ride report

Some background I am a “patch” seeker! During my 2017 Sturgis trip, much before I started doing IBRs, I had seen this old, scrawny guy on a Harley. He had patches all over his leather jacket – front and back, and then several more on his chaps. Fully covered with patches; there was not an...

Chapter 1 aka Prologue It was another rainy day of early May 2022, another Blursday when I did not do anything worth storing in my memory cells hence it is just a vague recollection, and more of an impression on what really triggered me to plan this ride. There are always some ideas, some...

Hi everyone, Every year the NZ Distance Riders group runs the North Island 1600 (1,000 miles, or 1,609 kilometres in less than 24 hours). Riders who complete the ride often use this to qualify as a member of the Iron Butt – I did this four years ago. This year the ride was horrendous, but...

John Harrison wrote in the epilogue that he was looking forward to reading folks' ride reports. So, it might be nice for folks who're writing ride reports to stick their links here to make it easy for folks who want to read ride reports to find them. Just a thought. Mine is currently a work...