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Hi Gwen,
Welcome to HU .
I have enjoyed reading your reports on Advrider and wish you the best on your DUSTYBUTT !
The world needs more gals like you !
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So where are you going to ride a contiguous 1k miles on gravel. I have thought of doing the dempster up and back and a bit extra in 24 hours if I could time the ferries.
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Hi Gwen,
Welcome to HU .
I have enjoyed reading your reports on Advrider and wish you the best on your DUSTYBUTT !
The world needs more gals like you !
Thank you Dodger.

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So where are you going to ride a contiguous 1k miles on gravel. I have thought of doing the dempster up and back and a bit extra in 24 hours if I could time the ferries.
Here is a screen shot from the GPX file given to me from the man who rode and planned the route.




I was thinking last night...would it be advised to lower the air pressure in my tires and if so, how much?

If then, would I need to add air when leaving dirt to get fuel?
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have you really researched and done much high speed riding on gravel with a streetbike? If the beemer in the photos is your bike for the dusty butt take it out and ride it at speed in the dirt. The problem I see is that all roads turn at some point and slowing a heavy realatively small wheeled bike on gravel is more dificult than maintaining 80mph. I have done numerous 1K in 24's on pavement and more than a few 500+ mile 12 hour days on mostly gravel and all of those were on larger road bikes with street tires. Lowering the tire pressure might make things easier but I would worry about hitting larger bumps and breaking the tire carcass (done that) or overheating the tire (see 80mph speeds required to maintain an averge speed with corners and fall downs). All in all it sure sound like fun.
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have you really researched and done much high speed riding on gravel with a streetbike? If the beemer in the photos is your bike for the dusty butt take it out and ride it at speed in the dirt. The problem I see is that all roads turn at some point and slowing a heavy realatively small wheeled bike on gravel is more dificult than maintaining 80mph. I have done numerous 1K in 24's on pavement and more than a few 500+ mile 12 hour days on mostly gravel and all of those were on larger road bikes with street tires. Lowering the tire pressure might make things easier but I would worry about hitting larger bumps and breaking the tire carcass (done that) or overheating the tire (see 80mph speeds required to maintain an averge speed with corners and fall downs). All in all it sure sound like fun.

Thank you for the reply.

Yes, it will be a K1100RS.

Yes, I've ridden a fair amount of dirt and gravel on the K1100RS and on my R1200ST. My husband rides a GS and a KTM and I have chased him around the east and mid-west a lot. He will wait for me at the turns but I hate to make him wait and I like going fast so that has pushed me to handle speed on dirt better.

While riding to Alaska thru BC, ALB and Yukon Terr. I did many, many miles as fast as I could on the dirt/gravel roads.

Re: tire pressure, that's what I was thinking as well, but had to ask.

Yes, I'll lose most of my time in the turns. (what I'm about to say is going to freak some people out, sorry)

To make up for time lost in the turns and the fact that I'll be on a street bike I will be placing a 10F foley catheter so I'll not have to disrobe to pee.
I'm a nurse x 13 years so I know what I'm doing, and I've done it before for another IBA ride.

That will save time and I'll be more inclined to drink more not fearing the time lost having to stop to pee.

You guys can get by with condom cath, girls, not so much.
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