Motorcyclist Sets 'Iron-Butt' Record

[matcom]

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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.

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[Heyo]

1. I bet that ride was beautiful though....

It'd be nice to do that ride over the course of line a week or so......

Heyo

[No2W2004]

2. I've always been amazed by this

The offical rally is hoot!

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. I know how he feels

I ate some bad taco bell once and had a similar feeling back there.