by Chris Wiltshire | Apr 5, 2023 | IBR2023, Major Posts, Motorcycling
9 weeks today, we leave for the USA to compete in the Iron Butt Association’s – Iron Butt Rally (IBR). For those of you who don’t know much about this, it’s arguably the pinnacle of long distance rallying in the world. This is an 11 day event...
by Chris Wiltshire | May 17, 2022 | IBR2023, Major Posts, Motorcycling
For the Senior Butt Rally 2022 and the IBR 2023, I want to fit an Aux Tank to my Concours 1400, and aim for a fuel range of around 400+ miles ~650km. I have some wider plans in terms of what tank, how to mount it etc, and all of these are contained by not wanting to...
by Chris Wiltshire | Mar 26, 2022 | Major Posts, Motorcycling
Days since the start of the 2023 IBR Days to the 2023 IBR It’s been a fairly busy and full on start to the year so far; work was busy through Jan and Feb for both Stella and myself, leading up to leaving for the South Island on the 16th Feb for 2.5 weeks...
by Chris Wiltshire | Oct 29, 2021 | Major Posts, Motorcycling
Planning / Background The IBA have an In-State series, and as a sub-part of that, they also list an ‘In-City’ series too. These tend to be one-offs done by special nut-jobs who are happy to ride around a single city for 24 hours, riding the minimum...
by Chris Wiltshire | Oct 1, 2021 | Major Posts, Motorcycling
SCREEN SHOTS IN THIS PAGE SHOW OLD VERSIONS OF APPS, WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO GRAB NEW VERSIONS – SORRY! Firstly, it should be pointed out that this is not compulsory in any way. This is entirely optional for most, but also strongly requested for the NI1600...
by Chris Wiltshire | Jan 23, 2021 | Major Posts, Motorcycling
Firstly, it should be pointed out that this is not compulsory in any way. This is entirely optional. What are we talking about? SpotWalla is a location tracking and sharing service for individuals. It is widely used within the long distance riding community overseas,...