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Part 2 is ready http://twowheeladventures.com/blog/hoka-hey-article-part-2

Part 1 of the article is posted on his site http://twowheeladventures.com/blog/articlepart-1 .

Monday will be my first ever Iron Butt Rally. This is also the first ever IBR5000, normally the iron butt rally is 11 days long, so I guess you could say this is  a mini rally since it’s only 5 days. The 11 day rally will be held next June. To be able to compete in that event, you first have to complete this one. It appears as if there are 100 riders or so. Here’s what i know: The official rally starts on Monday @ 8am, we have to return to Denver for the 1st  checkpoint no later than 11pm on Tuesday. Wednesday we will receive the bonus points for the following days. The rally will end Saturday @ 9am in Spartanburg, S.C. This is good because it means I can be home Sunday.  The past two days, I have been attending Rally seminars and I am amazed at what I have learned about long distance riding. Topics have covered: rally routing, bonus points, tracking devices, digital info, GPS applications and more. I guess there’s more to it than my personal strategy which is , “Sit there and twist that.” A lot of the bikes have fuel cells, some are equipped with state of the art logistics with sometimes 2 GPS and what not in order to win the most bonus points. I guess I’ll have to do mine the old fashion way. This time, I am riding the Buell Ulyssee.

Because we are respecting the rules of the Iron Butt Association,  we will not post any daily updates on the blog or use the SPOT tracking device.

Tom Austin wrote a good article about our first 3 days in Denver http://www.ironbuttrally.com/IBR/2010/2010IB5000Day-3.pdf 

As you all know, Chris arrived in Homer Wed. at 9pm. From 16th, he now move up to 15th since #3 got disqualified for riding straight from Key West to Homer without hitting any of the check points. No matter what his position is, Chris greatly enjoyed the adventure and the people he met before, during  and after the ride.

After fishing and a quick tour of Denali National Park, Chris has to fly back home to Atlanta this Sunday. The bike will trailered back to Milwaukee, so it can be ready for shipment to Vegas where the annual H-D Dealer Show is to take place in July. Chris plans to attend the dealer show, so keep an eye on the blog as we will post more pictures of the ride+ and the show and some video footage of the ride.

You deserve it, enjoy!