A motorcyclist made the 5,632-mile trek from Alaska to Florida in 100 hours
 

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.

"I think I broke my big toe and dislocated my finger and elbow a little bit," said Eagan, 56, of Salt Lake City, Utah.

He patched the bike together with zip ties and drove on through Alaska, Canada and the continental United States, making a pit stop in Kansas City to change tires, and stopping occasionally to nap or refuel.

Eagan said he endured suspicious border patrol agents, traffic snarls and torrential thunderstorms but completed the trek without any speeding tickets.

"You don't have to really ride that fast to do a record like that. You just have to stay on the bike and be efficient," he said.

NICE ......like the way he patched up the bike:thumbsup

thats pretty hardcore.

when he sleep?

bet his butt really hurt

Damn now that guy has a strong will :thumbsup

How is that even possible?

definately hard core

haha. seems everyone was thinking exactly what i was..

fucking hardcore :thumbsup

Thats wild shit !

I would hate to be driving on the highway next to that
guy .....he'd probably Pass out any minute ! lol

Damn, I drove 1200 miles in a day in a car and I was dead tired and didn?t want to do anything.

But he had to average 1350 miles a day and he did it on a bike.

From the Artic circle to Key West in 4 days on a bike is just plain nutty!

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that's ridiculously insane...no way I could even fathom that..:(

How much crank does that take?

I would like to buy that man a beer.....

.....all night long.

Major fuckin' A

:thumbsup

Wow thats some hard riding.

prolly has calluces (sp?) in his ass


:1orglaugh

i drove from austin texas to seattle washington in 42 hours. not bad.

on a bike i bet its a lot harder though. but the jeep i was driving governed at 95, the bike goes a LOT faster.

i give that man respect

WOW im sure he had a terrible case of monkey butt.


http://www.antimonkeybutt.com/ambfaqs.html

That's an awesome effort, a very resilient guy! :thumbsup

dude i could try and stay at over 100+mph but after about a half hour i think i would crack.......



lol, and this guy didnt even speed and he did that distance in 100 hours

omg

im sure he sped parts of the way, on a bike its too tempting not too.

His body must be acking in pain.

If he never stopped his average speed would only have to be 56 mph... But what a fucking marathon. :glugglug