57,000 Miles of Hard Riding Adventures

It's been one year since I took delivery on the 2013 BMW R1200GS Adventure.  What a year of riding adventures it has been.

Besides accumulating a bunch of miles I managed to accomplish many of my ride goals this year.  The over arching goal I had for this rider year was to successfully complete my second Iron Butt Rally.  This goal tended to focus my riding efforts and activities.  Since the IBR I have been working on the ride report.  Instead of rushing to publish my musings about the Rally I thought I'd take my time over the winter months to do a more thorough job.





Listed below, in reverse order, are the Hard Riding Adventures for the last 57,000 miles.


October 2013:

• Big Tex Rally -- Posse Ride  Rally volunteer

• Fun with Bubbler GPS Pro New documentation application testing

September 2013:

• Round Trip to Salt Lake City  Family visit

August 2013:

• The Colorado 1,000n24  Fun rally in the mountains
• Micheline Anakee 3  Running blog of tire performance

July 2013:

• P.I.S.S.  Post IBR Stress Syndrome musing
• The Iron Butt Rally -- 11,000 Miles in 11 Days  16th Place Gold Medal Finish

May 2013:

• Texas 10,000 Miles in 10 Days  IBR Training ride

April 2013:

• The Cape Fear 1,000 Rally  IBR Training ride
• ROG -- Run Out of Gas Testing  Motorcycle performance testing

March 2013:

• 100ccc Gold Ride Plan and Report  IBR Training ride

January 2013:

• Using FLIR While Riding  New equipment performance training

December 2012:

• The FLIR PathFindIR Project  New equipment acquisition and testing

November 2012:

• The New Mount  New equipment acquisition and testing