm not sure why they are against bikes that are made for long distant riding. If they want to limit the speeds, require the riders to have a GPS where they can be tracked. Give them three strikes if they exceed the posted speeds.

In LD riding I don't believe there are any limits on the bikes a rider uses. I can't see why the same isn't applied to the scooter competition. On their forum I had even suggested that they could have classes of riders, if they are afraid that the Maxi's will have an unfair advantage.

Sorry. Ranting. This drums up a lot of anger and bad memories. No one likes to marginalized.

- Wolf

[Endurance Rider]

Please feel free to rant.

I kicked off also but I can see why they did it.

I can't speak for the organisers as some of them are good friends of mine but I think that they wanted to make it more of a grass roots kind of event and less of a cruise for the 500cc plus brigade.

email me at twobells333@gmail.com for some news that I can't share here with you about 2018.

ER.

[ScooterWolf]

Thanks,

Will do.

- Wolf

[ScooterWolf]

Endurance Rider,

Your email doesn't seem to be working. My letter was rejected twice, so I sent you a PM here on the forum.

- Wolf

[randyo]

1000 miles/1600km >24 hrs = "SaddleSore"  or SS1000, not  Ironbutts

[Endurance Rider]

Everyone calls it an Ironbutt. No one calls it a Saddlesore 1000.

Do I care ? Not really.

ER

[randyo]

Everyone calls it an Ironbutt. No one calls it a Saddlesore 1000.

Do I care ? Not really.

ER

everyone would be you in singular, alone

The Iron Butt Association is who sanctions the rides, none of the rides are called "IronButts" by anyone, do I care what you call it, nope, not in the least, just  wanted yo to know using that term might sound foolish among IBA members

http://ironbutt.com/ridecerts/

[Endurance Rider]

Thanks for the reminder.

I did wonder where I'd sent all my applications to.

God, If I thought it was going to be this pedantic I wouldn't have bothered.

Tell you what, I won't. I don't want to look foolish do I ?

[ScooterWolf]

I thought they just said they earned their Ironbutt, but just referred to themselves long-distance endurance riders.

- Wolf

[AMAC1680]

I've said it before and I'll say it again.
There's not much to doing the Scooter Cannonball on a maxi. Hell anything over 200cc is a stretch under the rules. Now if it were balls to the walls first to the finish it would be different.

Back in the day we did multiple cross country trips on Honda 305's. I've done round trips to NJ from Florida on my DT 300 in 4 days and it was a world better than the old Hondas. Matter of fact it was pretty damn comfy.

Once  the scoot is pumping close to 30hp the Cannonball loses it punch. IMO

AMAC

[TroutBum]

Welcome aboard Endurance Rider. I spend a fair amount of time on MV. Good folks, but it is Vespa/Piaggo centrix which for me as a Kymco owner makes for difficulty in relating at times. KF is where I come for my Kymco fix. What name did or do you go by on MV?

I love reading the stories people post from the Cannonball. Some of those folks are very inventive when it comes to keeping their scooters together.

[SteveADV]

Everyone calls it an Ironbutt. No one calls it a Saddlesore 1000.

Do I care ? Not really.

ER

Boys boys, now settle down. As a member of the Iron Butt Association I can tell you that although I have never heard of any ride called an "Iron Butt", that does not mean that in some parts of the world it is never called that. All Iron Butt members earned their plate* by successfully completing a sanctioned ride; Saddlesore, Bun Burner, 50cc, etc. etc. And all members have a membership number. 

*If you have one you know what I am talking about.

[Stig / Major Tom]

When I retired I had planned to visit every Tim Horton dow-wacker store in N. America..stopping only to pee on my Burgman 400.
 ( well no, not to pee on my Burgman...need better sentence structure)
But, my new puppy needs to be walked at the reservoir every morning. ...fortunately.
Savedmybutt Stig
"Iron Donut" on hold....

[Snorvey]

With all this talk of painful bottoms, I thought I'd walked into the pink section of the forum.

<ahem>

[Endurance Rider]

I'll clear all this up -

Ironbutt France 1038 miles - 21 hours 20 mins GTS300
Ironbutt USA 1050 miles - 20 hours 15 mins GTV250
Ironbutt UK 1010 miles - 17 hours 47 mins BV350
Ironbutt USA 1007 miles 19 hours 55 mins GTS250
Ironbutt UK/Wales/Scotland 1020 miles 20 hours Kymco Downtown 300 (i)
Bum Burner Europe France,Belgium,Holland,Germany 1509 miles 32 hours. Kymco Dowtown 300 (i)
Ironbutt Florida 1022 miles 19 hours 30 minutes GTS250.
Ironbutt Europe France, Belgium, Holland,Germany 1214 miles in 21.15 mins  Kymco Downtown 300 (i)

The reason I started to compete in these rides was because if I hadn't had contracted MRSA on the Cannonball it wouldn't have been that eventful or arduous.

I think that the average was around 350 miles a day which even on a Vespa isn't a real push.

I really enjoyed the ride and the people I met were lovely but at no point was I thinking I've had enough.

For long distance rides the Downtown is close to perfect and the seat is just amazing.

I'm just reading the opening pages of The man who would stop at nothing. Thanks for the suggestion.

Trout Bum, I'm Bill Dog.

ER.