2010 Not Superman Rally

[squeezer]

Anyone suggest a good source for routing instructions.  I use Garmin Mapsource, I know how to plot out a route (like when I take a trip and want to hit certain POIs or roads), but am unsure how I will add the bonus locations.  Will they be in longitude/latitude?  Why do people mark bonus locations different things(different color flags, different shape flags) Is this after they know the point values?  Ballpark number of bonus locations?  100, 1000, 10000?  In the week I have the bonus locations but no info about them, do people try to figure out what they are?  How do you search for what is at a location if all you have are Latitude/Longitude?   Thanks for any help or suggestions.  Josh

The Jim Owen routing method (and you really can't do better than that) is at:
http://alaska.derrickandlove.net/The%20Jim%20Owen%27Method.htm

And a good set of tips from another IBR winner is at:
http://www.ironbuttrider.net/favorite.htm

In most rallies, you'll get the lat-long to route to a bonus point and can build your route that way. Exactly what you're looking for and what you have to do will be spelled out in the rally book.  While you often can sort out what's there using google maps or something similar, most people wait for the rally book for specifics.

[scramblerracer123]

Thanks Squeezer,  I had read the George Barnes piece, but not the Jim Owens one.  I will go through that tonight.  

[pmspaul]

I'm #29 Josh Lawrence- see ya there

I just finalized my registration for the rally.  I'm #37 Paul Lawson.  This will be my first rally, so here goes nothin!

[D-Mac]

Good to see another Yamaha in the rally. I'm Rider #3.

[scramblerracer123]

You should ride the vfr Paul, all the cool kids are doing it

[pmspaul]

You should ride the vfr Paul, all the cool kids are doing it

I need to update my profile.  My wife "requested" I sell the VFR and it went to a new home late last year.

I don't think I'm "cool" enough to do this run on the viffer, especially 2-up.  The main reason I got the FJR was for more 2-up room and comfort, but honestly my threshold on the vfr(stock) was about 7-800 miles in a day.

Good luck to you and D-Mac.  I'm just hoping the wife and I can be finishers and have a fun little adventure together.  

Hope to meet y'all in June.

-Paul

[scramblerracer123]

9 days to sign in

[scramblerracer123]

One more week.

[scramblerracer123]

What a fun weekend of riding and meeting other like minded folks.  It was great to meet you Paul and Dean.  Hope you both got home safe.  Hope to see you at another rally.

[D-Mac]

I had a great time. I learned a lot about the art of collecting bonuses efficiently.

I'm still haunted by losing 300 points during the last 10 hours through a combination of mental errors, gps issues, and mechanical problems.

Still, it was a blast.

[pmspaul]

What a fun weekend of riding and meeting other like minded folks.  It was great to meet you Paul and Dean.  Hope you both got home safe.  Hope to see you at another rally.

Josh,

I enjoyed meeting you and Dean.  I am looking at the Void in October right now.  I saw you mention you might do that one from Lexington as well.  Lexington is also the closest start for me.  Next rally we both ride in, my goal is to not tie you.

Dean, I saw you figured out your shifting woes.  So 500ml less oil fixed it?  Strange.  It's terrible you had such bad luck, especially on the ride home!

I was glad that the only thing that kept me from scoring better was my lack of guts to go for a few bonii I should have, and a couple long stops.  Weird that 15 minutes for dinner at End of Trail seemed like an eternity and cost me another bonus.  Live and Learn.  

Hope to see you guys again some time.

-Paul