Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84C A L I F O R N I A N E V A D A TIJUANA BAKERSFIELD BISHOP ELKO FRESNO NEEDLES PALM SPRINGS REDDING VISALIA CHICO MONTEREY RENO SANTA MARIA LOS ANGELES SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND MEXICALI CARSON CITY SACRAMENTO 120˚W 30˚N 40˚N  IRON BUTT MAGAZINE | Winter 2014 EDITORIAL AND Iron Butt Association PRODUCTION OFFICE P.O. Box 4223 Lisle, IL 60532 703-403-9541 editor@ironbutt.com www.ironbutt.com Production Staff EDITORINCHIEF Bill Shaw shaw@ironbutt.com ART DIRECTOR Michael Cohen michael@morrart.com ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Wes Fleming advertising@ironbutt.com MANAGING EDITOR AND Steve Hobart DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY steve@ironbutt.com STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Tobie Stevens tnlstevens@gmail.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Michael Cornett mmcornett@ironbutt.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Tom Wilmotte twilmotte@satx.rr.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Wes “Chiba” Fleming prof.wes@gmail.com TECHNICAL EDITOR Tom Austin austin@ironbutt.com HEALTH AND SAFETY EDITOR Jim Weaver, PhD, MPH gjk9@cdc.gov PRODUCTION MANAGER Michael Kneebone mkneebone@ironbutt.com DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Morr Art www.morrart.com Submissions should be mailed to the Iron Butt Association’s office or editor@ ironbutt.com. All contributions are welcomed from current IBA members. The IBA assumes first serial publication rights, as well as permission to use the submitted article and any attachments on the IBA web site and in any future compendium of articles. No payments will be made and submissions will not be returned. The IBA reserves the right to refuse, edit or modify any submissions. Full details about sub- mitting articles can be found on our web site. Change of Addressnotification and Membership inquiries should be made to the IBA office. IBA Premier Membership is $40/year and includes the Iron Butt Magazine. Other benefits of Premier Membership include private areas in the IBA forum (www.ironbutt.com) where only Premier members can participate, emails with frequent “insider information” about the IBA, and advance notice about and early registration for IBA events including the Iron Butt Rally. Interested members can register through Paypal. Send $40 to premier@ironbutt.com and please include your IBA number in the Note column. Advertising Please direct any inquires about advertising display rates, sizes and terms to: Wes Fleming, Advertising Director 9411 Lee Hwy, #211 Fairfax VA 22031 advertising@ironbutt.com 703-256-2050 Copyright © 2014 by the Iron Butt Association (IBA). All rights reserved. All information furnished herein is provided by and for the members of the IBA. Unless otherwise stated, none of the information (including technical materials) printed herein is endorsed or approved by the IBA or its editors. The editors and publisher cannot be held liable for its accuracy. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission of the publisher is prohib- ited. Printed in the U.S.A. Editorial Staff ANOTHER REASON TO RIDE Tobie and Lisa Stevens tnlstevens@gmail.com BONUS LISTINGS John Harrison harrison@ironbutt.com BONUS PHOTOS Steve Hobart steve@ironbutt.com BONUS POINTS Jeff Earls earls@ironbutt.com EXIT RAMP Guest Contributor GOING THE EXTRA MILE Ron Ayres ron@ayresadventures.com LETTERS TO THE IBA Ira Agins ira@ironbutt.com LDR WORKSHOP Tom Austin austin@ironbutt.com MILE MARKER Michael Kneebone mkneebone@ironbutt.com A PILLION’S PERSPECTIVE Lynda Lahman lahman@ironbutt.com RIDER’S ADVOCATE Bruce Deming bruce@brucedeming.com ROAD SIGNS Bill Shaw shaw@ironbutt.com Contributors Chris McGaffin Mike Langford John Harrison Scott D. Gottschalk Jack “Doc” Cheasty Tom Loftus “Dancin’” Dave Cwi Tim Masterson Hendrik Boseman Michael Boge Jerald Anderson David L. Hough David Hembroff Jim Fousek Rick Miller Tom Austin Dennis York Robert Torter Scott “Bones” Williams MAGAZINE ® ® IRON BUTT IRON BUTT IRON BUTT IRON BUTT