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Originally Posted by askmrjesus
I spent a few nights drinking with a guy named Peter Vangergernhoven (or something like that). I think he came in second or third of couple of years in the Iron Butt. His FJR had custom aluminum gas tanks all over it. Fucking thing was the Exxon Valdez of sport tourers.
He would ride 18 hours at a crack, sleep under a tarp for half an hour, (sleeping bags just slow you down) and then get back on the road.
Really nice guy.
Crazy as a shit house rat.
JC
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I have seen a few pics of the fjrs and some bmw's with all sorts of fuel cells on them, even in a car you wat to stop and stretch the legs after 3 or 4 hrs, couldnt imagine that on a bike.
I was reading the rules for getting an IBA patch for 1k miles in 24 hrs and it said you must stop every 350 miles or soemthing like that, figure these nuts with 7plus gallons of fuel can prolly go further than that anyway. I can stretch it to 200 on my futura but thats without the hard bags, and a puny 5 gallon tank.