Author Nick: ironboltbruce
Site: http://www.ldrlongdistancerider.com
About Author: Bruce Arnold is a record-holding long distance motorcycle rider, bikers' rights activist, political agitator targeting social injustice and institutionalized corruption, and a philosophical anarchist who sees the state as a necessary evil under which the best government is less government.
At 4:53pm CT on Sunday, 1 August 2010, I pulled an ATM slip at a 7-11 in Wichita Falls to log the end of what should be certified as my 51st Iron Butt ride and my 4th Bun Burner 1500, covering a distance of 1,515 miles in 35 hours 35 minutes. My route was from [...]
“I never give’em Hell. I just tell the Truth and they think it’s Hell.”–Harry S. Truman SATURDAY (14 August 2010) marked the end of 15 days and 5,790 miles in the saddle for DP, Hidalgo and me. We rode the first 1,515 miles from Miami Beach FL to Wichita Falls TX in 35 hours 35 [...]
Of the tens of millions of motorcyclists here and abroad, only 50,000 or so have been certified as riding over 1,000 miles in under 24 hours by the Iron Butt Association (IBA). Of these, only 11 have completed over 20 certified distance and endurance rides and qualified as members of the IBA Mile Eater GOLD [...]