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Esko Syvänen | profile | all galleries >> On Two Wheels >> Saddle Sore 1000 Miles tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Saddle Sore 1000 Miles

Motorcycles are made to be driven. This is a motto of Iron Butt Association.
To be a member, You'll need only to ride an iron butt ride of 1000 miles in 24 hours.

A man's gotta do what man's gotta do.
So I started my Suzuki 1200 Bandit and rode 1000 miles in 24 hours. So simple.

In Finland most of the roads are speed limeted on 80 or 100 km/h (50-63 mph) so You really have to ride all the time. My 1000 miles took 23 h 33 min.

More information: http://www.ironbutt.com and http://www.ibafinland.fi/
12:20 - Starting point: Shell Leppävaara - 0km
12:20 - Starting point: Shell Leppävaara - 0km		 14:20 - First stop - 178 km
14:20 - First stop - 178 km		 17:00 - Mother's home yard - 357 km
17:00 - Mother's home yard - 357 km		 18:46 - Harbour - 440 km
18:46 - Harbour - 440 km
20:18 - More gasoline - 581 km
20:18 - More gasoline - 581 km		 21:13 - Still on the road - 669 km
21:13 - Still on the road - 669 km		 23:57 - Only second half left - 850 km
23:57 - Only second half left - 850 km		 0:42 - Sun set - 892 km
0:42 - Sun set - 892 km
1:35 - Petrol for the Bandit - 940 km
1:35 - Petrol for the Bandit - 940 km		 1:42 - One more for the road - 940 km
1:42 - One more for the road - 940 km		 2:30 - Check of the trip - 1010 km
2:30 - Check of the trip - 1010 km		 3:16 - More coffee at the gas station of the rising sun - 1065 km
3:16 - More coffee at the gas station of the rising sun - 1065 km
4:28 - Morning sun starts to warm - 1127 km
4:28 - Morning sun starts to warm - 1127 km		 6:03 - Lepikon torppa, the birth home of the president Kekkonen
6:03 - Lepikon torppa, the birth home of the president Kekkonen		 6:53 - Breakfast and more coffe - 1360 km
6:53 - Breakfast and more coffe - 1360 km		 12:04 - The happy mosquito killers at home - 1763 km
12:04 - The happy mosquito killers at home - 1763 km

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dave 13-Dec-2009 08:47
motorcycles are made to be ridden, not driven. you drive a car, but ride a motorcycle.
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