FJRForum Official 2021 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

[DiggerDr.]

I wonder what the median age of this group is. Guys at work are amazed by this.

 

[Niehart]

I sat next to a scratch at the banquet last night. He hit a deer crossing Missouri on his way to the start. He flew out anyway crutches and all just to be there. 

I saw him at the start on the crutches. Must of been tough for him to watch those folks leave without him. Especially after at the work he put in just to be in the rally.

 

[hppants]

How fast is "Rally Nominal"?

 

[Niehart]

"start photos by Tobie Stevens" link

 

[BkerChuck]

How fast is "Rally Nominal"?

Depends on the rider......For me I try to keep it no more than 15 over posted. YMMV

 

[Justin]

Depends on the rider......For me I try to keep it no more than 15 over posted. YMMV

Depends on the rally, too. A CG rally in Nevada has a different "rally nominal" than the IBR.

 

[MCGMB]

I wonder what the median age of this group is. Guys at work are amazed by this.

For the 2019 Rally the average was 54.3:

IBR Facts

I would've guessed it was 50 or so. What's interesting is the increasing age trend. 

A 79 YO rode in '15, and finished!

 

[Boondoggle]

I think Marty Cover is 75 this year. 

 

[BkerChuck]

I think Marty Cover is 75 this year. 

Believe that's correct. Sucks their family situation didn't play out as planned as we would have had Marty, his daughter Lisa, her husband Steven, and her daughter Molly all traveling together on 3 bikes.

 

[DiggerDr.]

Believe that's correct. Sucks their family situation didn't play out as planned as we would have had Marty, his daughter Lisa, her husband Steven, and her daughter Molly all traveling together on 3 bikes.

I agree, a 3 generation IBR would have been quite an accomplishment.

 

[heynowref]

So with less bonus locations this year will we see more of this - many riders seemingly on the same path?

Or maybe cause we are only 27 hours out? 

 

[Ignacio]

Practically as slick as a stock 'Busa and, without a doubt, the most aerodynamic, purpose built, LD bike to every grace a rally starting line. Mike claims 44mpg at 'rally nominal'. 

I guess I got a little excited over it as Ignacio called me a 'fan boy'. 

Perfectly said, I'm in agreement.  I took a look at those LEDs in the mirror and it took close-up inspection to see the bondo or epoxy work he did to make it look gooood.

And maybe i called you a fan boy to deflect how fan boy I am....too. It was the most impressive new LD strategy I've seen in a long time.  Usually you see a farkle or two, but this thing was a whole new bike-farkle....with even more new farkles on it.

 

[Ignacio]

How fast is "Rally Nominal"?

From a 3 time finisher of this event including specific riders meeting discussion: "Assertively. Going with the flow of traffic.....but making it look a bit cooler than GS, Wing, or Connie."

 

[Ignacio]

11 days standing on pegs? Er...

IBR folk seem obsessed with BMWs regardless of their IBR history of leaving people stranded.

I'm an IBR folk and not obsessed with Beemers, final drives or being stranded...unless I have no bars of service.....then I'm more stressed than obsessed.

You're an IBR folk too! Are you obsessed?  Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Auburn]

Looks like the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field was a busy place today.

 

[RJAMT]

According to the Day 1 Flash Update, defending champion Wendy Crockett got something lodged in her rear wheel that locked it up. From the picture of the ruined tire I'd guess she had one hell of a moment keeping her FJR upright! Fresh underwear maybe?

Sounds like she was saved by a really good shop in Blackfoot, Idaho that got her on the road quickly and she's back on the hunt.

 

[DiggerDr.]

Notice her license plate #?  "IRNBUM" That took some skill to ride that out. From a new tire to practically nothing in seconds. I don't know how she made it 40 miles on the remains of that tire.

 

[GearHeadGrrrl]

From following Spotwalla it looks like here must be a bunch of Boni along highway 200 from Montana to Minnesota, then the tracks deviate north up the Iron Range... Lotsa history up there.

 

[2DFlier]

If I could figure out how to embed a Google Photo image I'd share a screen grab instead of text. 

A third of the field this year is on a BMW of one flavor or another.  GS's and GL's dominate.  FJR's are a distant 3rd.

I have but can't find the 2017 and 2019 spread sheets but in the 2015 event a bit more than a third of the bikes were Beemers and half of those were GS's.  GW equaled GS's in numbers followed closely by FJR1300 - 14 entered in 2015.  Half that many this year.


BMW


25


R1200GS


12


R1200RT


5


K1600


3


R1250RT


2


R1250GS


1


K1300


1


F850GS


1


Honda


19


GL1800


14


ST1300


3


GL1500


1


ST1100


1


HD


12


Road Glide


5


Road King


3


Ultra Limited


1


Sportster


1


Fat Bob


1


Panamerica


1


Yamaha


10


FJR1300


7


Super Tenere


3


Kawasaki


4


Concours 14


2


Vulcan 500LTD


1


VersysX 300


1


Suzuki


2


V-Strom


1


Hayabusa


1


Victory


1


Cross Cntry Tour


1


Triumph


1


Trophy SE


1


KTM


1


300 XCW-TPI


1

 

[Powershouse]

From following Spotwalla it looks like here must be a bunch of Boni along highway 200 from Montana to Minnesota, then the tracks deviate north up the Iron Range... Lotsa history up there.

Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing looks to have been a bonus location.