Yep, we made it Dave. Here's the overall numbers: 448 registered, 423 showed up, 408 finished. There was some seriously nasty thundershowers the last 300 miles that detered many. We rolled out of the start roughly 5:45am Saturday morning and finished about 20 hours later. Could have finished at least an hour earlier if not for the rain.
90% of all bikes were either HD touring or Goldwings. Needlessly, everyone thought I was crazy; no, just Triumph tough! The Under Armor underwear was SMART!! I did see another rider with beads on his seat and thought that was a really good idea to keep the blood flowing. And if one ever considers doing an endurance ride, don't go cheap on rain gear! I love the boots I use to ride but they aren't worth squat in the rain.
150 mile stops was a good range for the group I was with (7 of us). Each stop I took in a either a power bar or jerky stick along with a bottle of fruit juice. Had one coke later in the day and a cup of coffee at our last stop prior to finishing.
In short it was AWESOME. Many of us are already talking of doing a Bun Burner: 1500 miles in 36 hours. After finishing this one we all still felt relatively good and could have kept going. The next day we hurt and were sore (and still had to ride 200+ miles back home). Not to mention 300 miles in the rain had me sick as crap all this week. Still worth it.
2005 America, green/gray, gutted stock pipes, tall sissy bar w/ luggage rack, Saddleman's dual touring seat and Tourmaster saddlebags (and sissybar bag).
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