Solo Iron Butt BunBurner 1500 | SaddleSore 1000 | Shark Nose 1000
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- In June 2021, I set out to earn a few Iron Butt certifications. I was after a SaddleSore 1000, a Shark Nose 1000, and a BunBurner 1500. And I was going to attempt it alone. Join me for the story of this ride.
00:00 - Lead In
00:18 - LTR Title Sequence
00:42 - Intro
00:59 - Start Point - Lynnwood, WA
01:45 - Preparation
02:39 - Stop 1 - North Bend, WA
03:30 - Stop 2 - Ellensburg, WA
05:56 - Camera Setup
06:59 - Stop 3 - Kennewick, WA
09:54 - Stop 4 - Dead Man’s Pass Rest Area, OR
11:43 - Stop 5 - Baker City, OR
13:17 - Stop 6 - Oregon/Idaho Lunch Stop
15:55 - Stop 7 - Boise, ID
17:50 - Stop 8 - Carey, ID
20:14 - Stop 9 - DuBois, ID
22:20 - Stop 10 - Exit 85
23:01 - Stop 11 - Butte, MT
25:15 - Stop 13 - Motel 6
27:08 - Day 2 - Start
28:38 - Arriving home
29:28 - Certification
Links:
Live Tour Ride: www.livetourride.com/
Iron Butt Association: ironbutt.org/
Iron Butt rides: ironbutt.org/rides/
Motorcycle Safety Foundation: www.msf-usa.org/
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Plan the ride, then ride the plan. Truer words never spoken.
My wife and I (two-up) rode our first SaddleSore 1000 and Bun Burner 1500 in mid-June this year, much the same way you did. We knocked out the SS1000 in 18½ hours, got a motel for 6 hours of sleep, then finished out the BB1500 in 35 hours, 18 minutes. Planning all stops along the way (addresses and gas station hours) helped a lot, and minimizing the amount of time at each stop helped more. We brought with us almost all of what we ate and drank, so that helped greatly, as well. It was an experience that we’ll remember for a long time. We received our certification package last week. 👍🏻
I knew about the Shark Nose 1000, but I didn’t apply for it (we rode a Road Glide Limited). Perhaps I’ll do that on the next one.
Congrats on your ride accomplishment!
Congrats on your certification too! Great job.
Really an excellent video. Great music, and images. Commendations to you! I've done about ten of these, including one where I led a group. Never again....LOL
Thanks for your kind feedback. Glad you enjoyed it!
When I did mine I left at noon. That way I had a good nights sleep, time to get last minute bike walk around inspection done.
20 years ago signatures were important so I would arrive at the finish noonish so a signature could be had. 1100 miles 17 hours and 4 Jolt Colas!
Your SS nested in a Bun Burner mirrored my IBA ride in 2018 on my Sportster 1200. Like you, I'm my best company: no radio, no GPS, no comms, just me, the bike and the road. I completed 1600 mi 5 minutes under the 36hrs. Last 800 miles was in rain. Doing IBA rides provides lots of stories. In
Ride safe! Enjoy!
Props to you for doing that on a sporty
You video was a great help in me completing my Ironbutt 1000/1500. I have since stolen "Plan the Ride - Ride the Plan"! As I found myself repeating this to myself multiple times during the planning and riding.
Congrats on your Iron Butt! It’s very rewarding to know that sharing my experience has been useful to someone else.
Did the Saddle Sore 1000 in June 2021. I planned on video tapping the ride but only did at my gas stops. I can understand trying to record the majority of the trip could screw with your time.
At the Tail end here Bruce! Just caught your IBA 100-1500, well done and welcome to the club! Great job adding in the HB video at 10 mins, nice FF with the video editing and some encouraging music for all of us, i used a stainless water jug and hose from MotoJug for fluids, try it out, my last was an IBA 2000 in 44 hours- MC ride plans always get extended so don’t fret, just don’t run out of gas! See you out there some day! Jim, Long Island, New York
I’ll definitely give those Motojugs a try. Thanks for the suggestion.
Nice. I lived in Silver Lake(Everett) for a bit. Nice to see my old home state.
I’ve only ever done it by myself. It would definitely be fun to do it with people. But different riding styles and stamina, always came to play. Great video
Obviously I'm considering this ride and this was one of the best ones I've come across yet. Well done! I watched it end to end and about to share it with a buddy that I'm planning with.
This is very well done. I especially like how you show not only your high moments, but also the low times of fatigue and uncertainty. Great commentary. I am in the planning stages of my run but haven't yet decided on going the distance or just settling with the saddle sore.
I went into mine thinking that I wanted to get the SaddleSore, and would treat the BunBurner as a stretch goal. Attitude and approach are the cornerstone of your planning. Be clear on your primary objective up front and then work to achieve that. Anything extra is a bonus.
Great video. A perfect combination of narration, riding, music, etc. I was looking at iron butt videos as I’m planning to do one in the near future. Yours is the fourth video I started to watch. I literally couldn’t watch more than a minute of each of the previous three videos. On a couple of them I couldn’t stand to watch the riders whine and the other video, he just sat at his monitor and spoke. Thanks for posting a very enjoyable, yet informative video!
Thanks for your kind words. Glad the video was helpful. I hope you manage to get yours done too, and enjoy it as much as I did mine!
Congratulations, and a belated "welcome!" to the family! #677
Great video!
Great video. Thanks for the advice. Just found your channel. What's the song? I don't see a notation anywhere. It's vary nice.
Videos are nice, but ride, ride, ride! IBA rides show you places you want to come back to. I have a SS1K and a BBS, but I really want a BBG. Hopefully, summer of '23 I'll do that and a 48/10. I try to limit my fuel stops to less than 10 minutes from highway speed, gas, and back to highway speed. Great video, Bruce! Congrats!
After watching this video I felt the need to like and subscribe! Keep up the great work. 👍
Thank you, Howard. We’ve been working on some big plans for the channel for a while and it’s all coming to a head now.
@@livetourride I would like to buy luggage as you show on the passenger seat in this video. What is its brand and model of it?
Seeing this awhile after you’ve posted it. Congratulations on your accomplishments, having done two saddle sore 1000s, I’ve felt some of your pain. Ride safe, keep having fun.
Amazing video! I did 819 miles in 20 hours on a 2006 ZX10R traveling to New Mexico to see my mom. Looking into doing a saddle soar this summer on my 2016 ZX14R. Stay safe out there! 😎✌️🏍
Same to you. Rubber side down for the saddlesore!
mad props to you!
Great job Bruce!
great job sir
That was a great watch. Thanks
Another great video Bruce! Love the video and sing selection combos. Congratulations on earning all your certifications!
I loved this adventure
I just finished mapping my ride when I found your video. I laughed when I saw that our routes are almost identical! Except that I plan on riding the route clockwise. Now I just need warmer weather! Great job on the ride!
Thank you so much. It’s terrific that you are planning it. I hope it goes really well. In retrospect, and knowing now what the section between Spokane and Missoula is like, I would probably do it clockwise too. That’s mainly because I had to ride the leg from Butte to Missoula in the dark for the first time and I would rather ride the Carey-Boise section in the dark. As far as weather is concerned, I deliberately waited until close to Summer solstice so that I could have relatively mild weather across the whole route and I could ride as much in daylight as possible.
Thanks for this video. I'm planning the same two certifications for later this month. I'll keep your advice in mind; best, most honest video on the subject. Thanks again.👍👍👍
I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks.
Great video, great music selection, great achievements! Bravo!
Amazing. I need to do this asap.
Congrats enjoyed your video
Great video!! Seems to have been a awesome scenery! Stay safe!!
Wow. Great job. Very informative. Learned a lot. Going to start planning my ride!
Good job
Thank you for the advice! I plan on doing at least 2 of these this summer on my new RG.
Nice job! Had no idea you were local, I’m in Ferndale/Bellingham. I’ve been looking for a route to complete the same task, I’ll use yours lol.
Glad this was helpful. Just bear in mind I had a very narrow window of time during the year to do this specific route. It basically had to be completed between June 1st and June 30th in order to have the longest days for sunlight and the least amount of temperature variation. I was watching the weather very closely and managed to sandwich this in between two heat waves. Smoke is also an issue later in the summer.
Nice going Bruce! You really found some bugs back in June 2021, couldn't wait till you posted this and took me a while to find it. Kudos on your BB 1500/36. Next on my bucket list besides a CC 50, NY-SF! See you out there, Jim
Great video! Looked like a tough ride.
Thanks a ton. It was a tough ride, but no more tough than I expected. 1500 miles in 36 hours is hard, but doable. Being well prepared for it was the key to succeeding. For that, I am eternally grateful to the IBA for its prep advice, and to my friends who supported me through it.
Well done - congratulations!
One of the more informative video's I have seen , thank you.
No nonsense, to the point and very honest!
Stay Safe..
Ed.
Thanks, Ed.
fantastic video Bruce, really enjoyed how you matched up the music to the video. Congratulations on all 3 accomplishments, well deserved.
Thanks. Making the video was much easier than doing the actual ride!
Bruce, thank you so much for your excellent video! I’ve watched a lot and yours is the best that I’ve seen giving advice on how to prepare and execute a successful ride. Thanks again. Oh, I’m planning on attempting a saddlesore this summer, 2023.
I’ve driven from SanAntonio, Tx to Fountain Valley, Ca. straight through on numerous occasions in my suburban. 19-21 hours average each trip. But on a motorcycle would be way more nerve wracking. I’m almost 67 and planning a 1000(in 24)/1500(36) in near future.
Great video and congrats.
Congratulations! I
Thank you!
Absolutely Awesome! Thank you! Great Advice! God Bless Be Safe!
Glad it was helpful!
Wonderful video Bruce! I am planning on a saddle sore ride soon and your decision framework is quite instructional. Look forward to your video on planning the ride.
Thanks, Palash. Yeah… The “Planning the Ride” video has been in the works for a while. I just need to sit down and edit it together. It’s definitely a fall project and I expect to have it done before Thanksgiving. We’ve had quite a bit going on since I released the Iron Butt video and I just haven’t had time on my channel for a while. I’m getting back to it now.
Congratulations!
I’m thinking about doing an Iron Butt for something to do solo. These videos are now popping up. You chose a beautiful route. I live in New Mexico but have spent quite a bit of time in the Pacific Northwest, and know that routing quite well. I have family ties on Whidbey Island, (Coupeville) and over in Sequim WA.
On a side point….. My GoPro is susceptible to issues as well. I get what you’re saying. Sounds like my challenges. 🤔
- Rob
Well done Bruce... Great video... From PCG South Africa...
Baie dankie, Pieter. It’s a long time ago that I moved here from South Africa, but I still have strong South African roots. Heck, I was making boerewors a couple weeks ago and we make biltong and droewors at least 4 times a year with American meat including buffalo/Bison. I’d love to have done this ride in South Africa, but 2400km of freeway with a 140km/h speed limit just doesn’t exist. I’d have to ride the N1 from Cape Town to Pietersburg and back to almost Bloemfontein in a day and a half. I don’t know if that’s even possible today.
@@livetourride I thought it is "BOERTJIE"-like to make up 1,5 hours on an Iron Butt challenge... he he he... My wife and I did 16 000 during the last year and 4 months on my 2009 HD coach with a 120R motor in. I have done the SaddleSore 1000 in 2002... My bucket list urges me to do the SaddleSore 5 000 after my 70th birthday in 18 months' time... Thus my desire to communicate with you off the record, please...
Send me a Facebook friend request or contact us on Instagram and we can take it from there.
Great video and advice, the Bun Burner rides are pretty tough! I'm at Mile Eater Gold level, having completed 20+ IBA rides including 7 rides of 1500+ miles.
Plan the ride, ride the plan is just the best advice.
Nice work! I’m not sure I’ll get to Mile Eater Gold. I’m really glad I did the ride, but it’s not something I’ll do repeatedly.
Congratulations on completing the ride and getting the certificate. You did not mention it directly in the video but you also learned the necessity to manage stop time. Ride Safe, IBA# 68779
Yeah… You’re spot-on about that. The funny thing is that it was only the GoPro time that really wasn’t budgeted. In my prep video (which I am still working on), I talk about how to estimate for the stops and plan them. The scheduled stops were all 20 minute stops and I stuck to that. Lunch was supposed to be in Boise and I gave myself 60 minutes for that. I just messed up the schedule with the unplanned stops. There were 2 budgeted at 10 mins. They ended up consuming a lot more than that.
Nice 👍 would like to do this myself.
I’m a truck driver and I might put my new to me st1300 to the test. I should be used to sitting down for long periods of time lol.
Great video and congratulations for the three certificates. Funny thing is that we both have bikes with the same paint scheme. Mine is a 2017. I don't think I saw the video where you plan this trip. One last questions, are the two extra bags you had for this trip from HD?
I am still editing the planning video. I plan to release it in April 2023. The bags I carried on the bike are all HD bags. I’ll dig up the link to them.
Nice bro. Excellent info. I will have to plan this out and make it happen we only live once. New sub here also.
Thanks for subscribing! We only live once is the whole point of what this channel is about. We’re only just kicking it off and this video was just the start.
Lol I do this once a month from North Dakota to Texas on my 21’ SGS
Hello Bruce! Congratulations on completing the IB and receiving your certifications!! I saw you had on some riding pants and I am having a hard time to find some that will fit me. What brand and model of riding pants are you using? Thanks!
I have some size challenges so my choices are generally pretty limited. These are Joe Rocket Ballistic pants that I bought off RevZilla, but they’re a few years old and I don’t think they’re made anymore. Closest thing I can find is these: www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/joe-rocket-ballistic-70-pants
Impressive, I don’t know how y’all can do this lol
Nice job ! Im planning one begining of October, I'm wondering how you planed the route with gas station and "planed" time to be at each locations?
I planned most gas stops to be 10 minutes for gas and 10 minutes break. Lunch was planned for an hour. 10 minutes was supposed to be a gas stop and 50 minutes at a rest stop. I ended up under-estimating some of the stops.
@@livetourride thanks for the tips !!!
Great video. just curious how many hours did you sleep at the hotel?
Thanks, Dwayne. I got into the hotel a little after 11, hit the sack just before midnight, was up around 6:15, hit the shower and pulled out at about 7, so I slept for about 6 hours.
Was a nice video I've watched many similar videos and you're the first person who had adequate clothing with him hey it got cold what you do you put some more clothes on you can literally find almost every video out there where the person didn't have rain gear or didn't have a cold weather gloves or wet weather gloves just ridiculous good job man I have not done a thousand before but I've come very close twice to do unwanted circumstances IE I couldn't find a hotel room... Good 981 time and 840 another so this summer I will be doing a thousand I live in Washington I'll be doing a similar route from gig harbor across into Idaho and back around
Thanks so much for your kind words. 80% of my success doing it right the first time came from the preparation beforehand. Good luck with your ride and let me know if there’s anything I can share to help you. If I were you, riding from Gig Harbor, I’d get across the Sound and start the clock somewhere close to I-90. Maybe get a hotel near Factoria. That way you’re on the Interstate from the start.
@@livetourride that is an interesting idea Bruce I'll kick that around I had just planned on leaving gig harbor like 4 in the morning where you can do 60 miles an hour most of the way but your idea holds merit also that way I wouldn't have to go up highway 18 through slower traffic if there is any and then make it on the 90 where I can go faster thanks for the thought I appreciate it
This was a very big part of my route planning. The entire route was on major highways or interstates where speed limits are high. All my stops were at gas stations just off the freeway. I didn’t plan on any stops other than gas stations and all my food was packed and traveled with me. Ferries and toll lanes where I did not have a pass were excluded from the route. The idea was that I could keep my average speed between 60 and 80 mph the whole way. Also, remember that your trip starts at the time stamped on your receipt at the first gas station and ends at the time on the receipt at the last one. That means any errors on those time stamps (and both of mine had errors) can reduce your travel time. My first one was stamped 2:55am and I only filled up at 3:10 and then had to go inside because the pump didn’t have paper in it. There was someone messing with change in front of me and I lost another 10 minutes. In other words, I left my first gas station 30 minutes after the timestamp. I’m working on the prep video where I’ll talk a lot more about this.
@@livetourride wow that's a bummer yeah you should have included that stuff in your video also talk about the discomfort whether your butt was killing you or not also how about the gas mileage on each stop if it possible all those little things kind of make it fascinating I have written my are a motorcycle across the country three different times and basically my strategy was the same as yours
Thanks for the suggestions. I’ll definitely include that information in the prep video.
Hey Bruce: what was your intro software that you used? That was very snappy with the fade ins and outs ?
Hi Jim. Thanks for your kind words. Editing was done using Final Cut Pro and I built the intro myself with Apple Motion.
New to your channel had a question what do you wear for rain gear?
Hi Garry. I have two different ways of dealing with rain. The riding gear I had on in this ride is fine unless the rain is heavy. Seattle weather is always rainy and I have done a lot of riding here in pretty rainy conditions with what I was wearing there - Harley FXRG jacket and Joe Rocket over pants. I also carry the Harley branded high visibility rain suit that has suspenders and goes down over my boots. The jacket goes over anything else, and the suit is waterproof. I’ve ridden with that in very heavy rain and dense fog.
Congratulations on achieving the Saddle Sore and the Bun Burner. I agree with everything you talked about. The Saddle Sore 1000 started out to be solo. By the time I started I ended up with 4 others that wanted to go with me. Because of that I almost didn't make the time needed. Each bike has different tanks and mpg. It really slowed me down. I live in Tri-Cities WA. For the Bun Burner 1500 I went to I-90 and into Montana. It got dark on my way back and by the time I got to Missoula it was dark and almost had an accident because it was hard to see the white line and was preparing to make a curve going in the wrong direction. I did make it home in less than 30 hours. I have wanted to do the 48 states in 10 days but when I sit and think about it I think about all of the places that I would like to see along the way and because of the time issue it just is not worth it to me. Then why do the Iron Butt. People asked me the same thing. I tell them it is about me and to test my ability as a rider. I did have fun and I have the certificates to prove that I was able to complete something that I planned and executed. Great video.
Congrats, Steve! The Northwest is such an incredibly beautiful place to ride that you lose too much by not being able to stop and enjoy it. This summer is all about the day rides.
Bruce, well done. How did you activate your Gopros, whilst moving at hi speed? Did you stop to turn them off and on? I'm curious as I also am using two action cams . I'm wrestling with even taken them on my next endurance ride! IB style rides are not synonymous with shooting video, for me at least. I really enjoyed your narration. Do you do professional voice overs? If not, you should!
I can only talk to Hero 9’s and 10’s. They have a record button on top and my gloves have enough tactile feel that I can feel if they have been properly pressed. The two cameras that were mounted on the handlebars were also connected to a USB charger that plugged into the cigarette lighter plug in the fairing. They were continually on charge and as I before I pulled out of a stop, I would start them recording a Timelapse at 30x. The helmet camera did not have continual charge and I have gone through several different mounts on my helmet to get something that really works. What I do now is very different to what it was in June 2021 when I shot this video. My Sena headset provides the voiceover audio to either my GoPro Hero 10 or my DJI Action 2. I am on the fence about which of those two cameras I prefer. The DJI doesn’t crash on me like the H10 does, but it also doesn’t have good amplifier support for my Sena microphone. ChinMounts.com do the best job of producing mounts for modular/full face helmets and I have them installed on all 3 of my helmets, including my Schuberth C3 Pro. Hope that helps.
@@livetourride Bruce, one of the best answers I've seen. I have a Sena EVO and mic on the left side of my Shoei Neotec. If I understand you correctly I can blue tooth my Sena to my GoPro Hero 9 , rather than run a second mic into my helmet from the GoPro? Or, do you narrate only from the Sena? It's a good camera and mount. Like you, I use a Chin Mount on my one and only helmet! Again, great video. Hope to see you one the road one day.
@@r12rtpilot Not Bluetooth. I have my Sena headset wired to the input mic jack for the GoPro H9/10 via the GoPro media mod. There is a wire you can get that comes from the back of the headset to the media mod.
@@livetourride thanks
Watching your video again on this rainy day here in Newport Oregon! Hope all is well!
Question
1 do you have to pre register before the ride?
2. Are you allowed to go over the speed limit and if so, by how much?
1) No you don’t need to register. Do the ride and then send in the paperwork when you’re done.
2) No. The IBA highly discourages it and will not certify your ride if they are concerned you violated the law. For my ride, I made sure my average speed for a segment did not exceed the limits.
@@livetourride so they will determine your speed by the time stamp of your receipt?
@@24juan68 correct
Far as I can tell you you never did do an update to this video did you?
Correct. I am working on a follow up about the preparation for this trip that I am planning to release later this Summer
What's the benefits of having a iron butt certification?
It’s more a badge of honor than anything else.
Witnesses?
You did not mention witnesses
Good point. As I had all the receipts and photographs with geocodes and date and time stamps, I didn’t need any witnesses for the trip. It makes life a lot easier if the IBA can rely on the receipts having an address and a date and time stamp and the geocodes on the photographs match them.