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a shiftless lad: So what's this Iron Butt thing all about?
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Musings on scooters and life on and off the road. Sunday, May 5, 2013. So what's this Iron Butt thing all about? As I was writing my previous post my friend Bill was literally in the middle of doing an Iron Butt ride through France. I suppose that was a large part of what started me rethinking the whole blog thing and why I ended up writing something. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What's all this then? The rest of the recap. Iron Butt ride recap. Countdown to, um, something. A few of my faves.
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a shiftless lad: May 2013
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Musings on scooters and life on and off the road. Friday, May 31, 2013. The rest of the recap. The ride east through West Virginia was the scenic highpoint of the trip. We had miles of long, twisty descent through the mountains. It's nice to be able to sail along at 75 mph on a big, wide interstate, although there were some turns where the surface was a bit hacked up and tough to hold traction on. Thursday, May 16, 2013. Iron Butt ride recap. On our scooters and ready to go at a few minutes before 4:00&#...
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a shiftless lad: Iron Butt ride recap
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Musings on scooters and life on and off the road. Thursday, May 16, 2013. Iron Butt ride recap. Up at 2:30 am for a 4:00 am start. I had all of my gear laid out the night before as well as a checklist of everything I needed to do before leaving. It's good that I did - I got maybe 3-4 hours of sleep at best and would have ridden off without any number of things if I didn't have a list handy. Within the first 100 miles after our rest stop I really hit the wall. My eyes were crossing and I found myself ...
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a shiftless lad: April 2012
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Musings on scooters and life on and off the road. Saturday, April 21, 2012. I can't begin to explain. Since it's looking highly unlikely that I'll be able to keep up with this blog over the coming week, an even better place to follow this unfolding madcap thing is on the Cannonball thread at the Modern Vespa. Forum A number of us are posting photos to the thread so you'll get a nearly-real time look at what's happening. Monday, April 16, 2012. Gee, that's a long road. Saturday, April 14, 2012. I recently...
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a shiftless lad: December 2011
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Musings on scooters and life on and off the road. Saturday, December 31, 2011. My favorite farkles: Part I. One of the fun things about owning a scooter is making it your own by adding accessories (mods or farkles) to it. It could be something purely decorative like a headlight visor. While I was out riding a couple of days ago I was thinking about the various things I’ve done to my scooter and began to rank them in some sort of favorite order. Anyone who has back issues and/or does long distance rides o...
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a shiftless lad: May 2012
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Musings on scooters and life on and off the road. Thursday, May 3, 2012. Arrived home late last night and have to go straight to work this morning (boy, was it ever a mistake not to take another couple of vacation days). I'll be doing a lot of writing over the weekend to capture some memories before they blur and fade away. Riding the Cannonball was by far one of the coolest things I've done in many years and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What's all this then?
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a shiftless lad: I did it
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Musings on scooters and life on and off the road. Thursday, May 3, 2012. Arrived home late last night and have to go straight to work this morning (boy, was it ever a mistake not to take another couple of vacation days). I'll be doing a lot of writing over the weekend to capture some memories before they blur and fade away. Riding the Cannonball was by far one of the coolest things I've done in many years and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What's all this then?
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a shiftless lad: Is it just a ride or is it something more than that?
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Musings on scooters and life on and off the road. Monday, May 6, 2013. Is it just a ride or is it something more than that? You get on your scooter and go. It's just a ride.". It's just a ride. It's just a ride. So now that I've made a case for this event being a really big deal, let me explain why I think it might be best not to make a big deal out of it. So now you've got this other chorus in the back of your mind as you're tooling down the road and beginning to think maybe you've reached your limit an...
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a shiftless lad: This is kind of embarrassing
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Musings on scooters and life on and off the road. Saturday, May 4, 2013. This is kind of embarrassing. Is what inspired me to write something instead. "Do not go gentle into that good night" and all that. There are motorcyclists who get their kicks from doing endurance rides. Really crazy endurance rides. And there is a volunteer organization called the Iron Butt Association. How about the 50cc Quest - a ride across the U.S. in 50 hours or less? More to come.]. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Scooter...
