Completed my Border to Border last night. We made it in 35.5 hours. It was great ride, my F6B was a dream to ride. Started in Milk River, Alb. And ended in Mexicali, Mexico. Check that off the bucket list.
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Completed my Border to Border last night. We made it in 35.5 hours. It was great ride, my F6B was a dream to ride. Started in Milk River, Alb. And ended in Mexicali, Mexico. Check that off the bucket list.
Awesome! :congrats:
Well done. The F6B seems to me like a great choice for a challenging endurance ride. Perhaps the F6B will be the go to bike for IBA rides in the future. I see an opportunity for an extended fuel tank location where the OEM rack would normally be mounted....:shhh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Philbert40
Phil I was trying to figure out your route...how many miles was that ???
Congratulations on a ride accomplished. :yes:
Congrats, Phil. I've been wondering how your ride was going. How about a Sacramento/Central Valley get together/ride so we can hear the details firsthand.
Congrats !!!!!!!!
Way cool, congrats!
Thanks everyone...The mileage was just about 1450 miles. The route was hwy 15 all the way to Vegas, then hwy 95 to mexicali. We had a little tire trouble on my friends BMW...so we ended up staying in Vegas several hours to get it fixed. Without that stop we were on track to do the ride in under 24 hrs. I am glad to have had the opportunity complete this event.
Bruce, I agree we need toget all our Sacramento F6 brothers together.
That's quite a haul in 24 hours! Since I live close to the southern border I think I would go south to north from Nogales to where you went in Canada. Then maybe take several days to get back home.
Did you have any issues at either border? I'm not thrilled about the idea of taking my bike into Mexico and back.
Nope no problems at all. The Canadian border folks were real nice and directed us to good little motel 19 miles up the road. The mexicali border was just dirty and depressing...we did not stay any longer than we had to. You are right about taking you time after the ride is over...you will need some decompression time. All in all...I would do it again.
I completed my Border to Border Insanity in July.
Used it as part of a Saddlesore 4000.
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Woohoo, sweet deal.
You IBA guys amaze me. I may do a SS1000 this year... won't even think about the others until I've done that one. Great job!
It really is just a mental challenge. If you prep and plan well...you just bang out the miles from point A to point B.
The next one on my list is the Coast to Coast in less than 50 hours. :icon_cool:
Your Accomplishment is wonderful. The only thing that I would add is I hope you'd travel back slower to enjoy the ride and scenery. Sort of soak it in. Since you flew by it at warp speed the first time. :clap2:
Congratulations. I attempted the B2B, on a HD Road Glide but failed. Canada to Wichita, KS and the bikes computer died. (my fault, forgot to put the rubber boot back on after I installed a power commander) I was in a heavy, heavy rain storm. Sideways rain, truck spray, lightning. Tornados in the area. I35 was even closed ,for a portion in Texas, due to flooding.
I have a tour tank in the garage and have been toying with the idea of mounting it on the F6B. What was your range? Has anyone attempted mounting an aux. fuel cell on the F6B. I know a few guys that have mounted them on full size Goldwings.
I had the tour tank mounted on a ST1300. Nice gravity fed system. Worked perfectly on my 100ccc ride.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Bob
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