Memorial Ride

[Justin]

Howard Entman is once again putting on a great group Iron Butt ride even this year - you can find more info on the link below.

http://www.nmpcs.com/2012memorialride/

Dates have been expanded to include any day between Sept 22 and Oct 7 - so plenty of time

Iron Butt Association Annual Memorial 1000 Ride

Each year the lives of many of our fellow motorcycle riders and loved ones are cut short. In their memory, a group of the World’s Toughest Riders will participate in a Saddle Sore 1000 on the same weekend, September 29-30, 2012. We hope to have riders participating in all 50 states, in all of the Canadian provinces, and in several countries around the world. This date was selected because the weather across North America is generally good—not too hot and not too cold.

The IBA will issue a special certificate for this event.

To specially honor our fallen brethren, we’re asking each you to find one of your motorcycle friends who is not an IBA member to ride the Saddle Sore with you. This will give you the opportunity to mentor the ‘newbie’ in the skill of route planning, navigation, hydration, and ATGATT before and during the ride. If the two of you ride the same route and submit your documentation together, special pricing will apply for the certification—there will be a $10 reduction for each of you in the normal fee!

The person for whom you’re riding does not have to be a former IBA member, or even a former motorcycle rider. It can be anybody that is special to you; somebody that has had an impact on your life.

What better way to honor our departed friends than to bring new members into the sport we all love. This will be a fun event! IBA will issue special certificates for the mentor and the mentee, and a special patch for the event. A video of the event will be produced. A special website will list all the participants and for whom they’re riding. We’re working on other ideas to make this event special.

I'll be heading out on a saddle sore 1k tomorrow night in honor of my mother why passed away June last year. It's not too late to get in, and it's a great way to honor someone and squeeze in an IBA ride.

[Justin]

Finished up my memorial SaddleSore yesterday - now relaxing in Gerlach, NV. The IBA memorial seems like a great destination for a memorial ride. Internet sucks here - so just one teaser shot of the IBA memorial and Chili for now.

[doug5551]

Great photo, Justin.

Look forward to more details when you get a chance.

Was nice seeing you in Gerlach.

See you next May in Alamo, if not before.  There is a whole lot of Nevada you haven't seen yet.  We will change that during the Alamo Fever!

[Justin]

Great photo, Justin.

Look forward to more details when you get a chance.

Was nice seeing you in Gerlach.

See you next May in Alamo, if not before.  There is a whole lot of Nevada you haven't seen yet.  We will change that during the Alamo Fever!

Guess I should post up a ride report.. Good seeing you too Doug, and my clock will be ticking very slowly till May. I'm coming down with a bad case of Alamo Fever. It's even luring me over to the dark side  

[Justin]

Cert came a few days back for this ride

Another nice looking certificate with some nice touches. And they spelled "Hayabusa" wrong once again   (I don't mind, gives me a chuckle)

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EQv3RKYEh1A/UQQuFNJlQZI/AAAAAAAAB4U/yNiOqLsVc_c/s800/memorial1k.jpg

It was a good ride, and ending in Gerlach just made sense - riding a memorial ride for my mother, to the IBA memorial in Gerlach. Not to mention that Gerlachfest was awesome and humbling; and the food served at Bruno's was possibly the best I've ever had on a m/c trip