by Chris Wiltshire | Apr 5, 2023 | IBR2023, Major Posts, Motorcycling
9 weeks today, we leave for the USA to compete in the Iron Butt Association’s – Iron Butt Rally (IBR). For those of you who don’t know much about this, it’s arguably the pinnacle of long distance rallying in the world. This is an 11 day event...
by Chris Wiltshire | Sep 1, 2022 | IBR2023, Motorcycling
It’s been a very busy few months. When we entered the Iron Butt Rally (2023) kicking off in June next year, we thought we had a pretty decent amount of time to prepare for it. Being based outside of the USA comes with a fair number of additional challenges above...
by Chris Wiltshire | Jun 27, 2022 | IBR2023, Motorcycling
Further progress: A 7mm brass pipe fitting created with a bent 6mm insert, soldered then inserted through the latest riser design. Measuring how long the brass tubes need to be before they start to interfere with tank bag flange. ~23mm 1/4 inch fuel hose fitted onto...
by Chris Wiltshire | May 17, 2022 | IBR2023, Major Posts, Motorcycling
For the Senior Butt Rally 2022 and the IBR 2023, I want to fit an Aux Tank to my Concours 1400, and aim for a fuel range of around 400+ miles ~650km. I have some wider plans in terms of what tank, how to mount it etc, and all of these are contained by not wanting to...