Sportster rider completed Iron Butt 100CCC
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03-13-2014, 12:54 PM
Sportster rider completed Iron Butt 100CCC
One of my friends has just completed the Iron Butt 100CCC event on his 2006 Harley Sportster. The 100CCC is a 4700 mile Coast to Coast to Coast ride (Jacksonville FL to San Diego CA and back to Jacksonville) in 100 hours or less. He made it in about 96 hours. Think about it: 4700 miles in four days. That's an average of 1175 miles per day. On a SPORTSTER. There are very few riders who would attempt this ride. Even fewer have completed it successfully and as far as we know they have all been riding Gold Wings, very fast Japanese Sport-touring bikes, and some BMW's. We're trying to find out, but we're pretty sure this is the first time the 100CCC has been completed by a rider on a Sportster. And oh, yeah, that Sportster had over 100,000 miles on it before Chris left on his trip. We have known for a long time that a properly set up Sportster can be a great distance motorcycle; this just helps to prove it.
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03-13-2014, 01:49 PM
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03-13-2014, 02:19 PM
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03-13-2014, 06:58 PM
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One of my friends has just completed the Iron Butt 100CCC event on his 2006 Harley Sportster. The 100CCC is a 4700 mile Coast to Coast to Coast ride (Jacksonville FL to San Diego CA and back to Jacksonville) in 100 hours or less. He made it in about 96 hours. Think about it: 4700 miles in four days. That's an average of 1175 miles per day. On a SPORTSTER. There are very few riders who would attempt this ride. Even fewer have completed it successfully and as far as we know they have all been riding Gold Wings, very fast Japanese Sport-touring bikes, and some BMW's. We're trying to find out, but we're pretty sure this is the first time the 100CCC has been completed by a rider on a Sportster. And oh, yeah, that Sportster had over 100,000 miles on it before Chris left on his trip. We have known for a long time that a properly set up Sportster can be a great distance motorcycle; this just helps to prove it.
All kidding aside, that's an impressive feat, and goes to show that Sportsters are very competent bikes!
#7
03-13-2014, 07:18 PM
One of my friends has just completed the Iron Butt 100CCC event on his 2006 Harley Sportster. The 100CCC is a 4700 mile Coast to Coast to Coast ride (Jacksonville FL to San Diego CA and back to Jacksonville) in 100 hours or less. He made it in about 96 hours. Think about it: 4700 miles in four days. That's an average of 1175 miles per day. On a SPORTSTER. There are very few riders who would attempt this ride. Even fewer have completed it successfully and as far as we know they have all been riding Gold Wings, very fast Japanese Sport-touring bikes, and some BMW's. We're trying to find out, but we're pretty sure this is the first time the 100CCC has been completed by a rider on a Sportster. And oh, yeah, that Sportster had over 100,000 miles on it before Chris left on his trip. We have known for a long time that a properly set up Sportster can be a great distance motorcycle; this just helps to prove it.
I'm not buying it. Everyone knows Sportsters are for girls, aren't comfortable enough for an hour, much less four days, and Sportster engines grenade at 15,000 miles!
All kidding aside, that's an impressive feat, and goes to show that Sportsters are very competent bikes!
All kidding aside, that's an impressive feat, and goes to show that Sportsters are very competent bikes!
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