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Iron Butt Association Annual Memorial 1000 Ride

Each year the lives of many of our fellow motorcycle riders and loved ones are cut short. In their memory, a group of the World’s Toughest Riders will participate in a Saddle Sore 1000 on one of three weekends, September 22-23, September 29-30, or October 6-7. We hope to have riders participating in all 50 states, in all of the Canadian provinces, and in several countries around the world. Thess dates were selected because the weather across the world is generally good—not too hot and not too cold.

The IBA will issue a special certificate for this event.

To specially honor our fallen brethren, we’re asking each you to find one of your motorcycle friends who is not an IBA member to ride the Saddle Sore with you. This will give you the opportunity to mentor the ‘newbie’ in the skill of route planning, navigation, hydration, and ATGATT before and during the ride. If the two of you ride the same route and submit your documentation together, special pricing will apply for the certification—there will be a $10 reduction for each of you in the normal fee!

The person for whom you’re riding does not have to be a former IBA member, or even a former motorcycle rider. It can be anybody that is special to you; somebody that has had an impact on your life.

What better way to honor our departed friends than to bring new members into the sport we all love. This will be a fun event! IBA will issue special certificates for the mentor and the mentee, and a special patch for the event. A video of the event will be produced. A special website will list all the participants and for whom they’re riding. We’re working on other ideas to make this event special.

So reserve one of the Memorial Ride weekends now. Recruit a mentee.

Let’s ‘ride the Memorial.’

Send me an email signing up for the ride, with the name of the special person you’re honoring, and a short paragraph of who they were and why you’re riding for them.

Howard Entman
hentmanmd@gmail.com
901-230-0922

CrazyKZ (Curt Gran)

Curt passed away on June 17, 2012. He will be missed by many. Jeff Fremder has permission from Cindy Gran to accept donations and pass them on to her. If you'd like to donate, Please click on the picture of Cindy and Curt on the right to be taken to PayPal.

The funeral will be on Saturday June 30, 2012 at 11:00AM at St Paul's Lutheran Church (420 West Ave. South, La Crosse) and a luncheon will follow at the La Crosse Center (300 Harborview Plaza)

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CrazyKZ (Curt Gran)

Curt Gran passed away on June 17th, 2012. He will be missed by many. He was an active participant in many forums. His Fuzeblocks helped straighten out many riders' balls of wires. In 2006 he entered the ButtLite IIII, taking 17th out of 55 riders. He finished the 2007 IronButt Rally in 13th place. In 2011 he placed 5th and also scored the Four Corners Tour. Curt's 13,857 mile ride was the second longest in Iron Butt Rally history. Other IBA accomplishments include a 100CCC, SS5K, and a Border to Border Insanity all in one trip.