Spring Fling or Border-to-Border Insanity
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:59 am
I'm thinking about a rally next spring. Just before summer vacation (less traffic). If you go to www.irondutt.com you'll see that they have a whole bunch of interesting rides that qualify you for iron butt membership. They encourage long distance riding and safety. One of them is called Border-to-Border Insanity. It's considered "extreme" but there are a lot of "extreme" rides I consider "fun". And there are some beautiful roads in the San Diego area. This rally will be over three days.
On Friday the plan is to go for a nice ride in the country and non-California riders will get a primer on California riding. What's so different about California? You can split the lanes legally. Saturday morning early (2am?) we will leave Tijuana for Canada. Straight up Interstate 5. Late Saturday night we will get to Canada (the B C Province), get a room, collapse on the bed, and beat up anyone (Canadian CBX riders undoubtably) who tries to wake us up before check-out. They'll take us on a nice ride on Sunday and on Monday we can ride home.
Now one of the easiest iron butt rides is the Saddle-Sore 1000 (SS1000). That's 1000 miles in 24 hours. You might try that on your way to San Diego or back from Canada.
If you're seriously thinking about it, that's around 3000 miles in one week. I did a coast to coast and back last fall on my '82 and before I started, I put new tires, sprockets, and chain. They all now have 10,000 miles on them and I need a rear tire. I saved a lot of money on the tires because I put Kenda Challengers on them. I spent a lot of $$$ on the chain and sprockets, I used high end X-ring chain. I just now adjusted the chain for the first time at 10,000 miles. I would put new brushes in the alternater also.
You really don't have to ride a CBX because I know a lot of people like to preserve theirs and have other bikes to ride but I like to ride the c**p out of mine.
By Christmas I should have the particulars all ironed out. I'll also be looking for people on the Interstate 5 corridor who can lend a helping hand if someone has a problem. I'll also try to find someone who can drive behind us to pick up stragglers with serious problems.
Now on a ride like that, the protocal is to usually go at your own pace. If there's a break-down, might stop to make sure they're okay and then proceed. I like to cruise around 90mph+, I have a radar detector, and stock pipes so I can hear the detector. I drive up and down there a lot in a big truck and can help you plan your fuel stops according to how far you want to go between stops. I plan on stopping every 125 to 150 miles.
You can reach me at 910-263-3764 or cbxtacy@yahoo.com
Remember-Preserve your CBX so I can buy it from you when I wear mine out and then I can ride the c**p out of yours.
On Friday the plan is to go for a nice ride in the country and non-California riders will get a primer on California riding. What's so different about California? You can split the lanes legally. Saturday morning early (2am?) we will leave Tijuana for Canada. Straight up Interstate 5. Late Saturday night we will get to Canada (the B C Province), get a room, collapse on the bed, and beat up anyone (Canadian CBX riders undoubtably) who tries to wake us up before check-out. They'll take us on a nice ride on Sunday and on Monday we can ride home.
Now one of the easiest iron butt rides is the Saddle-Sore 1000 (SS1000). That's 1000 miles in 24 hours. You might try that on your way to San Diego or back from Canada.
If you're seriously thinking about it, that's around 3000 miles in one week. I did a coast to coast and back last fall on my '82 and before I started, I put new tires, sprockets, and chain. They all now have 10,000 miles on them and I need a rear tire. I saved a lot of money on the tires because I put Kenda Challengers on them. I spent a lot of $$$ on the chain and sprockets, I used high end X-ring chain. I just now adjusted the chain for the first time at 10,000 miles. I would put new brushes in the alternater also.
You really don't have to ride a CBX because I know a lot of people like to preserve theirs and have other bikes to ride but I like to ride the c**p out of mine.
By Christmas I should have the particulars all ironed out. I'll also be looking for people on the Interstate 5 corridor who can lend a helping hand if someone has a problem. I'll also try to find someone who can drive behind us to pick up stragglers with serious problems.
Now on a ride like that, the protocal is to usually go at your own pace. If there's a break-down, might stop to make sure they're okay and then proceed. I like to cruise around 90mph+, I have a radar detector, and stock pipes so I can hear the detector. I drive up and down there a lot in a big truck and can help you plan your fuel stops according to how far you want to go between stops. I plan on stopping every 125 to 150 miles.
You can reach me at 910-263-3764 or cbxtacy@yahoo.com
Remember-Preserve your CBX so I can buy it from you when I wear mine out and then I can ride the c**p out of yours.