How I Broke The Coast-to-Coast Motorcycle Record
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None of the planning, electronics, 3D printed brackets, or expenses will ever show his TOTAL commitment more than the catheter and adult diaper. Nothing.
i could live with the catheter, but diaper? hell no.
I thought this was a joke until I watched the video
Granted it's a condom catheter, much less invasive. But your point stands.
Dude takes 25 minutes to fuel a motorcycle, how much time do you expect him to waste going ALL the way inside to pee? Another 45 minutes?
@@colormesarge I'm glad someone else mentioned this ... 25 minute fuel stops?🤔
"If you get stopped it's at least a half hour or jail."....words to live by. lol
How about, if it starts to look like jail, take a chance that it's a cool cop, tell them what you're really doing, and hope they'll let you go?
OR Just PIN IT lol I am not lying in my youth I did that once and I EXPECTED like road blocks or helicopter or something? Nothing... like the cop just said "screw it" LOL maybe end of shift or who knows?? ....no way I would ever do that again! Just was feeling my oats that morning.....150 indicated on GSXR I think of that morning when I see a chase on the news...that could have been ME? Whats that saying? "But for the grace of God there go I" ? something like that anyway@@guruoo
"Half Red Bull, half Gatorade", what an absolute legend.
Just to keep it healthy lol
Flat red bull hot Gatorade.
@@killeralltires , the easy fix is to use a powdered energy drinks, but one without beta-alanine, I think G fuel works. Mix with some powdered gatorade and water and make ice cubes.
Should be body armor, more in it to prevent cramps like potassium and magnesium
@@BlackoutBogard Cramps aren't a huge issue on a motorcycle. You can move around a lot. Shit, I can throw my feet on the tank under the handlebars, lean back with my backpack on and touch the sissybar on my bike, I'm 6'5" and haven't ever had cramping issues.
Just a reminder that riding is WAY more exhausting then driving a car. Awesome accomplishment
But way more fun
a lot harder to fall asleep tho
I haven’t ridden cross country and the farthest I’ve done was Dallas to Nashville when I moved. Surprisingly I was less tired than I would be driving a car. It was weird.
You stay alert much longer, but when your body and brain have finally had enough, you crash hard.
I want to hear more about this guy's life he owned a chopper shop in Jacksonville Florida he's a trained engineer he wrote and recorded his own soundtrack to his own movie about a solo ride across the country as the fastest man on a bike and I've literally never heard of this guy before he must have more interesting stories you got to have him back
Seriously! 👍
Epic Florida Man crosses the country in record time, equiped with a BMW, infrared vision and a self engineered Condom-Diaper...
Yeah!!! 🏍️🔥🔥🔥
@@HeronCalaris hilarious, but yes, totally sounds like a floridaman story. considering my first home was a trailer park in ft. lauderdale with a mustang and harley outside, all makes so much sense!
@@NoLimitsNoRegrets how can we find your movie?
This^^ been in the Jax area my whole life and it was cool hearing about his final stretch with the footage as I drive those roads daily
This makes cannonball look like child's play
The original Brock Yates' Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Run was from the Red Ball Garage in New York to the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach CA for around 2800 miles. At the time, it was 55 mph maximum and heavily enforced in many states. Now Google Maps says that you have 42 hours of driving time. I think the record was 33 hours. I remember Corvette News around 1979 had a 1963 Corvette that participated and claimed "Fastest Corvette in the World" due to its 38 hour trip.
The typical Iron Butt Coast to Coast run from Jacksonville and San Diego is 2360 miles and Google says it takes 34 hours.
The SD to Jax run is about 440 miles less than the CB STSS.
Of course, we all know that anything on a bike is much harder than a car. I'd make trips St. Louis to Central Florida - right at 1000 miles and just over 14 hours. Best time on a bike was 18 hours.
The other advantage in a car in the Cannonball is you could switch drivers and get some sleep.
The gas stops kill you. His 10 gallons vs. the normal 5 gallons helped a lot.
I've done 30 hours on a bike, straight. What he said about seeing things is true. It's hard to "fall asleep" on a bike - you start to hallucinate even when you can't relax and fall asleep like you would in a car.
I've always had problems falling asleep and hitting my helmet on the windscreen or fairing mount after about 10 hrs Easier than most people understand.Seeing things that aren't there start around 18hrs for me.After that long on a Honda rc51 the pain doesn't keep me awake
@@stunter2875 Ouf, i did 8 hrs on my rc51 once. Never again, that pain was real on a stock seat. Hats off to you because the rc51 is an animal not made for long distance imo. The blackbird is my weapon of choice for longer rides
I do this at least a few times month with the hallucinations but I drive a delivery truck up to 25 hours a day sometimes. I've had hallucinations go as far as seeing jets landing on the road in front of me and I've driven over bridges just to realize there is no bridge and the powerline posts normally blur together and form a tunnel that I have to keep shaking off
@@tylert6887 Oddly enough I have had a chance to ride hundreds of different motorcycles,but never a Blackbird.I always wanted to try a Blackbird for obvious reasons but I have never met anyone who has one,which imo is pretty cool and believed that is a very underrated bike. How comfortable are they
New england north Dakota to Bakersfield California in 23 hours on my 95 flhtc.
Nice to see the mention of being courteous to the other drivers. Obviously these runs are questionably legal at best, but it's always good to see that the people running them are actually trying to avoid endangering anyone else. All in good fun, so long as no one else can get hurt.
Also riding by Flir is absolutely terrifying.
figure on a motorcycle, the highest risk to anyone is myself, and i'm okay with accountability, but yes, as a rule i try not to do things to other drivers that would pss me off. the flir is intense. like i said in the movie, pilots do it all the time, but deer can't fly.
I would say the FLIR is less terrifying than not having it at night and relying on just human eyes. Human eyes are not as good at seeing what's out there not just ahead, but also to the sides, where the FLIR is better. The loose connection and occassional flickering could be an issue though.
@@williamthornton5856 completely agree. i had a close call illustrating how worthless headlights are at anything 3 digits, but that flir is such a drastic improvement. it doens't flicker in the cars, and the new system i'm developing for bikes will allow time to have a solid cable vs. my scabbing that one together in a hurry w/ almost no test time validation.
questionably legal?
@@nakoda1610 lol right. Legally questionable. Fkn hell people.
As soon as I saw the S1000RR I thought to myself “no he didn’t” lol. I need a Goldwing if I was ever going to attempt something like this. Much Props.
I rode from south Florida to Connecticut on a 2004 cbr1000rr. I was young and stupid lol. It was a ton of fun and glad I did it when I did it lol. I'm 40 now and couldn't dream of attempting this now hahaha.
My back, elbows, wrists and neck would be destroyed after 33 hours on an S1000RR
I once rode a CBR 600 RR from Lapland to southern Finland (about 1000 km) within 24 hours. It's definitely quite taxing to make a long trip with a supersport.
Early 20s I rode my ducati 899 from Charleston, SC to Greenville, SC and back in a day. Only about 6 hours total but that beat me to hell. I can do all day in backroads, but highway miles suck.
I was expecting his handle bars to be replaced with touring style, but no he's using bars designed for the race track. four hours of riding would be my limit with those bars.
My hat is off to the guy, if I were ever to try something like this my plan would've been way more half baked than his. Half of the points he brought up or discussed wouldn't never even crossed my mind, very detailed analysis.
Do you think one of your turbo bikes could make the trip? Lol
I 100% agree.
Yeah this guy was legit prepared. I've ridden coast to coast solo twice, with a best time of 48hrs (2600+ miles) Jax beach to santa monica. Both times without any special gear (jeans and canvas jacket), no gps, no maps, no monitors....all on a bone stock sportster 48 with a 2 gallon peanut and zero preparing, I literally just bought it as my first bike 1 month prior. (50 fuel stops east to west/48 fuel stops west to east) I was averaging about 60-70 miles per tank. I passed some of the same trucks 8 or 9 times....because I'd have to keep pulling over for fuel...After the first 3 or 4 I'd get a wave or honk as I ripped around them. Props to this guy for going as far as to wear a diaper...thats some commitment.
@@dingguscon235 that's intense on a sportie. i had a hugger punched out to a 1200 and a king tank, and being lowered it had about zero give in the rear shocks. also had a rigid i built with the peanut tank, and yeah, it was about 2-3 fuelups just from jax to daytona beach!
As someone who has been planning the trip in the other direction for a couple years I 100% agree never would have thought of half these points. Granted I’m not going to try and break records either. In fact my plans involve a hard tail panhead and I do like my backside a bit much to make the trip as fast as I can on something like that
PSA: If you’re a car guy and have even the smallest interest in motorcycles, GET ONE. I promise you everything you love about cars is also on two wheels with 2x the freedom. There is absolutely nothing like it, it’s amazing.
well said. i love driving cars in the mountains for example, but the bike has lean as well and adds another dimension. plus you get to see the 12K' dropoff if you screw up!
I went from a cbr 600 to a c5 vette and wouldn't go back to a sport bike, I'm too irresponsible... might get a bonneville bobber later in life. Too many shitty old/distracted drivers here in Ontario. Driving defensively like everyone will kill you still isn't enough to be safe out there.
@@blackbettyc5 Respect. Knowing yourself and checking your own ego is commendable. Drive safe bro!
@@blackbettyc5
Totally true, I agree with you. Now what brand of tampons do you use? 😂. (Ok sorry, I just had to. You gotta do you, happy IWD!).
@@sliglusamelius8578 good one aha I got a nice life and too much to live for. Definitely miss being on 2 wheels tho
Best thing to do after open heart surgery… race across the country on a motorcycle fueled by Red Bull and Gatorade.
Hell, why not?
Something eventually takes every one of us out. Post heart attack, you can hide from life, die in a mundane manner, and have regrets about what you didn't do.
Or, you can risk going out doing what you love to do, with no regrets.
I'll take the second option, literally. Almost died 4 months ago, infection in my right leg. Survived, but paid for it with an AKA, trans femoral.
Next season, I will be back on the bike, and my wife and I have a plan to ride down to Deals Gap, and run the tail of the dragon again, for our anniversary. Plan was this year, but, like my right leg, things came up short.
October 2022 we are riding both bikes down, and doing this. My 4th, her second, and my first as an amputee. Already setting up the NC700A up with a left hand rear brake, on the LH controls. Doing PT with the new leg, and I plan on meeting this goal.
And if I don't make it back, hell, I went out doing something epic.
Him and the guy with the Mustang gas bomb both have adamantium balls you can see from space.
Yep because we are all on borrowed time before we are judged by the man upstairs. Either live out your purpose or die. Death is not the worst of evils!
@@donh1572 Truth! Sometimes surviving it, and always, never trying, are far worse.
I'll take the regrets over things I've done, over sitting there at 90, regretting everything I didn't have the fortitude to go out and try to do.
@@donh1572 absolutely. Not afraid to die, afraid of not living enough.
Avg 72mph was much slower than I expected …. but makes sense with all the real world challenges - 🔥🔥🔥
my thoughts exactly. i was averaging 88 for a while, but once i hit houston, it absolutely tanked, and made up what i could in FL.
@@NoLimitsNoRegretsyour the man love your channel
@@JamesRockefeller45 thanks man, really appreciate it!
What flir were you using?
@@NoLimitsNoRegrets flir?
This guy is a great story teller
I rode a stock 99 Katana from the Mojave desert (29 palms) to South Carolina in May 1999. Young and dumb. Brave to a fault.
I was getting sore by the time I got to Holbrooke, AZ. Spent the night in a cheap hotel in the desert on 40, when got too frigid. I would switch my hands from left to right on the throttle. And put the free hand through the hole in the fairing to warm it on the fins if the block and head on the air cooled bike.
Then was hating life in pain by the time I got to New Mexico. I sucked it up and drove on refusing to fail.
I remember the carbs loading up climbing the hill into Albuquerque, NM due to the elevation change. I was wide open throttle and couldn't get past about 80.
Got my first speeding ticket from Vega County TX justice of the peace. After topping off at a truck stop somewhere near Amarillo. Caught a huge break out of pity from the officer/sheriff or whatever he was. He made me sit in the car and saw my orders. Ask me if I was crazy or just plain dumb. I told him a little of both. Gave me a 64 in a 55 instead of putting me in jail or giving me a mandatory court appearance ticket. Thank goodness cuz I was due to he in Okinawa in fifteen days.
Made it to Oklahoma City and weather got rough. Woke up and drive on at 4am when there was a break in the weather. Barely missed the tornado that tore up the i40 overpass.
Got sunburnt in Arkansas where my wind breaker slid up my arms. These ugly red stripes between my Nike baseball gloves and my elbows. Got poured on while crossing the Mississippi river coming into Memphis. Nearly froze to death going up the hill to Nashville at night.
It was the ride of my life. My family (parents and brothers) and some friends knew about it. A couple other jarheads knew I did it. Folks that know me today don't believe it. I don't show the few pictures that I had taken by a native American, stranger in Gallup or some random trucker in AZ before I zoned out like this guy spoke of. All alone, no music, no companion, no cell phones, none of the fancy stuff this guy had. The only "friends" we're the truckers that I would leap frog while refueling. I would tuck behind them to get out of the noisy wind and to save fuel. The truckers were cool and then dudes were rolling triple digits sometimes on 40.
Turn the page.
Ride til I was freezing at night. Fell asleep one time while in Tennessee. Nodded off and woke up when the deceleration slammed the face of my helmet into my gauge panel.. spooked me enough to pull off and rest at Centreville TN.
Rode through blistering desert heat of Amboy, CA and through AZ/NM in the day.
Like this guy in the video, I laid on the tank when I could to give my physical ass a break..feet on the back pegs. Then my stomach abs would hurt so I was stand up and squat til my legs hurt. A little sport bag with some drawers and a pair of pants and a wind breaker was my only luggage.
No cruise. No tech. No cell phone, no gps, no radio
Just.ringing ears from a cheap HJC helmet. I would do it all over again.
So many amazing human stories like this are buried in the sands of time. We're lucky to be alive at a time when we can tell our stories to the world if we have the time and inclination to. I envy the youngest that do the same things I did 20 years ago with world travel but get to amass a huge following while they do it, broadcasting it nearly in realtime. Axe is no spring chicken, so hats off to his determination to tell his story at a time in life many people are kinda over it all. And hats off to you for your own motorcycle adventure.
None of this has deterred me from trying this anyway
That's the kind of bold adventure Marines are known for. Semper Fi.
Hjc in 1999…bullsht
@EAM HJC has been making motorcycle helmets since 1971 and has been the top-selling brand in North America since 1992.
Glad he didn’t have to come through Tennessee, when he made that comment about how he wouldn’t stop if he saw orange lights on a semi. Tennessee troopers recently bought a few semi’s to monitor for texting while driving and I’m sure they would “phone a friend” if they saw him zip bye. Great story, love the detail.
I was just wondering which state has semi in their fleets. Thanks for sharing 🙌🏻
What the fuck, that’s crazy
I didn't know Tennessee had those, good to know thanks!
As a Tennessee resident, I thank you for sharing intel I wasn't aware of.
But you have to be going 100 before a Tennessee trooper is even interested in what you're doing. #iliveinTennessee
The part about "tomorrow becoming never" is so true. I've been telling myself for the last ten years I was going to get back on a motorcycle after laying one down pretty bad in my early twenties. Something about the pandemic and being cooped up inside finally kicked my ass into gear and I went out and picked up a new Husqvarna Svartpilen in the fall of 2020. 8000 miles on the Husky later and I just put down a deposit on a new Triumph yesterday. So glad I didn't let tomorrow become never.
To bad you couldn’t afford a real bike
@@camarors91 Any motorcycle counts. Leave him alone.
Awsome!! Congrats on the triumph
that's so cool!
@@camarors91 Too bad so many people with your attitude prevent motorcycling from ever catching much steam in this Nation.
I was glad to hear you utter the phrase "Differentiating dream from reality".
In my 60+ years of riding (I'm 75 and still get out on my Yammy Venture), the dream-like appeal of a two-wheeler at speed keeps me coming back for more, and will, I hope, until I can no longer "throw a leg over".
The multi-sensory, viscerality of a high speed run, especially at night, and solo is difficult to equal, nevermind replicate, except maybe w/ controlled substances.
The humming, droning, wailing or screaming of your engine.
The vibration that inoculates 'buzz' into every cubic inch of your body mass.
The random moments of horror, imagining the outcome of an animal collision.
The tunnel that your headlight creates while boring into the abyss.
The stream of consciousness with your self; of thoughts you know you won't remember unless... possibly... by accident, weeks or months later.
The mental exercise of concocting your pulled-over script.
The thought that you should do this more often, and that some day you should involve Canada, Mexico or the USA... depending on your starting point.
Most of us are dreamers. You, my friend, are a doer.
Thanks for the kind words and shared experiences, sir. it's hard to put the experience into words, but you did a good capture. Always figured my time is limited and having had to stare death in the face before, i was lucky to realize it's all about the experiences we take with us. After heart surgery this year and knowing i'll be lucky to be around in 5 years and 10 would be a miracle, it's time for me to twist the throttle a little more. Keep riding amigo!!
Damn, been doing that "burst" riding as you call it for decades. Started it 20 years ago when I had to be at work at 6 with a rather long distance highway commute in the "non busy direction" Bridge the gap between cars doing around 140 mph, slowing down for the overtake and then opening it up again for the next gap. I think its about the safest way to do it.
same here. keeps risk low enough in case someone decides to switch lanes at the last second
Awesome achievement. I once rode 1200 kms in one stint in winter rain here in Australia on my Blackbird. Apart from being bloody cold and a bit of a sore bum, things were going well until at about 900km I had some kind of hallucination that I was following a car's tail lights ahead. When they suddenly diverged, I realised - just in time - that they were the headlights of an oncoming car that I was aimed between. Managed to swerve back onto my side and pull over for a breather and a regroup.
Of course headlights are a totally different colour to tail lights, so I must've had some serious tunnel vision going on. Lived to see another day thankfully and now I take more breaks on long rides, especially when I'm pillioning one of my kids. Cheers - Dave
i just rode my blackbird 700km and had a sore neck... fell asleep at around 400km in. I need to know how you guys stay awake for so long while riding man
@@AlohaAkbarr Wow Greg - hope you're OK. Blackbirds, roads and sleep are not an optimal mix. I sold my XX back in '08 when I got married and kids arrived and bought a Ninja 1000 in 2017. For me, the Ninja has a much more comfortable riding position than the Blackbird which stretched me too far forward (I'm 5'11"), giving me a sore neck on longer rides. I do miss that beast of a motor though.
As for your question - the long hours in the saddle require some measure of preparatory sleep beforehand and care to stop when you need to. I have Aussie mates who do Sturgis every year and do huge days of riding (Harleys). I guess you get used to it. For me, I've always driven very long distances, so it's no big deal. Being comfortable is important.
On one ride, a few mates and I rode about 600kms from Sydney (Aust) to a place on the tablelands. WIth about 50km to do, we rode from direct sunshine into a black wall of dark clouds and snow. I had a lot of warm gear on but a mate was wearing only his leather suit. By the time we got to our destination, we almost had to prise him off his bike and sit him in front of a fireplace, he was that cold! Cheers from Sydney - Dave
dang, yeah, that dual mindset and basically sleepwalking is intense. glad you snapped back to avoid becoming road pizza!
@@AlohaAkbarr for me, the faster i drive, the more intense/alert i have to be, so my eyes/brain are constantly scanning for inputs. way easier to stay awake like that than in a buick with cruise on 55
1200 km is weak, I just did 2400 miles (3862 km) from San Diego, CA to Charlotte, NC straight through, only stopping for gas. You’ve just gotta find your zone and you pretty much need some sort of stimulant. Adderall or meth is preferred, but caffeine can work; I use Kratom for long drives, it’s much smoother and keeps me alert.
Don’t let your self get anxious about getting to the destination, just accept that you’re gonna be staring at a road for the foreseeable future. Listening to podcasts or something else is better than music as well, it helps keep you engaged.
I well acquainted with what you experienced on your record ride. 45 years ago a mate and I established the around Australia by sidecar record. 15,200 km (9,450 ml), rotating riding and sleeping in the sidecar non-stop for 11days and 20hours. Fatigue, hallucinations, dirt roads, bull dust, kangaroos, cattle, closed fuel stations in the outback, terrible weather (heat in the north, cold and rain in the south), so yeah endurance speed riding is definitely an experience.
Only those who challenge the limits can truely appreciate your extraordinary achievement. Congratulations! Leigh.
What time? Got proof?
Hardcore. Would love to read more about that! Of all the various weather I think heat is the worst. Did a 1000km day (Mildura to Sydney) in January 2011. Well above 40C the entire day, and still 37C when I arrived in Bathurst (still have no idea why I went that way! it just slowed me down and wasn't fun) in late evening. I skipped the caffeine completely and just had water and Gatorade. Cold seems much easier to cope with.
Fatigue can be such a strange and terrifying experience. I remember arriving at the end of my Sydney=>Canberra bike commute once, years ago, and having zero memory of anything in the preceding hour. No idea whether it was pure luck, if I sailed through red lights with people beeping horns at me, if I had other near-misses, stayed in my lane, or anything else. Just completely blank.
Definitely want to try doing a lap of our country someday.
@@dztrbdgod if this is Leigh Straker, its on google and you can see what they did.
YOU NEED TO MAKE A VIDEO EXSPLAINGIN HOW IT ALL WENT
Legend! What Outfit were you Riding? Incredible Achievement Mate!😁👍
I've done 1500+ in 33+hrs for a bun burner and a saddle sore, you did 900 miles more in the same time, just amazing
it was intense for sure!
Yeah I did 1700 in about 36, twice since it had to be a round trip, but this guy is next level!
I couldn't get my Saddle Sore because I missed it by about 45 minutes on the way from AZ to FL, and I was just too tore up on the way back. I did both runs with only Friday and Saturday in between.
That was fun, very likely never every gonna try again XD
@@gmailisaretard good character builders in life for sure!
I'm here for research in the 125cc iron butt rig I'm building. It's the logistics and mechanical setup challenge for me. Nice to see his setup is about the same as me for fuel, (3 extra gallons means start full, end empty, only two stops in 1000 miles) and for pissing.
Me and a pal accidentally did 1150 miles in 28 hours not even trying, just out for two spirited days and a full nice hotel night sleep on hypersports 😂😂
I rode 12 hours straight on an R1 one day to go ride the tail of the dragon. I was in physical pain For at least 3 days after that trip. I cant imagine doing what this madman did
I couldn't imagine doing his his trip. I rode from Portland to some canyons in California, on a gsxr750. By the time I got there I was in no position to want to carve at all. It's not even that far of a trip either lol.
@@its_dhazardous To be fair, he did add some ergo mods to his bike making it a bit comfier. But yeah, doing a trip that long on a sports bike sounds crazy.
One of my friends was an Army helicopter pilot. He was flying long hours during Desert Storm, he was flying at night through the desert and fell asleep, best he could figure he was out for about ten minutes, he said it scared the crap out of him.
ugh, can't imagine in a chopper like that. in my party days/45 min sleep nights, etc. i woke up more than once in the other lane of traffic. not good at all. was probably only "asleep" for a second, but felt like i'd just woke from a coma!
My personal record was Houston, Tx to Washington DC in 36 hours on a sport bike with just a backpack. Something like 1500 miles.
Smartphones, action cameras, and gps weren't a thing yet. Just had a map and handwritten interstate transitions highlighted.
I never ride with any of those ways
Very nice. I’m planning my first long trip from Dallas TX to Johnstown CO on my sfv650.
Yea , sure you did bud
Must have been a blast. My family never traveled. So heading 30 miles out of my city and boom I'm lost and I love riding while not having a clue where I am.
done many rides with masking tape on the tank telling me what road to turn which direction too. it's all changed a lot over the decades i've been riding.
Oh man what a pleasant gentleman to listen too, balls of steel, kudos 💪🏻🤛🏻
This is strikingly different to the experience of a cannonball car record. It's much more bodily involved. Incredible.
In the middle of September, 2011, I left San Diego on my Ninja 250. I bought it new in 2008 at a Virginia dealership and rode it to my new home in San Diego… but I didn’t make that trip in one shot like I did the return trip a few years later. In 2011 I was moving back to the East Coast (Georgia). It had been my only transportation since I bought it.
Unfortunately, my departure from San Diego was delayed because several people wanted to surprise me on my birthday so the sun was already setting when I left the beach motel where my niece lived. I didn’t have much sleep the night before so I was feeling much like this guy when he left San Diego on his BMW S1000RR. I had a backpack and a tank bag but I ended up leaving the backpack at the first rest stop since it was making thing excruciatingly uncomfortable. I had actually tried to sleep on a picnic table there and decided against it after I realized it just wasn’t gonna happen.
I rode straight through to morning where I was rejuvenated by the sun and was able to keep riding until late at night the next day. Before the sun went down on day 2 I recall having to pull into a gas station because every inch of my helmet was covered with hundreds of gnats or fruit flies and I couldn’t see. That night I decided I would stop at the first motel/hotel I saw under $50, but I didn’t see one until the AM when I was past Dallas/Ft. Worth. I actually wasted time trying to negotiate at a few that were right at the limit “Come on! Who else are you going to rent the room to this late?!” I kept riding out of principle.
That night I recall a huge swath of Texas looking pitch black except for an alien-like grid of faint red lights as far as the eye could see. I only realized days later that I was riding through a huge wind farm and those were lights atop windmills.
Anyway, when I finally did check into a hotel I unpacked my tank bag and noticed that my dog’s plane ticket said the departure and arrival times were bother local time, which meant I had three hours fewer than I thought I had for arriving at Atlanta airport for my dog. They were very clear that someone HAD to be there to receive him and I couldn’t imagine how he would react to being surrounded by strangers after being all along on a flight.
…so, I took the most expensive shower I’ve ever taken, checked out, and hit the road again. I’m glad I did because I ran out of gas at one point, my phone charger gave out, and I could barely make it through some parts of Alabama with the bike as overloaded as it was. I made it to ATL just in time to receive the dog and wait for my brother to come get him… which was the plan all along even though I thought I would have SOME sleep.
No one could take my bike for me so I continued on the rest of the way and made it home that afternoon. All in all, I would’ve qualified for Iron-Butt C2C if I had documented it since I was well under 48 hours. :)
I feel that this story is one of the most authentic I’ve heard so far on the channel.
Keep it up guys!
Fascinating, detailed analysis from an engineering perspective. Congratulations, Axe! It's extremely inspiring to see how you've recovered from open heart surgery, and are still able to live "Hard, Fast, and Free"! I will be watching 'No Limits - No Regrets'. Godspeed, Road Warrior!
Great story, I like this guy. On a bike does seem pretty crazy. I'll have to check out his documentary.
It apparent that this feat is more about the physical and psychological strain than the speeds attained.
for sure. you have to really want it to do it.
The things motorcyclists go through is insane. Not to take away from the car canonball feats. But beginner riders will remember the strain on your body from just staying in place.
@@jaikohaal true, i've done some grueling car rides too, but the bike is just a different animal. basically one way to sit, uncomfortably, no climate control, right out there in the elements with a fraction of an inch of kangaroo skin between you and pavement. that's what makes it so much more immersive to me.
@@NoLimitsNoRegrets Oh absolutely. The feeling of you, your bike and the road preferably without you touching the road. Love my bikes and cars, but there is a constant control and monitoring of weight shift (hands, feet, wrists, throttle, brake, clutch, turns) on a bike that just forces you to be in the zone. That less than 1% margin of error really makes the bike a different beast and all the more worth it.
@@jaikohaal driving in the Rocky Mts is where i really noticed it. Driven a couple Porsches there, which are a blast, but the lean of a bike adds another dimension, especially looking over the edge of a 12K ft drop. way fcking intense!
Im just glad you finally started doing more bike videos
LIVING FUCN LEGEND. So calm and humble and scientific while he's explaining
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really appreciate it. not an influencer, just a dude doing what he loves.
You might wanna use a different word than "humble."
Back in 1976, I rode my Yamaha RD350 from Orlando to Anaheim and back. Had a Windjammer III fairing on her, but (obviously) no GPS, phone, Flir. One paper map, no credit card, Levi's denim jacket, Army Paratrooper boots, corduroy pants, Army gloves, Bell Star helmet . I'll be 69 this month, and I still look back on that trip as one of the highlights of my life. I think it took me 5 days each way. Can't imagine knocking it out straight through. Enjoy the ride while you can!!!
absolutely and kudos to you for doing that ride and making those memories!
Excellent one VINWIKI! I often have day dreamed about this run on two wheels! You sir have set the bar high! 🤘🏁
@@NoLimitsNoRegrets and must say I don't think you could have made a better choice in bikes for this run and the aux tank genius!
If anyone is motivated to do this, I would suggest using an 8th Gen Honda VFR800 in my own opinion. Could gear it down so that you could cruise around 100 and still be below VTEC engagement and save fuel using 2 valves instead of all 4 per cylinder. Just my 2 cents.
Me watching the video: "Man I'd love to do that"
Me by the end of the video: "That seems like alot of hard work, ima fetch another beer out the fridge"
@@NoLimitsNoRegrets absalutly sir
Just do it man, nothing compares to that experience! This guy made it way harder than it needed to be unless you just chasing the title. I did the complete run ocean to ocean (Jax beach to santa monica and vise versa) 2600 miles in under 48 hrs and that includes stopping for fuel every 60-70 miles (only a 2 gallon peanut tank). No thermal imaging BS, no radar, no maps, no planning, and best of all no diapers or catheters. Just a camelback and a bone stock sportster 48 with some highway pegs and a backpack. The environments and solitude you experience all crammed into such a short timeframe is crazy. It takes days and days just to digest everything you go through. From 110° desert to crazy windfarms, to snow, to tropical depressions.
I'm impressed as hell that he could ride on a crotch rocket that long and still walk when he was finished. The time he did is not fastest time from San Diego to Jacksonville Beach. Greg Rice completed it in 29hrs and 23 minutes on a Honda Goldwing that is limited to just over 100mph top speed.
Dude was way more comfortable on that, can damn near put a gold wing on autopilot and have a snack so not surprised
This is so interesting, brilliant adding the additional 5 gallons on the tail and FLIR system. I wonder if this guy knows about the Iron Butt Association.
The closest certification the IBA has is coast to coast in under 50 hours, so I'm not sure it would have added much value for him
Axe is a hero. Two wheels definitely move the soul. More motorcycle stories please!!
An entire younger generation has no idea on Stomper Wheels.
I loved my Stomper trucks as a kid.
I drove across the country and back in an SUV and thought that was taxing on my mind/body. Couldn’t even imagine doing it on a bike like that.
Having ridden sport bikes for years, I just know dudes back, knees, throttle hand, and neck were wrecked for at least a couple days after this. But dude has balls of steel and an iron ass.
I'm sure he conditioned himself pretty well before hand.
@@joshuagibson2520 yes, definitely did some focused training/weight loss prior to the event!
Damn! Awesome. I did the ironbutt coast to coast. Did my trip in 47 hours...Charleston to San Diego....stopped in Abilene tx. To sleep 4-5 hours. BMW gs.
Still I Very high risk game! Congrats
awesome! i took my iron butt plate frame and used red paint to change c-c in 50 to c-c in 33:10 :)
That’s so funny and true about the MRE’s. That will clog you up for weeks
When he started talking about having to differentiate dream from reality that shit hit me like a bus because the same exact thing happened to me on my non stop 25 hr drive from Bozeman Montana to Detroit Michigan. Its a super weird sensation but the way he described it is pretty much spot on.
it's a wild sensation for sure, and hard to explain, but that was the best way i could say it. that feeling of being in a video game was so bizarre and trying to talk myself down to reality was bit of a trick!
feel that bro, drove from Chicago to Seattle, drove for 16 hours on day 1, was absolutely hallucinating by the time we got to the hotel to stop
@@ThePatrickBateman69 usually hits me at mid 20s hours, but varies on a ton of things of course.
Know the feeling, used to drive from ft.bragg NC to Detroit on 4 day weekends after battalion runs and class a/ barracks inspection it's only an 11:30 hr drive but after a full day in NC heat that last 50-60 miles was on auto pilot.
@@dnice583 12 hr drives especially after a long day are no joke. done many of them!
Respect. Man this makes me wanna just make the trip. Not trying to beat a record but just for the love of the ride. Almost 50 now so I won’t get to many more years of attempting these kind of challenges
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@@keithklimczak6245 two
Wtf, I hope I never have to get a catheter.
Almost 50? That's not old. Stepdad still riding at 91. I've just entered my 70's. Keep moving, keep riding. Ride to live, live to ride.
Make that trip man!!! Planning on a cross country run myself this coming spring/summer (I'm in Northern MI). It's been a stressful couple years and this is one of the best things I can think of to sort of reflect, prioritize and just kind of "reset". You know the feeling if you ride. I hope you end up doing it man. ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
Absolutely amazing. The sheer will and dedication this guy has is insane!
This is one of those rare people who are insane in the best possible way. Congrats my man. It's a very short list but you are on the very top of extreme long distance bike riders. Anything over 200 miles in a 24 hour period seems like cross country to me on a sport bike now.
What an inspiration to get out there and chase your dreams. We’re working on putting together an Iron Butt Challenge first, then maybe something like this.
Yeah, doing 1K in 24 is not too bad, but eye opening if it's your first. Do several 500-mile days and see what hurts after. That's what you need to strengthen. And yes, I did 1,200 in 24 in 2015 on a 1998 VFR.
@@thepassionofthegoose5472 Great advice. Did mine in 2016 from Easly SC to Rochester NY, 1979 Yamaha XS Eleven. Hauled it down in the Uhaul helping family with a move, and planned the return trip, to visit my daughter, at RIT to recover.
Chose the Eleven because it was the most comfortable highway cruiser we own. Did 500 mile round trips for a couple weeks first, and changed a few things around for comfort, before rising out of Erie PA to get there for the move. Well worth it.
Sadly, it's going to be a while before my next one. Lost my right leg 4 months ago, so I have to get used to the prosthetic, and get a different bike, then adapt it, before I can even consider doing another Iron Butt.
Much less try to come close to his record.
What a great ride, and real achievement. Wow it must have been an amazing ride, and a real sence of victory at the end.
In 1973 I had a Honda CB 250. Rode from Sydney to Gold Coast Qld, about 90 minuits south of Brisbane. Around 850 km, or 500 odd miles. Felt like I pushed the bike. Later wanted a bigger bike, but bought a car. In recent years my dream was a Gold Wing. However I can no longer ride, or drive due to my health. You can take the man off the bike, but you can't take the bike out of the man.
sorry to hear about the health limits. my joints are worn out, heart is complete garbage, but I still ride as much as I can as my time is limited. Make every day matter!
When I was a teenager I drove a Yamaha RD350 1000 miles, from Albuquerque to Houston nonstop. When I got off the bike I could still hear the engine whining in my head for about an hour.
oh yeah, the ringing is ridiculous!
4:38 another level of respect he's packing a Spyderco knife.
was also packing that .45LC snake slayer you see in the movie ;)
"I put cushions on the rear pegs." - You know I am somewhat of an engineer myself.
Great story! VERY impressive, your mindset, the way you prepared, the way you did the drive. Serious cool, everything!
Absolutely loved this!! The planning, preparations, calculations, commitment, and inventions lol. The dude is a madman and a genius. Mad respect! And thanks for doing it on a sport bike!
I love taking long rides on my S1K but I’ve never come close to coast to coast. What a legend! That external gas tank is a great idea, I hate having to stop every 100miles.
Y'all always find the best storytellers. Epic channel! Hey Ed thanks for the work you put into this. Awesome
Triple digits in a dual mindset 🙌 Great quote
such a strange feeling, but that's the best way i could describe it!
Epic achievement man and big 🙌! The planning and preparation you took is equally great and the fact you took great care not to be just haphazardly speeding through the roads deserves kudos! Can't wait to see the video!
thanks! was a ton of work for sure, but well worth it. the movie is free on my channel now if you want to watch or on amazon at the link in the description if you don't like ads. enjoy!
I appreciate that after this, and the effort you put into it, along with the method you used to record it accurately, you gave your patented results for the military to use. Going that far, that fast is something I hope they never need, but if they do, you wrote a map for those bikers who joined the military and are gutsy enough to put it to use in a national or regional need. THANK YOU for giving our military a special purpose tool for "the day we need it"
Such a genuine, fascinating account. Thank You.
I went from St.Louis to Raleigh as fast as I could on my 600rr. That was the most fun I've ever had on a bike.
it is a blast!
How long did it take?
@@AtlasAer my cross country was 33:10
I had a 600rr. Great times!
Wow, that is seriously an amazing accomplishment!! We love this dude!! CHEERS!
Bad ass. Mad respect for this guy. Thanks for telling your story.
Great story! 50cc Quest is near the top of my bucket list.
I’m not gonna lie, the most enjoyable part of this video for me was the prep. I don’t know why I love the preparation and figuring out of how to make everything the most efficient and effective it can be, but I just do.
times like that it really helped me to be a total enginerd!
I’m the same way
The part about the hallucinations is wild , amazing story !
13:50, somebody passed you?!? Is this when you had the cop tail? What a fun story, I thoroughly enjoyed that ! Like you, my goal is to experience everything, anything I can during my time on this Earth. “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” -- Hunter S Thompson
looks like that was in LA, so i may have been distracted by the failing esim card, or i may have just seen a radar blip and be cautiously watching for whatever caused it. LA/MS/AL were all constant radar bogeys and those 3 states killed my average. glad you enjoyed it, and yes, i love that Hunter quote too!
His level of commitment to this was solidified with the catheter and diaper. I’m glad he was able to share his experience with us here.
I did a coast to coast to coast ride in 2012 on a 2010 Harley Fatboy. Took me 4 weeks to get to the west coast and six weeks to get back to the east coast. Went everywhere and stopped to see everything. Best trip ever and more fun then I could have imagined
Inspirational! Keep the bike stuff coming!
Can’t argue with the results but that S1000RR is only behind the RC51 as the most uncomfortable bike I’ve ever ridden. And I’ve ridden almost all of them. Also, it’s amazing how that friendly wave after passing takes the edge off people who might otherwise try to cause you harm.
Panigale under 30 mph is the most searingly hot uncomfortable machine you will ever experience. Change my mind....
it was still more comfy than that chopper was. i spent 3 days riding the chopper to daytona shown in the movie, and that was way more abusive than c-c on the s1k. good manners is huge, agreed.
Some of the best stories on the tube!
Fantastic interview
I did a run from Squamish BC to Calgary AB two years ago on a 500cc Yamaha and it was hands down one of the most mentally and physically taxing things I've even done, took me about 12 hours. I cannot imagine doing a coast to coast run, much less doing it in under 48 hours. So much respect dude.
you're exactly right in that it's super taxing both physically and mentally tied up like a monkey fcking a football for that long haha. much appreciated and shiny side up!
Come out for a run sometime… Vancouver to Calgary in just under 9 hrs I’ll show u some tips
This is great. Good job, great story.
WoW held that position for 33 hours incredible. Should have been a sniper.
i'm decent with a rifle, but definitely not sniper good with one haha
I like his speed and traffic navigation approach. Makes sense.
I was surprised that he didn't push the speed higher when he had the chance to, but I'm also comparing to the other cannonballers that just do the absolute maximum the vehicle is capable of.
Rite on , during the covid lock down I did pismo beach to fresno ca in about an hour several times on a zx14 and I thought a lot about across country. I'm glad someone did it and shared it, thanks this it made my morning..
I couldn’t imagine riding for 33 hours straight . The longest I’ve ridden was 8 hours on my KTM supermoto. The hardest part about it was that it was pouring rain the entire time and it was 35 degrees out in the middle of the night. I would have to stop at gas stations periodically because my hands would be so cold that they could not move enough to grab the clutch, brake, or twist the throttle. Luckily I brought a roll of duct tape with me and I used it to tape up every seam in my clothing and vent in my helmet. I taped plastic bags over my hands to attempt to keep my hands dry. I bought a rain poncho in preparation for the trip but my entire body was drenched within an hour. I made it home, but my hands were very frost bitten and I can assume that I was experiencing some pretty bad hypothermia. It was the most painful ride of my life and I’ve ridden home after breaking my wrist before.
"Eating MREs to take care of all that". Most people will never understand how well that works. Lol. First week of MRS in basic training, nothing happens. All fear of stalls without walls goes away about the 6th to 8th day as your body finally "eliminates" all those MREs.
Finally something for the bikers ❤️
indeed. after a very long time
After doing a documented Saddle Sore 1K from San Antonio to Yuma, I shudder to think about the distance that was put on!
Had an inlaw give me a family members 2017 hayabusa with 800 miles on it last year after they had passed away as im the only motorcyclist in the family that still rides with any consistency. Ide love to make an attempt at my own run after a few simple mods like bar risers, rear fuel tank, tall windscreen etc, would be a good machine for it.
Busa would be a fantastic bike for this.
I'd love to give something like this a shot in Australia, Sydney to Perth... However if I did, our cops would almost certainly see to it that my motorcycle gets melted down to make Chinese patio furniture and the gallows at Pentridge prison be brought back into service.
They tend to make examples out of anyone who dares make a break for freedom.
It’s pathetic what the government does to citizens in Australia
Wonder how many folks regret handing their guns in now? Any idea?
Aussie cops seem worse than American cops these days
From all the doc's I've seen on TV the oz cops don't like bikers
@@kevinc8387 I watched an NRA infomercial in the 90s when I was about 19. Showing the cutting in half of guns and scrapyards full of them being hoisted and moved about with electro magnets. I literally she'd a tear. Saddest doc I've ever seen.
And FWIW GOA > NRA these days.
Always enjoyed this channel! Enjoy!
What a great story. Thanks for sharing. Got me inspired. Happy New Year!
appreciate you watching and glad you enjoyed, best to you in '23 too!
Some buddies and I are planning a trip from northeast Pennsylvania to Michigan next summer on my DRZ400SM, and I thought I was over prepping, and maybe I am. You did cross country with some technology but not much else. I got a Corbin seat, looking at a big windshield and luggage racks vs saddle bags… longest trip I’ve ever been on and I’m doing it on my first bike with only 2,500 miles under my belt 😂
The man The mechine The determination The preparations
Salute. ♥️♥️♥️
Of course a dude named Axe did this. Fucking legend
There is a bit of a parallel in what you did with ultramarathons. The timetable is about the same for a tough mountain 100 mile race. The mental state you go into we call the "Ultrazone". Higher mental faculties slip away, it gets timeless (endless!) and you start seeing things that aren't there, like 8 foot tall Scottish terriers lurking in the trees.
can't even fathom those type of events. then again, i have a garbage heart, so fortunately not an option for me! i get the hallucinations though.
In 1995, I drove a 86 Nissan V6 Hardbody truck from my dads house in north JAX to Vandenberg AFB CA in 40 hours (drive time). I did stop twice for roughly 6 hrs each for sleep and eats. Back then the speed limit was 55 😂. I only had a CB radio and a good radar detector.
First run JAX to San Antonio, then to Tucson, then home. I was back home in less than 2.5 days total.
That truck was great on the road. Anyhow, kept it till 250k miles before it finally needed a new motor. I’m much older now, me and nana travel via a big scooter pulling a little trailer. I really do try to only run 10 over now days…as I’m a recovering speed junkie. But on occasion, when I travel alone… with no little trailer…. My big ole scooter gets real smooth at around 90….
Enjoyed your story.
recovering speed junkie haha. nobody likes a quitter ;) but i get it. old bikers, bold bikers, but no old bold bikers.
Drove my motorcycle from Ontario, CA to PHX, AZ after being awake over 24 hours and it’s so true what he said.
Dreams start becoming reality and it’s brutal.
so true, and it's hard to explain to someone who's never been in that dual reality!
Not quite the same but I’ve done a few drives from LA to Vancouver Bc (2400kms) non stop and yeah, the road becomes a dream scape. 20 minute power naps go a long way.
I would've thought the obvious choice would be a sport tourer, so RESPECT for telling his back to suck it up
Missoula, Montana to Oregon City, Oregon on a 2007 KLR650 is my claim to fame. Only had to stop for fuel twice. 14 hours - 7am to 8pm with one +1 time zone change.
Talk about a true iron ass. So many props to you.
I’ve gone coast to coast on a hard tail pan head when I was 16, next time I did it was on a 1976 sportster, then it was a superglide, 2006 street glide, multiple coast to coast trips on a 1999 Honda Valkyrie interstate but last year I did it on a 2019 Indian FTR1200 and it was fun but my ass was killing me , I was never in a hurry but I would stop at the truck stops and check the weather and would take the roads that had the best weather, doing what you did I could never do because I love to look at the mountains out west and talk to people
those are some savage ride choice, kudos! my tailbone discs are so destroyed i can barely ride my chopper anymore. I'd love to do a cross country where i could actually stop and enjoy the scenery along the way like you say. takes way more time, but would be fun.
I really enjoyed this video/story. Very inspiring
Amazing my friend, you are an inspiration to me and to many. Your demeanor is so kind. Thanks for this great video.
much appreciated and glad you enjoyed it!