In May of 07 I did a 1000 miler in 18 hours on my 05 Sporster I used to have then in May of 09 I did a 1,000 miler on my Street Bob in 20 hours I believe it was. The second time took longer because of some rain we hit the last 4 hours or so.
This ride is going to be pretty extreme I think.
I'm taking the day off before the ride to get plenty of rest and taking some 5 hour energy with me that seems to work. Also water and some protein bars. We are stopping at a little over the halfway point to camp out and get some sleep. We should get about 6 hours of sleep if our timing is good.

 

have a safe ride, sounds like a lot of fun. I'm counting down the days till I get home and ride my Fat Bob. I will also be adding V/H BSS so pretty psyched about that too. Take it easy on the road and I will pray for no rain for you guys.

 

Good luck and ride safe.

 

Woohoo! We just made it back at 4:05 am this morning. The strangest damn thing happened, we didn't hit any rain... well except a few sprinkles somewhere between Roanoke and Bristol Va and then again at the end in Suffolk Va. 1 guy dropped out at the beginning because of the possible bad thunderstorms we were supposed to be encountering (I bet he feels foolish now that we didn't hit any rain ) Another guy showed up to take his place though so 8 bikes started, 4 finished (including me) and 2 possibly finished but 1 of them left out on his own when we were near La Grange in Georgia because he went to get a Subway sandwich when we stopped for gas then somehow he didn't see us back at the gas station waiting for him and he took off to find us. We never did meet up with him again for the rest of the ride.
And then we lost 1 guy on a Goldwing with a passenger around Charlotte NC near the end when we hit some thick fog. I hope they made it back ok, I'm not sure what happened to them. We didn't even realize we lost them until we were right outside Emporia Va. They did mention something about just going to Suffolk to get a ending witness for the ride instead of going back to the meetup end point so maybe that's what they did.

The drop outs who for sure didn't finish included 1 guy dropping out about 3 hours into the ride, the other one dropped out about 6 hours until the end. He was so damn tired and weaving on the highway so we pulled over and he finally said he couldn't go on so he got a hotel room for the night.

For those of us who finished we actually completed 3 rides in one. We did 1000 miles in 24 hours, 1500 miles in 36 hours and 2000 miles in 48 hours.

It was a great time and I'm proud to have finished this challenge but damn did it push me to the limit. I will not ever attempt this ride again. I am wanting to do the 50CC (coast to coast ride in 50 hours or less though). So now I have 3 saddlesore 1000, 1 bun burner 1500 and 1 saddlesore 2000 certifications under my belt as soon as this ride is officially certified.


Edit: I just found out the guy we lost in Georgia getting the sandwich did finish the ride by himself. He got back around 1:30am


Tally: 3 Harleys (Ultra, Road King and a Street Bob), 1 BMW and a Honda VTX 1300 completed the ride.

 

Congrats for completing the challenge. Takes amazing stamina

 

It's been 9 hours since the ride has been over and my *** is sore as hell (It started hurting the last 500 miles so I guess the Mustang seat is good for 1500 miles) and the weird thing is the tips of my pinky and ring finger on my right hand are still numb, my right hand feels kind of swollen too.

 

wow ur the man. that is a hell a thing to do, i don't think I could ever do it. but good for you.

 

Awesome, man!

 

Cheers man that is a haul!!!

 

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