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Biker sets 'Iron-Butt' record across continent
« on: June 24, 2004, 09:08:22 AM »
June 24, 2004

MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. motorcyclist made the 5,632-mile trek from the northernmost road in Alaska to the southernmost tip of Florida in 100 hours and set a transcontinental record certified by the "Iron Butt Association" of bike enthusiasts.

"I'm a little tired ... a little bit bruised," biker Gary Eagan said by phone from Key West, Florida, on Tuesday, a day after finishing the journey on his Ducati Multistrada.

He bested the old transcontinental "Iron Butt" record of 114 hours and 49 minutes, set last year by a BMW rider from Maryland.

A few hours after starting his solo journey on a gravel road in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, a truck forced Eagan off the road and his motorcycle flipped over into the tundra, breaking his windshield, one rearview mirror, auxiliary fuel tank and shearing off the saddlebag containing his spare clothes.

"I think I broke my big toe and dislocated my finger and elbow a little bit," said Eagan, 56, of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Re: Biker sets 'Iron-Butt' record across continent
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2004, 03:18:36 AM »
AND he still broke the record... cool [smiley=beerchug.gif]
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Re: Biker sets 'Iron-Butt' record across continent
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2004, 12:02:22 PM »
One word....."STUD"

Now that's a true biker.  I'm impressed.
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Re: Biker sets 'Iron-Butt' record across continent
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2004, 12:03:09 PM »
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June 24, 2004


"I think I broke my big toe and dislocated my finger and elbow a little bit," said Eagan, 56, of Salt Lake City, Utah.



"a little bit"...I think that this says a lot.  
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