BlaSTr
03-25-2007, 09:50 PM
Well, I finally did an "extreme" IBA ride - the BBG1500 this weekend. I did it in well under 24 hours thanks to some great weather, a fantastic bike (almost), and a few cager rabbits that cleared the road of LEOs.
It was a IBA sanctioned ride put on by the Free Florida Bikers organization. 30-40 riders showed up in 57F weather on all kinds of rides including a shieldless Yamaha 650. At least a half-dozen bikes came without windhshields and for a 1000/1500 mile ride that's something. There was one BMW 1200GS tricked out pretty well, my less than trick ST, lots of Harleys, VTXs, Shadows, the aforementioned Yamaha, and a bunch of Oldwings
The SS1000 riders went clockwise around Florida while the BB1500 riders went counterclockwise through Florida and Georgia. Temps went from 57-88F amid bright sunshine and lots of wind from the East (20-30+ mph according to the weather channel). We all rode to the first checkpoint amid whispy fog along a 2-lane construction zone road that had 2 short places to pass in the first 20 miles. After that I never saw another rider until the last stop. They were doing the 1000 and arrived about an hour after I did. The organizers say we'll have the papers and dodads in about 8 weeks.
The only problem I have is my butt and my junk. The Sargent seat gives me a good platform to sit on but the Alaska butt pad gets very thin after a few hundred miles. The AirHawk Large seems to want me to either lean forward or aft and is much higher than the pad. Is that a function of too much air? As for the other, it gets very uncomfortable on the AirHawk after a very short period of time. This is possibly due to the AirHawk not being properly filled. Any suggestions?
And if I've offended any women readers, my apologies. It was the only problem I had on the ride and I need to solve it if I'm going to ride longer distances or ride in comfort.
Doug
It was a IBA sanctioned ride put on by the Free Florida Bikers organization. 30-40 riders showed up in 57F weather on all kinds of rides including a shieldless Yamaha 650. At least a half-dozen bikes came without windhshields and for a 1000/1500 mile ride that's something. There was one BMW 1200GS tricked out pretty well, my less than trick ST, lots of Harleys, VTXs, Shadows, the aforementioned Yamaha, and a bunch of Oldwings
The SS1000 riders went clockwise around Florida while the BB1500 riders went counterclockwise through Florida and Georgia. Temps went from 57-88F amid bright sunshine and lots of wind from the East (20-30+ mph according to the weather channel). We all rode to the first checkpoint amid whispy fog along a 2-lane construction zone road that had 2 short places to pass in the first 20 miles. After that I never saw another rider until the last stop. They were doing the 1000 and arrived about an hour after I did. The organizers say we'll have the papers and dodads in about 8 weeks.
The only problem I have is my butt and my junk. The Sargent seat gives me a good platform to sit on but the Alaska butt pad gets very thin after a few hundred miles. The AirHawk Large seems to want me to either lean forward or aft and is much higher than the pad. Is that a function of too much air? As for the other, it gets very uncomfortable on the AirHawk after a very short period of time. This is possibly due to the AirHawk not being properly filled. Any suggestions?
And if I've offended any women readers, my apologies. It was the only problem I had on the ride and I need to solve it if I'm going to ride longer distances or ride in comfort.
Doug