Has anyone on here completed a 1,000 miles in 24 hours Iron Butt ride on a KLR? I've done it on a BMW K1200. I know thats not what you buy a KLR for but just wondering if it had been done.
Wow, I'm surprised the old Triumph made it 1,700 miles without some sort of problem, be it with the AMAL carburetors of the infamous Lucas rectifier!I rode an old Triumph 650 from Miami Beach, FL 1,700 miles to Oklahoma City because I only had enough money left for gas and two hamburgers. I lost a couple hours in Florida waiting for a filling station to open to get a bolt to fix a broken clutch cable and I slept for a couple of hours on the highway shoulder south of Dallas, but there must have been an iron butt in there somewhere. That was one of those "Really Need to Get There" type rides.
If you are riding on public roads, you are responsible also for those who you might run into or cause to crash while avoiding you after you dozed off and crossed into your lane. If you were only responsible for yourself, I’d say ride 5 days straight if that is what turns you on. However, unless you are on a race track, you aren’t just responsible for yourself. Many seem to forget that these days.This thread has gone from talking about doing an SS1000, to the crap seat on the KLR. And let's just skip over the stuff about the FAA et al; you're talking there about someone (or two [pilots]) managing other people's travel. You ride an Iron Butt - you're responsible for yourself. Assuming no passengers on board.
Agree!If you get the chance to attend one, come on out and show all the BMW and KTM riders that KLR's can hold their own!
If you can arrange your trip for October, they have the most amazing vintage festival at Barber each year and, of course, the museum is right in the middle of the whole thing. They have so many motorcycles in the museum that first they built an addition a couple years ago and then they still have to rotate them so it's almost like if you went twice a year you'd see like almost a whole different museum. They have one the original Brittons there. That stays out all the time.Bill10 *snip*
Hope to get over there again one day .. I MUST see the Barber M/cycle Museum in Alabama.