I have seen several videos made by Iron Butt riders. This is one of the absolute best, because of the explanations and introspection. Well done! Congrats!
In 1977 I rode from Newport, Rhode Island to Walnut Creek, CA in 3 1/2 days. I was on my Kawasaki H2 750 (the widowmaker) no windshield and very little common sense. It was not my butt, rather my neck which gave me such pain. Around 3200 miles, a real character builder! I made the return trip about two weeks later, a little slower. I am 80 years old now, so I won't be repeating that adventure.
I rode 750 miles from Beaufort S.C. to Indianapolis in 1968 on a 305cc Honda Super Hawk in 15 hours as a young Marine going home on leave and to see the Indy 500. I took 2 1/2 days to get back.
Great job capturing the experience! I’ve done a couple Saddlesore 1k and a BB1500. And several undocumented rides. It’s so cool that you rode with Kerri! I recognize her from several long distance riding pages. I love when people say “I couldn’t go that far in a car!” Of course not, a car sucks! 😂
This was fun to watch. I worked for many years as a snow plow driver working up to 30 hours at time. Glad you posted about the concerns of fatigue and doing this.
Well, You’re an inspiration! Thanks for sharing this. My first ever motorcycle ride, 9 days after passing my UK motorcycle test, was only 180 miles,collecting my first larger bike (a 650]. The trip had rain, wind, and took 4 hours. It was a wonderful feeling to bring my bike home, but I absolutely loved the journey. I’ve done 2000 miles in 7 weeks, so it seems I’m into motorcycling…. Now to plan my first Iron Butt…. 🙏👍👍👏👏👏👏🤣🤣
Congratulations. WIth practise you could do these regularly if you need to get somewhere quickly and time is a limiting factor. I've done several undocumented ones. The first was to see if I could actually do it. That one was truly miserable. The others were because I needed to get from point A to point B and didn't have a lot of time to do so. A lot of Dallas to Los Angeles or vice versa. My top tips are: * Make sure your bike is suited for it. YOU have got to be comfortable on the bike. I like adventure bikes because ergonomically, you are sat in a comfortable position naturally. * Make sure you have weather appropriate gear. If you get cold or wet, or both, that is going to be miserable ride. Same with being too hot. I keep several pairs of gloves in my panniers (including one set of neoprene canoeing gloves) because heated grips don't overcome wet gloves. * Leave early in the morning. By leaving super early in the morning (say 2am) you could stop at 10 am for breakfast, and already have 8 hours under your belt. But, BONUS, you still have basically all day to ride. Also, i'd rather deal with the glare from oncoming headlights when i'm fresh, than later in my day when i'm exhausted. * Take advil, before you need it, pack some eye drops for your eyes, sunglasses, and ear plugs the whole way. For me, round about hour 12 is when my lower back might start to ache a little but, so I have to take advil right then. The first time i rode I suffered before remembering that most gas stations have advil for sale. * Have a routine for your gas stops. I fuel up, document the stop, go inside, use the restroom, then come back and get something to drink and something to eat. I like to get sandwiches and other foods that I can eat on the go. It's all about keeping the wheels moving and keeping up as high an average speed as possible. You don't have to go fast, you just have to be efficient. Eating while going 55mph on the frontage road keeps your wheels moving. * Don't be afraid to stop if you're too tired. Just stop. Get a hotel room. There will be other opportunities. * Walmart and Target sale racks, Salvation army, Goodwill, etc are nice places to get cheap extra layers if you're cold.
Hey, Amanda! Welcome to the world of Iron Butts from IBA 71243! I've done a Saddle Sore and a Bun Burner Silver (1500 in under 30 hours) and you're right, Kerri is an incredible rider!
WELL DONE! I loved Kerri's additional narration, it REALLY added to the video. Since watching this I have had a good look into the IBA (UK), the ride is a little harder to plan over here as the UK little. Lands End to John O'Groats is under 850 miles by the shortest route. Looks like I need to get the maps out.
@@kerrizor thanks Kerri, I've found the forum and I'm currently pondering routes that would be a bit more interesting than just pounding up a motorway (highway) to Scotland and back. Maybe a four points rather than just a straight Iron Butt 1000.
Yes, I did my first saddle sore this past June heading to the BMW rally. It was great to do. I started just before sunrise, and finished an hour after sunset. I focused on eating only as little as I needed, and hydrating fairly well, and without excess caffeine. In the end I decided it wasn’t that hard overall. Planning some details ahead for a while kept me from being stressed about it. Congrats! I knew you would go for one at some point 🎉
Amanda, congratulations on your first IBA run. I’m also a member and love this type of riding. It’s challenging, but you made it. Welcome to the insanity!
Congratulations. I’ve done a few Saddlesores, but just one documented. I rode from my home south of Atlanta to the St Louis Arch, bought some trinkets at the gift store, and then rode back home. 1174 miles. It’s not hard, but it’s not easy, either. Biggest thing is just “stay on the bike.” I’m enjoying your channel!
Congratulations! I have been an IBA member for about 10 years. I have done the 1,000 a few times and a two in one 1500 in 36 hours. Always feels amazing to have met your goal. Enjoy!
I try to do at least one per year. This year I did the Lake Superior ride for an IBA cert. I enjoy it. It’s challenging and fun. I also like walking the Camino de Santiago for many of the same reasons. Congratulations and welcome to the club! I’ve got two more to finish the Great Lake series. BTW, I like to be in ketosis when doing them. More energy and more alert. Planning helps. (Like picking the right time of day to go through Chicago. 😅)
Congrats! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us! You asked, and we answer: Yes, I've done a Saddlesore 1000 ride too!: Mine began very near where yours ended in Wyoming. I had a very chilly ride, starting in Laramie, Wyoming (the next major town east of Rawlins on I-80) and ending in Tucson, Arizona. It was a beautiful sunny day in early January when I left Laramie (7200 feet above sea level). I needed to wait for the sun to rise high enough to melt the ice off the roads near Laramie, so I didn't get started until 10:30 AM. Sadly, that meant riding through the cold night hours in January in the Rockies. I rode south through Colorado and lost my daylight as I passed through Raton, New Mexico. I nearly froze my jewels off as I continued south through New Mexico's chilly high deserts, and stopped for four hours sleep (and a lovely hot shower) in Socorro. I managed to get myself out of bed in time to blast southward through more cold and dark, and I finally saw the dawn as I rode past Deming, New Mexico, and hopped onto I-10 for the last leg into Tucson. I was thankful for the astoundingly comfortable bikes BMW makes! Not only did I appreciate the big fairing on the R1100RT, but the nice hot cylinders and heads sitting right in front of my cold feet helped too! The generator on the bike had no trouble keeping up with the needs of the ignition and headlight, along with my heated grips and vest! I don't think I ever shut off the heat, even in the last leg of the ride across southern New Mexico and Arizona. Appropriate for the positive feeling about BMW's bikes after that ride, I finished the ride at a BMW dealership in Tucson, with almost an hour to spare. They are all too familiar with the rules of Iron Butt rides, and they were happy to provide the ending documents. How can you survive a 1000 mile motorcycle ride through the Rocky Mountains in January? Layers! Lots of layers. Wear a couple layers of wicking fabric and wool, then a heated electric vest, all underneath an Aerostich suit, and top it off with the thickest, most enormous down coat Eddie Bauer ever sold. Stuff some of those "handwarmer packets" inside your socks, so that they ride above your toes, and then stuff another packet under your toes as you put on your boots. Finish with another handwarmer packet stuffed into mittens so that they cover the backs of your fingers, while the front sides of your fingers enjoy the heated handgrips. Good memories!
Awesome accomplishment. My personal best is 748 miles riding home from a trip. (East of Memphis to San Antonio.) The last 150 miles were so hard because I just wanted to be home. I have a friend that has done this all the time and also competes in some long distance rallies. He keeps encouraging me to do this.
Congratulations on your saddle sore 1000. I did mine in June. I know all to well of mentally hitting a wall. Good thing your friend was along. I rode solo and having one more person would have helped.
Excellent video and congrats!!! I did my very first Ironbutt back in July while on the way to "Get On ADV Fest" from SW Florida, two Ironbutts back to back with 2,250ish miles in 48 hours to get there in time, LOL! Overall round-trip was 5,318.5 miles over 11 days and I'm STILL working on editing all the content from the trip! ;)
Welcome to the club! Done the saddlesore twice- first with a group, second on my own…. Did better solo. I find leaving at 3am easier and keeping my gas stops shorter helps!
Congratulations on getting out there and getting it done! I did my first last year (an in state Saddle Sore 1k) and I'm planning the BBG now. It's strangely addictive! I love the little odometer down there ticking off the miles as the video went on.
I just returned to North Carolina from a motorcycle trip back to the small town of Letcher, South Dakota where a grew up. I learned to ride in and around Letcher so I wanted to ride the roads I learned on so many years ago. I am 63 now, so it's been roughly 35 years since I rode a motorcycle on those gravel roads. It had been 20 years since I was back in South Dakota, but that time I was in a car so it wasn't the same. I watched this video a couple of days before my planned trip starting Friday, June 30, I watched the video to prep myself a little bit. My first motel reservation was over 1,000 miles away. The morning I left the weather was great, by the time I reached Black Mountain in the Smoky Mountains it started raining, I rode for about 200 miles in the rain, with temps in the upper 60's. Once I got out of the rain and just east of Nashville, Tenn. the temps were in the mid 90's and continued climbing to 102 to 104, this is not counting the humidity. If it hadn't been for traffic accidents it wouldn't have been horrible. I did make it to my motel destination with 1,021.8 mile on my odometer. It wasn't official like your ride because I don't have the receipts and all the other proof, but now I know personally that I have done it. Your video of your ride did help keep me going. The one thing I didn't do while riding the roads I grew up on, I didn't wipe out, crash, or fall over. Thank You for your videos.
Congratulations, Amanda! That's quite an accomplishment and inspiring for anyone considering such an undertaking. You did a great job recording the experience and thanks, also, to Kerri for being your Sherpa. The mile ticker in the corner was a helpful addition.
Great video. I'm a R1200 GSA rider and have done several of the Discovery Routes out west, and have had some long rides to get to the start of some of them. And one ride I did to get to some sailing lessons in Seattle, via Portland, had me going through Columbia gorge - but on the north side. One of my favorite road rides anywhere. That was a great start to your ride. I just mapped out a trip from where I live now (Ogden, UT) to where I lived before I moved here (Lubbock, TX) and...NOT A CHANCE. I won't even pretend to suggest I could do it. The route I laid out is 991 (so, I'd find an additional 9 miles somewhere) but claims a total time of over 16 hours. So, factoring in stops for gas and food - maybe 18 hours. So, 6 AM to midnight. To repeat a phrase NOT A CHANCE. :) Congratulations on quite the feat.
1043 miles was the most in a day for my Ss1000. I had a couple 600-700 mile days this summer on my Montana trip. Glad to see you on the roll now! Congrats!!!🎉
Congratulations and great job!!! Such a great feat that just leads to more of those "official" rides. I did my SS1k in September '21 and was surprised how much easier it was, physically, than the three subsequent days I spent riding back home.
Congratulations! Great job and welcome to the IBA. I suspected that you might do this one day since you are a traveler. My first SS1K was for my 50th birthday. I'd never been on a very long mc trip before then, and the SS1K gave me the confidence to begin taking week-long cross-country trips.
I did a couple of 1000+ miles in a day. Probably won’t ever do it again. While completing a challenge is cool, it’s just too painful. I’m retired, so just putzing around on backroads for 4-6 hours is fine, and then get a campsite or motel. No rush. Give myself plenty of days to get there, and only feel like I took a bunch of consecutive day trips. That’s how I enjoy motorcycling.
I completed my SaddleSore 1000 this past June. It was an organized ride so the day before I rode 238 miles to Billings. 5 of us left Billings at 5am and rode to Missoula than Hwy 200 to Glendive, then interstate back to Billings. We didn't get back until after 2am. Part of the issue was that just about half of it was on 2 lane highway and we were moving slower. One of the riders was having fatigue issues but wanted to complete it so we slowed down and basically ran down both lanes of the Interstate to Billings. I then got up the next morning and rode home. It was an experience, I loved that I was capable of completing it. Previously my longest ride was a little over 400 miles/8 hours on my Himalayan. I don't think I'll be doing it again any time soon. It's just not how I like to travel I guess, plus my bikes aren't really set up for mile crushing. (no cruise control, limited comfort features) I'm glad you had a good time and Kerri is so cool. 🙂
Bonza effort! Mission accomplished. Thank you for sharing. I love how in the USA you can pass through so many states in that distance, but from where I live in Australia I could just scrape in 3 states in the same distance People living in Perth would barely make it out of their state.
Congrats! You truly are one of the worlds toughest riders. I completed my Iron Butt Saddlesore 1000 in July 2021 on a CB500X. My answer to the why question is to see if I could do it.
Fantastic! It's great that you had someone with you. I rode 1800 miles coming back from South Dakota in 48 hours, and in hindsight... I was really too tired for many of those miles. A ridding buddy could have pointed that out to me at the time! It's easier o make mistakes alone! - Frank
Just seen this and gave a 👍 I am in UK I have done 1000 miles b4 now not as a IBA and have thought about doing it in past, but never really understood it.but you explained it by far better. Thank you
Congrats to you. I have never seriously contemplated riding that far in such a short period of time. I may have been able to do it when I was a young buck but now at 65 it’s not going to happen. I feel blessed to still be able to ride whatever the distance may be.
Congrats Amanda! The cool thing I noticed for me after doing a few SS1ks is how it makes a 5-600 mile day seem easier. Hardest SaddleSore 1000 I did was for the solar eclipse certificate in August 2017. Columbus, OH to Andrews, NC (via the Dragon) then back to Columbus (via some of the Blue Ridge Parkway). 1,187 miles and used all but 21 minutes of the 24 hours to do it.
I have don two certified saddle sore ride and another 5 just going down the road. Most between Wyoming and Phoenix AZ area. Did my first one at 70 years of age. Love your videos
Congratulations. Another great ride and video. My son proposed we try an iron butt several years ago. I've often wondered if I'm capable. Are the freeways considered the best option for achieving the goal?
Great job, Amanda! Way to get out and do the thing!! Those are hard fought miles towards the end. I bought my first ADV bike in May 21 (R1250 GSA) after being a sport bike guy (and racer) up to that point. One of the first things I planned, and obsessed about, was a Saddlesore 1000. I had a couple close friends complete them in the past and I finally owned a bike I felt like I could truly do one on. In Dec of '21 I rode from Huntsville, AL to the Southernmost Point in Key West. 1,078 miles in a little over 19 hours total (17.5 in the saddle). Next challenge is one of the Bun Burners.
WTG , I ride long distance ( and hours ) for the last 50 years . I do have an IBA SaddleSore Cert. on the wall from back in 2006 did it with a friend who was a city rider who wanted to prove to himself he could .
Undocumented, about 28 years ago: I, semi-intentionally, went 1300 miles - from Lakewood CO to Knoxville TN. By semi intentionally, I mean I picked the destination, but for some reason I thought it was around 1000 miles. A week later, I unintentionally went 1700 miles - from Annapolis MD to Lakewood CO, in the rain. By unintentionally, I mean that I had planned on stopping in eastern Kansas for the night. But when I wanted to stop, there were no vacancies due to there being some sort of convention in town. So I got back on the road and continued. There were no more cities (just small towns) on my route, and I didn't want to waste more time unsuccessfully looking for a motel that was open and had a vacancy. I just wanted to be home and out of the wet, cold cloths. I arrived at home almost exactly the same time as I had left the day before. With two time zone changes, that was 26 hours.
Congratulations on your achievement!!! Were you also writing the mileage from your odometer on the receipt? Did you have any receipts from your fuel stops that didn't show the address of the gas station?
Great job and congratulations Amanda. I did a lot of bike touring here in Australia back as a young fella around 30 to 40 odd years ago. I honestly never kept track of my kms but even now days I still wish I could ride and even though I still hold a bike licence and the mind is willing thanks to injury my body isn’t willing.
Easily the best video of the 1K ride I’ve ever seen. I led these rides for those who wanted company. For me, riding so many miles on the freeway caused fatigue and I stopped Many times to rest, walk around, or even, looking like a fool, doing exercises in the parking lot!
I did a couple of Iron butt rides without knowing there was such a thing. I Han a summer job working at Disney World in FL. I lived in Illinois 1100+ miles in about 18 hours. The ride down was 3 days and sightseeing. The ride back was interstate! I did that for 3 summers in college on a Yamaha 650 special. My 60 year old self is looking for a custom seat!
What a great video! I’d hazard a guess that building that trip into a story/video was as hard as the trip itself. I done an unofficial 1021 miles in just under 22 hours in the UK, from Inverness to John O Groats to Lands End on the Longest Day 2021. I was trying to do sunrise JoG and sunset LE. My footage was terrible, i ran out of fuel range in an area did that not have 24 hour petrol, I ran out of camera batteries, I hit the wall badly twice and slept under my bike outside alone, and missed the LE sunset by 2 hours. I said never again, but you’ve put me in the mood to try it again in 23. 😂
Enjoying your video. I am a new rider, working on my training wheels with a Honda Navi. Fun fact, your stop at the Loves truck stop in Bliss was formally a bar a pizza restaurant called the "Skinny Pig" owned and operated by my parents.
👏👏👏CONGRATS Amanda. It's a great feeling hitting that 1,000 mile mark. Me and the Mrs did it a few years back. It was rough, but felt great afterwards. Took us 17.5 hours, how long did it take you? Great job documenting it btw 👏👏👏
I haven't done one yet, it's been on my list for years now I most I've traveled in a day so far has been around 600 miles, I left late in the morning, stopped several times through out the day, breaks and fuel (touristy stuff included), however, I do feel like I can push on and make the long distance mark of 1000 miles in 24. Did you find riding into the night to be difficult? And would you recommend leaving in the evening and riding through the night or leaving early in the morning and riding into the night?
I'm a night owl naturally so riding into the night was easier than getting up for a 6am start (That was our compromise lol Kerri wanted to start at 5am) I think the way I did it worked out for me. I think personally even as a night owl, starting when there's no light might have been more difficult.
Congratulations! I've done it twice. The third time I couldn't keep my eyes open at 4AM. I found a dirt patch in the desert north of the Great Salt Lake and had a great two hour nap!
Congratulations on your first saddle sore ride good to see you were doing it with an experienced rider. Here in the UK we have a lot of traffic on mixed motorway and two lane black top on a small island that makes a 1000 miles a bit more challenging but doable, looking forward to your next one. Best regards from the UK (IBA 57639)
I've only ever done that in a PU truck. That was in April of '88, from Temple TX to Orlando FL. I couldn't find a place to sleep until I was well south of Lake City FL. Then there was no GPS for me and I wasn't even thinking about 24 hour personal records. The truck was a 6 cylinder, manual 4 in the floor - '84 Dodge D100. Well I remember how tired I was!
Congratulations ! As shown by my channel picture to the left, I'm a Versys X300 owner and the seat is notorious for bring great pain to those that sit on it for more than a couple hours. So - a iron butt event will not be in my future or at least until I upgrade the seat to something much better.
Man, the longest I have been able to do so far is between 400 and 500 miles in one day, but part of that is because I did that on a Rebel 300, riding back from my college graduation a couple years ago. That was the bike I had at the time, but NOT made for that kind of riding. It was not comfortable, and I could barely walk when I pulled into my garage, but it was oh so much fun :D
I have seen several videos made by Iron Butt riders. This is one of the absolute best, because of the explanations and introspection. Well done! Congrats!
Thank you so much Carl 🥰
Never performed a 1000 miles in a day. You are not just an iron butt victor, you are a true road warrior. Well done.
In 1977 I rode from Newport, Rhode Island to Walnut Creek, CA in 3 1/2 days. I was on my Kawasaki H2 750 (the widowmaker) no windshield and very little common sense.
It was not my butt, rather my neck which gave me such pain. Around 3200 miles, a real character builder! I made the return trip about two weeks later, a little slower. I am 80 years old now, so I won't be repeating that adventure.
I rode 750 miles from Beaufort S.C. to Indianapolis in 1968 on a 305cc Honda Super Hawk in 15 hours as a young Marine going home on leave and to see the Indy 500.
I took 2 1/2 days to get back.
Great job capturing the experience! I’ve done a couple Saddlesore 1k and a BB1500. And several undocumented rides. It’s so cool that you rode with Kerri! I recognize her from several long distance riding pages. I love when people say “I couldn’t go that far in a car!” Of course not, a car sucks! 😂
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Congratulations. Your smile and positive attitude are heartwarming.
This was fun to watch. I worked for many years as a snow plow driver working up to 30 hours at time. Glad you posted about the concerns of fatigue and doing this.
You are amazing Amanda. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Well, You’re an inspiration! Thanks for sharing this.
My first ever motorcycle ride, 9 days after passing my UK motorcycle test, was only 180 miles,collecting my first larger bike (a 650]. The trip had rain, wind, and took 4 hours. It was a wonderful feeling to bring my bike home, but I absolutely loved the journey. I’ve done 2000 miles in 7 weeks, so it seems I’m into motorcycling…. Now to plan my first Iron Butt…. 🙏👍👍👏👏👏👏🤣🤣
Congratulations. WIth practise you could do these regularly if you need to get somewhere quickly and time is a limiting factor.
I've done several undocumented ones. The first was to see if I could actually do it. That one was truly miserable. The others were because I needed to get from point A to point B and didn't have a lot of time to do so. A lot of Dallas to Los Angeles or vice versa.
My top tips are:
* Make sure your bike is suited for it. YOU have got to be comfortable on the bike. I like adventure bikes because ergonomically, you are sat in a comfortable position naturally.
* Make sure you have weather appropriate gear. If you get cold or wet, or both, that is going to be miserable ride. Same with being too hot. I keep several pairs of gloves in my panniers (including one set of neoprene canoeing gloves) because heated grips don't overcome wet gloves.
* Leave early in the morning. By leaving super early in the morning (say 2am) you could stop at 10 am for breakfast, and already have 8 hours under your belt. But, BONUS, you still have basically all day to ride. Also, i'd rather deal with the glare from oncoming headlights when i'm fresh, than later in my day when i'm exhausted.
* Take advil, before you need it, pack some eye drops for your eyes, sunglasses, and ear plugs the whole way. For me, round about hour 12 is when my lower back might start to ache a little but, so I have to take advil right then. The first time i rode I suffered before remembering that most gas stations have advil for sale.
* Have a routine for your gas stops. I fuel up, document the stop, go inside, use the restroom, then come back and get something to drink and something to eat. I like to get sandwiches and other foods that I can eat on the go. It's all about keeping the wheels moving and keeping up as high an average speed as possible. You don't have to go fast, you just have to be efficient. Eating while going 55mph on the frontage road keeps your wheels moving.
* Don't be afraid to stop if you're too tired. Just stop. Get a hotel room. There will be other opportunities.
* Walmart and Target sale racks, Salvation army, Goodwill, etc are nice places to get cheap extra layers if you're cold.
Liking your canoe glove tip. Never knew they existed
Congraduations! What a great accomplishment. Very proud of you for achieving this goal. The planning and safety tips are valuable.
Hey, Amanda! Welcome to the world of Iron Butts from IBA 71243! I've done a Saddle Sore and a Bun Burner Silver (1500 in under 30 hours) and you're right, Kerri is an incredible rider!
WELL DONE! I loved Kerri's additional narration, it REALLY added to the video. Since watching this I have had a good look into the IBA (UK), the ride is a little harder to plan over here as the UK little. Lands End to John O'Groats is under 850 miles by the shortest route. Looks like I need to get the maps out.
There's a really active IBA UK forum, and I'm sure they'd love to connect with you and offer any advice or support they can!
@@kerrizor thanks Kerri, I've found the forum and I'm currently pondering routes that would be a bit more interesting than just pounding up a motorway (highway) to Scotland and back. Maybe a four points rather than just a straight Iron Butt 1000.
Yes, I did my first saddle sore this past June heading to the BMW rally. It was great to do. I started just before sunrise, and finished an hour after sunset. I focused on eating only as little as I needed, and hydrating fairly well, and without excess caffeine. In the end I decided it wasn’t that hard overall. Planning some details ahead for a while kept me from being stressed about it. Congrats! I knew you would go for one at some point 🎉
Amanda, congratulations on your first IBA run. I’m also a member and love this type of riding. It’s challenging, but you made it. Welcome to the insanity!
Congratulations. I’ve done a few Saddlesores, but just one documented. I rode from my home south of Atlanta to the St Louis Arch, bought some trinkets at the gift store, and then rode back home. 1174 miles.
It’s not hard, but it’s not easy, either. Biggest thing is just “stay on the bike.”
I’m enjoying your channel!
Congratulations! I have been an IBA member for about 10 years. I have done the 1,000 a few times and a two in one 1500 in 36 hours. Always feels amazing to have met your goal. Enjoy!
I try to do at least one per year. This year I did the Lake Superior ride for an IBA cert. I enjoy it. It’s challenging and fun. I also like walking the Camino de Santiago for many of the same reasons.
Congratulations and welcome to the club! I’ve got two more to finish the Great Lake series.
BTW, I like to be in ketosis when doing them. More energy and more alert. Planning helps. (Like picking the right time of day to go through Chicago. 😅)
Congrats! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us! You asked, and we answer: Yes, I've done a Saddlesore 1000 ride too!:
Mine began very near where yours ended in Wyoming. I had a very chilly ride, starting in Laramie, Wyoming (the next major town east of Rawlins on I-80) and ending in Tucson, Arizona.
It was a beautiful sunny day in early January when I left Laramie (7200 feet above sea level). I needed to wait for the sun to rise high enough to melt the ice off the roads near Laramie, so I didn't get started until 10:30 AM. Sadly, that meant riding through the cold night hours in January in the Rockies. I rode south through Colorado and lost my daylight as I passed through Raton, New Mexico. I nearly froze my jewels off as I continued south through New Mexico's chilly high deserts, and stopped for four hours sleep (and a lovely hot shower) in Socorro. I managed to get myself out of bed in time to blast southward through more cold and dark, and I finally saw the dawn as I rode past Deming, New Mexico, and hopped onto I-10 for the last leg into Tucson.
I was thankful for the astoundingly comfortable bikes BMW makes! Not only did I appreciate the big fairing on the R1100RT, but the nice hot cylinders and heads sitting right in front of my cold feet helped too! The generator on the bike had no trouble keeping up with the needs of the ignition and headlight, along with my heated grips and vest! I don't think I ever shut off the heat, even in the last leg of the ride across southern New Mexico and Arizona.
Appropriate for the positive feeling about BMW's bikes after that ride, I finished the ride at a BMW dealership in Tucson, with almost an hour to spare. They are all too familiar with the rules of Iron Butt rides, and they were happy to provide the ending documents.
How can you survive a 1000 mile motorcycle ride through the Rocky Mountains in January? Layers! Lots of layers. Wear a couple layers of wicking fabric and wool, then a heated electric vest, all underneath an Aerostich suit, and top it off with the thickest, most enormous down coat Eddie Bauer ever sold. Stuff some of those "handwarmer packets" inside your socks, so that they ride above your toes, and then stuff another packet under your toes as you put on your boots. Finish with another handwarmer packet stuffed into mittens so that they cover the backs of your fingers, while the front sides of your fingers enjoy the heated handgrips.
Good memories!
Great job you girls way to go !!
Awesome accomplishment. My personal best is 748 miles riding home from a trip. (East of Memphis to San Antonio.) The last 150 miles were so hard because I just wanted to be home. I have a friend that has done this all the time and also competes in some long distance rallies. He keeps encouraging me to do this.
Congratulations on your saddle sore 1000. I did mine in June. I know all to well of mentally hitting a wall. Good thing your friend was along. I rode solo and having one more person would have helped.
Wow, did not see that coming. That was awesome. Well done.
Excellent video and congrats!!! I did my very first Ironbutt back in July while on the way to "Get On ADV Fest" from SW Florida, two Ironbutts back to back with 2,250ish miles in 48 hours to get there in time, LOL! Overall round-trip was 5,318.5 miles over 11 days and I'm STILL working on editing all the content from the trip! ;)
Welcome to the club! Done the saddlesore twice- first with a group, second on my own…. Did better solo. I find leaving at 3am easier and keeping my gas stops shorter helps!
Congratulations Amanda! I have not done it yet! Have one planned for next spring! 🎉
Congratulations on getting out there and getting it done! I did my first last year (an in state Saddle Sore 1k) and I'm planning the BBG now. It's strangely addictive!
I love the little odometer down there ticking off the miles as the video went on.
I just returned to North Carolina from a motorcycle trip back to the small town of Letcher, South Dakota where a grew up. I learned to ride in and around Letcher so I wanted to ride the roads I learned on so many years ago. I am 63 now, so it's been roughly 35 years since I rode a motorcycle on those gravel roads. It had been 20 years since I was back in South Dakota, but that time I was in a car so it wasn't the same. I watched this video a couple of days before my planned trip starting Friday, June 30, I watched the video to prep myself a little bit. My first motel reservation was over 1,000 miles away. The morning I left the weather was great, by the time I reached Black Mountain in the Smoky Mountains it started raining, I rode for about 200 miles in the rain, with temps in the upper 60's. Once I got out of the rain and just east of Nashville, Tenn. the temps were in the mid 90's and continued climbing to 102 to 104, this is not counting the humidity. If it hadn't been for traffic accidents it wouldn't have been horrible. I did make it to my motel destination with 1,021.8 mile on my odometer. It wasn't official like your ride because I don't have the receipts and all the other proof, but now I know personally that I have done it. Your video of your ride did help keep me going.
The one thing I didn't do while riding the roads I grew up on, I didn't wipe out, crash, or fall over. Thank You for your videos.
Congratulations, Amanda! That's quite an accomplishment and inspiring for anyone considering such an undertaking. You did a great job recording the experience and thanks, also, to Kerri for being your Sherpa. The mile ticker in the corner was a helpful addition.
Great video. I'm a R1200 GSA rider and have done several of the Discovery Routes out west, and have had some long rides to get to the start of some of them. And one ride I did to get to some sailing lessons in Seattle, via Portland, had me going through Columbia gorge - but on the north side. One of my favorite road rides anywhere. That was a great start to your ride.
I just mapped out a trip from where I live now (Ogden, UT) to where I lived before I moved here (Lubbock, TX) and...NOT A CHANCE. I won't even pretend to suggest I could do it. The route I laid out is 991 (so, I'd find an additional 9 miles somewhere) but claims a total time of over 16 hours. So, factoring in stops for gas and food - maybe 18 hours. So, 6 AM to midnight. To repeat a phrase NOT A CHANCE. :) Congratulations on quite the feat.
Congratulations Amanda. I'm familiar with the 1000 mile Iron Butt, didn't know how they worked. Thank you for showing that in your video.
1043 miles was the most in a day for my Ss1000. I had a couple 600-700 mile days this summer on my Montana trip. Glad to see you on the roll now! Congrats!!!🎉
Congratulations and great job!!! Such a great feat that just leads to more of those "official" rides. I did my SS1k in September '21 and was surprised how much easier it was, physically, than the three subsequent days I spent riding back home.
Congratulations Amanda!! I've completed the SS1K as well.
Congratulations! Great job and welcome to the IBA. I suspected that you might do this one day since you are a traveler.
My first SS1K was for my 50th birthday. I'd never been on a very long mc trip before then, and the SS1K gave me the confidence to begin taking week-long cross-country trips.
I did a couple of 1000+ miles in a day.
Probably won’t ever do it again. While completing a challenge is cool, it’s just too painful. I’m retired, so just putzing around on backroads for 4-6 hours is fine, and then get a campsite or motel. No rush. Give myself plenty of days to get there, and only feel like I took a bunch of consecutive day trips.
That’s how I enjoy motorcycling.
I completed my SaddleSore 1000 this past June. It was an organized ride so the day before I rode 238 miles to Billings. 5 of us left Billings at 5am and rode to Missoula than Hwy 200 to Glendive, then interstate back to Billings. We didn't get back until after 2am. Part of the issue was that just about half of it was on 2 lane highway and we were moving slower. One of the riders was having fatigue issues but wanted to complete it so we slowed down and basically ran down both lanes of the Interstate to Billings. I then got up the next morning and rode home.
It was an experience, I loved that I was capable of completing it. Previously my longest ride was a little over 400 miles/8 hours on my Himalayan. I don't think I'll be doing it again any time soon. It's just not how I like to travel I guess, plus my bikes aren't really set up for mile crushing. (no cruise control, limited comfort features) I'm glad you had a good time and Kerri is so cool. 🙂
Got mine planned for the 17-18th this month. Doing it on my 2020 Triumph Speedmaster.....congratulations to you on completing it!!
Congrats! Nice ride, you two! Thanks for taking us along.
how did you like the africa twin for the saddlesore 1000? Was the other bike a GS?
Bonza effort! Mission accomplished.
Thank you for sharing.
I love how in the USA you can pass through so many states in that distance, but from where I live in Australia I could just scrape in 3 states in the same distance
People living in Perth would barely make it out of their state.
Oh man, you have no idea how much I want to come down and ride around your country!
Congrats! You truly are one of the worlds toughest riders. I completed my Iron Butt Saddlesore 1000 in July 2021 on a CB500X. My answer to the why question is to see if I could do it.
Great Video. You have inspired me again. Thanks Amanda.
Fantastic! It's great that you had someone with you. I rode 1800 miles coming back from South Dakota in 48 hours, and in hindsight... I was really too tired for many of those miles. A ridding buddy could have pointed that out to me at the time! It's easier o make mistakes alone! - Frank
Excellent video. This is something ive been curious about for a bit now and your video answered my questions. Adding this to my bucket list.
Glad it was helpful!
Congrats , respect! My butt hurts from looking at al your nice videos 😄 Happy safe trails and greetings from Belgium 👍
Just seen this and gave a 👍 I am in UK I have done 1000 miles b4 now not as a IBA and have thought about doing it in past, but never really understood it.but you explained it by far better.
Thank you
Congrats to you. I have never seriously contemplated riding that far in such a short period of time. I may have been able to do it when I was a young buck but now at 65 it’s not going to happen. I feel blessed to still be able to ride whatever the distance may be.
@Bill Reynolds,
If you are in decent health, age is just a number. I completed my 1st BB1500 3 years ago (at age 73) .
Congrats Amanda! The cool thing I noticed for me after doing a few SS1ks is how it makes a 5-600 mile day seem easier. Hardest SaddleSore 1000 I did was for the solar eclipse certificate in August 2017. Columbus, OH to Andrews, NC (via the Dragon) then back to Columbus (via some of the Blue Ridge Parkway). 1,187 miles and used all but 21 minutes of the 24 hours to do it.
i did a SS1k from Northern CA to the same Flying J you completed yours in Rawlins, WY. Congrats!
Whoop.. whoop congratulations, that’s an awesome achievement , you are a star and inspiration .🎉🎉🎉👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💕
Amanda, another fantastic and tough video for you and your friend. congratulations on your accomplishment.
I have don two certified saddle sore ride and another 5 just going down the road. Most between Wyoming and Phoenix AZ area. Did my first one at 70 years of age. Love your videos
Congratulations. Another great ride and video. My son proposed we try an iron butt several years ago. I've often wondered if I'm capable. Are the freeways considered the best option for achieving the goal?
I also have an Africa twin 1100 did you change the seat? i usually can do 2hrs till my butt hurts a lot
You are amazing,,, congratulations on your milestone.
Congrats on the Iron Butt! Well done!
Great job, Amanda! Way to get out and do the thing!! Those are hard fought miles towards the end. I bought my first ADV bike in May 21 (R1250 GSA) after being a sport bike guy (and racer) up to that point. One of the first things I planned, and obsessed about, was a Saddlesore 1000. I had a couple close friends complete them in the past and I finally owned a bike I felt like I could truly do one on. In Dec of '21 I rode from Huntsville, AL to the Southernmost Point in Key West. 1,078 miles in a little over 19 hours total (17.5 in the saddle). Next challenge is one of the Bun Burners.
Hey Amanda, Congrats and Great job. Thanks Kerri for keeping Magpie going. Prayers Flying for safe travels
Congrats! Ive never done one, but its on the bucket list.
WTG , I ride long distance ( and hours ) for the last 50 years . I do have an IBA SaddleSore Cert. on the wall from back in 2006 did it with a friend who was a city rider who wanted to prove to himself he could .
THank you for covering this i am planning to do one this summer
Undocumented, about 28 years ago:
I, semi-intentionally, went 1300 miles - from Lakewood CO to Knoxville TN. By semi intentionally, I mean I picked the destination, but for some reason I thought it was around 1000 miles.
A week later, I unintentionally went 1700 miles - from Annapolis MD to Lakewood CO, in the rain. By unintentionally, I mean that I had planned on stopping in eastern Kansas for the night. But when I wanted to stop, there were no vacancies due to there being some sort of convention in town. So I got back on the road and continued. There were no more cities (just small towns) on my route, and I didn't want to waste more time unsuccessfully looking for a motel that was open and had a vacancy. I just wanted to be home and out of the wet, cold cloths.
I arrived at home almost exactly the same time as I had left the day before. With two time zone changes, that was 26 hours.
Ok Lady, it's official, you've achieved hero status. You are now in the "What would (fill in the blank) do?" group. Congratulations! 🤘🏾😎🤘🏾
Oh Amanda what have you done. You have inspired a few of us here in Australia to attempt one.
Congratulations on your achievement!!! Were you also writing the mileage from your odometer on the receipt? Did you have any receipts from your fuel stops that didn't show the address of the gas station?
Welcome to the club! Nice work and great ride. =) has that itch for the 1500 in 24 Gold set in yet?
Nice personal challenge. Great job Amanda. I hate that kind of fatigue. RIDE SAFE!
Great job and congratulations Amanda. I did a lot of bike touring here in Australia back as a young fella around 30 to 40 odd years ago. I honestly never kept track of my kms but even now days I still wish I could ride and even though I still hold a bike licence and the mind is willing thanks to injury my body isn’t willing.
You know, I stop at that cafe now every time I go through Baker City...!
😄❤️ excellent
Awesome accomplishment! Congratulations 🎉👍🎊
Easily the best video of the 1K ride I’ve ever seen. I led these rides for those who wanted company. For me, riding so many miles on the freeway caused fatigue and I stopped Many times to rest, walk around, or even, looking like a fool, doing exercises in the parking lot!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I did a couple of Iron butt rides without knowing there was such a thing. I Han a summer job working at Disney World in FL. I lived in Illinois 1100+ miles in about 18 hours. The ride down was 3 days and sightseeing. The ride back was interstate! I did that for 3 summers in college on a Yamaha 650 special. My 60 year old self is looking for a custom seat!
Fantastic, congratulations, what an accomplishment!
My hero! Great job
What a great video! I’d hazard a guess that building that trip into a story/video was as hard as the trip itself.
I done an unofficial 1021 miles in just under 22 hours in the UK, from Inverness to John O Groats to Lands End on the Longest Day 2021. I was trying to do sunrise JoG and sunset LE.
My footage was terrible, i ran out of fuel range in an area did that not have 24 hour petrol, I ran out of camera batteries, I hit the wall badly twice and slept under my bike outside alone, and missed the LE sunset by 2 hours.
I said never again, but you’ve put me in the mood to try it again in 23. 😂
Congratulations Amanda... That's no small feat. Proud of you young lady...
Very impressed and happy for you.
Enjoying your video. I am a new rider, working on my training wheels with a Honda Navi.
Fun fact, your stop at the Loves truck stop in Bliss was formally a bar a pizza restaurant called the "Skinny Pig" owned and operated by my parents.
👏👏👏CONGRATS Amanda. It's a great feeling hitting that 1,000 mile mark.
Me and the Mrs did it a few years back. It was rough, but felt great afterwards.
Took us 17.5 hours, how long did it take you?
Great job documenting it btw 👏👏👏
Suuper, danke für dieses tolle Video, eine tolle Leistung von dir 😊😊❤Reinhard aus Deutschland 😊
Great job.
Congratulations.
Congratulations. Awesome achievement.
I haven't done one yet, it's been on my list for years now I most I've traveled in a day so far has been around 600 miles, I left late in the morning, stopped several times through out the day, breaks and fuel (touristy stuff included), however, I do feel like I can push on and make the long distance mark of 1000 miles in 24. Did you find riding into the night to be difficult? And would you recommend leaving in the evening and riding through the night or leaving early in the morning and riding into the night?
I'm a night owl naturally so riding into the night was easier than getting up for a 6am start
(That was our compromise lol Kerri wanted to start at 5am)
I think the way I did it worked out for me. I think personally even as a night owl, starting when there's no light might have been more difficult.
Congratulations! I've done it twice. The third time I couldn't keep my eyes open at 4AM. I found a dirt patch in the desert north of the Great Salt Lake and had a great two hour nap!
I haven't completed a 1k. Very cool ,as always your drive and determination are inspiring. 👏 🙌 💪
Congratulations on your first saddle sore ride good to see you were doing it with an experienced rider. Here in the UK we have a lot of traffic on mixed motorway and two lane black top on a small island that makes a 1000 miles a bit more challenging but doable, looking forward to your next one.
Best regards from the UK
(IBA 57639)
I've only ever done that in a PU truck. That was in April of '88, from Temple TX to Orlando FL. I couldn't find a place to sleep until I was well south of Lake City FL. Then there was no GPS for me and I wasn't even thinking about 24 hour personal records. The truck was a 6 cylinder, manual 4 in the floor - '84 Dodge D100. Well I remember how tired I was!
Your enthousiasme is addicting, well done 👍
Thanks 👍
Well done for completing the challenge Amanda. I’ve not completed any of the IBA challenges as it’s not really my thing. But never say never right 😊
You did the thing! Congrats
Good for you Amanda! That’s a lofty goal and accomplishment. 👍
Congratulations ! As shown by my channel picture to the left, I'm a Versys X300 owner and the seat is notorious for bring great pain to those that sit on it for more than a couple hours. So - a iron butt event will not be in my future or at least until I upgrade the seat to something much better.
I did 1082 miles from Moab to Seattle in 20hrs in a pickup. I couldn’t imagine doing it on a bike. It takes a lot more to be on a bike. Great work
Great video thank you very well done. My top mileage is at 1155 miles. Now at 66 years old may be 500 .thanks again cheers to ya
you are so cool I need more of a backbone like you have and you can do it videos your videos always make me feel encouraged thank you
Man, the longest I have been able to do so far is between 400 and 500 miles in one day, but part of that is because I did that on a Rebel 300, riding back from my college graduation a couple years ago. That was the bike I had at the time, but NOT made for that kind of riding. It was not comfortable, and I could barely walk when I pulled into my garage, but it was oh so much fun :D
Well done!! Congrats!!
Well done. As Kerry knows, it's about managing the stops. Keep the wheels turning. Ride safe.
Well done Amanda !!!!!!!! You are my inspiration.