I hope you had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year, with plans for riding lots of miles in 2025.
Following on from the very successful number of Certified Rides (89) and Awards (12) in 2024, we are a month into 2025 and already there have been ten Certified Rides and four awards including several firsts for IBA Ireland including:
US Federal Holiday Rides (New Year's Day and Martin Luther King, Jnr. Day)
2 x Coffee Cup Gold 1000 rides (six coffee stops and a town with a coffee related name).
A Polar Bera 1000.
An Every Brand Rocks – 3 Award (H-D, BMW & Honda),
A Mile Eater Platinum Award (40 Certified Rides with at least 10 at Gold/Insanity level).
Some of events available in 2025 are listed below:
IBA Ireland (further details on the Website, Forum and Face Book (Events)):
15th of Mar RTE #1 – 12 noon at Loughrea Hotel and Spa.
31st of May RTE #2 – 12 noon at The Wytchway Inn, Holycross, Thurles.
28th of Jun – Underground SaddleSore 1000 in Norway (TBC).
2nd of Jul – Memorial Ride for the 25th Anniversary of the death of Joey Dunlop MBE, Talinn, Estonia.
26th of Jul RTE #3 – 12 noon at The Glenavon Hotel, Cookstown.
6th of Sep – 12 hour, Celtic Rally – Dragon Edition in Wales.
1st of Nov RTE #4 – 12 noon at The Roost, Maynooth.