Monthly Archives: May 2006
May 22, 2006
Iron Butt License Plate Frame
My IBA license plate frame came in the mail on Friday. I mounted it on the FJR on Sunday. I'm going to get frames for the ride certificate and Carole's Corvette Museum Lifetime Membership certificate, which I've been storing in a safe place for a few months.
May 16, 2006
Alaska
I've been playing around with a few ride plans involving Hyder, Alaska. I don't know when I might do such a ride, but it's fun to plan, anyway.
- Just Hyder is a seven-day scenic trip to Hyder, via US-97 in Oregon and Washington.
- Hyder and Yukon extends the trip to Hyder with a (relatively) short detour up to the Yukon Territory.
- Hyder, Yukon, NT goes one step further, and adds a 170 mile up-and-back to the Northwest Territories.
May 12, 2006
IBA 49-State Route
Someone over on the ST.N forum asked for a Streets & Trips map for an efficient IBA 48-in-10 route, and I always like to play with motorcycle route maps, so I dug in and spent a lunch hour putting one together, including stops in Washington, DC and Hyder, Alaska.
Download Zip file
I think this is relatively efficient, as these things go. It took some work to get stops in Florida, Nebraska, and Colorado, but otherwise I think it's in pretty good shape. 48-state mileage is 7,672 miles; add another 1,225 miles to get to Alaska.
The vast majority of the 48-state route is on Interstates or other limited-access routes, with these notable exceptions:
- Pine Bluff, AK to Tallulah, LA on US-65 - 160 miles
- Clinton, MS to Mobile, AL on US-49 and US-98 - 177 miles
- Greenville, SC to Bluefield, WV on various roads - 330 miles (to get NC, TN, KY, and WV)
- Manchester, NH to Troy, NY - 120 miles
- Worthington, MN to So. Sioux City, NE - 98 miles
- Casper, WY to Rawlins, WY - 117 miles
- I-80 to Colorado state line (and back) - 112 miles (to get CO)
- Wells, NV to Twin Falls, ID on US-93 - 121 miles
May 3, 2006
It's official
I got an e-mail from the Iron Butt Association this afternoon, letting me know that they've approved the ride certification I submitted for my SS1K on March 26, 2006. I have an official, IBA member number, too:
25366
Next up is a Border-to-Border Insanity, maybe this fall. We'll see.
Table of contents on category archive pages
I added a table of contents to the top of the category archive pages today. I hope this provides a quick way to find an individual post, without cluttering up the top of the page. We'll see.
May 1, 2006
Replacement brake pads
These come recommended: DP Brakes, front uses DP418, rear uses DP423.