EmptySea's SS1000 attempt

[decarmine_imp]

Hi folks!

On June 27th (we hope), my brother-in-law on his BMW and I on my CB1100 (no windscreen and stock seat, by the way) will be attempting to complete a Saddle Sore/Lake Michigan 1000. We will be doing this ride to raise awareness and funds for an organization that assists adults with developmental disabilities. I have created a FB page on which you can follow our preparations for our trip as well as the trip itself, which will include GPS tracking, photos, and (hopefully) a few live FB feeds from the road. The plan will be to head out at about 3:00am on Tuesday, 6/27 and round the lake counter-clockwise. This should keep us out of Chicago traffic and get us out of the U.P. during daylight hours, drastically limiting our exposure to darkened roads.

Many, if not most, of the regular forum followers do not use Facebook. For them, I believe I will have a link to a site where you can follow my travels on that day. I will post that link on this thread once that page is set up and ready to go.

I will post updates on our trip preparation here in advance of the trip and I will also attempt (repeat, attempt) to post here during the trip.

For those of you on Facebook, you can "Like" this page https://www.facebook.com/Avenues1000/

Thanks!

Matt

I did the saddle sore 1000 (iron butt) around Florida about a year ago. Did 1100 miles in 19 hours. Nothing as altruistic as you are doing, just wanted it off my bucket list. I did it on a Harley Wide Glide at the age of 71. Next time (maybe with my son) it'll have to be on the CB1100...