Absolutely can't comprehend doing a thousand miles a day for four months straight.

 

His ride route.

 

What an amazing feat!

I can’t even comprehend wanting to do anything like this.

But, come on, four fuel pumps? Shame on you Polaris.

 

What an amazing feat!

One I can’t even comprehend wanting to do.

But, come on, four fuel pumps? Shame on you Polaris.

I really don't get the fuel pump thing either. I can understand one, maybe two, but 4 is over the top bad. I thought the point of putting the pumps in the fuel tank was to keep them cool. This bike was rigged with a spare tank on the back that had a pump he could turn on while riding to transfer the fuel from the back tank to the front tank so it shouldn't get too low in the front tank for the pump to overheat.

So is it a design flaw or a fuel pump flaw. Either way, I hope Polaris figures it out quick.

Another thing this bike had was an array of electronic addons that had me wondering if there was some other thing charging the battery or if the stator was good enough to manage the load.

Update:

Okay, the original reporting might have been incorrect. This video is an interview with the rider at 128K miles explaining the mods and reason for doing this. The charity is MDF. He's saying two fuel pumps went bad due to getting clogged up. Okay, well that's a lot better than 4 pumps due to heat. The rear tank fills the front tank automatically to keep the front tank at 3/4 full. Apparently some bad gas is to blame and not the heat. In retrospect a secondary inline fuel filter between the back tank and front tank would have probably prevented the fuel pump failures.

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I just can't imagine being in the saddle 14-16 hours a day for 4 months straight. It says a lot for the machine too. He also went through a bunch of front wheels due to pot holes. That's something that can be improved upon.

 

Outstanding! And for a very good cause, too! Bravo

 

Bad gas doesn’t make much sense either. But a clogged fuel filter making the pump work way too hard: maybe. Unless the fuel filter is part of the fuel pump like our bikes. In that case, I’m back to shame on you Polaris.

 

Like I said, an inline filter that could be changed in a couple of minutes and that was clear enough to see through would have made all the difference. For all we know, there was some sediment in the back tank that caused this. A self closing fitting on both inlet and outlet would make the job easy and super quick. Surgical clamps on rubber fuel lines would do it too. I've done that a bunch of times.

 

What this man did is not the norm. The conditions are not the norm and the end result is that man and machine accomplished this together. Sorry but I give Kudos to Polaris for engineering a bike to handle that extreme heat and not come apart. I’m pretty sure most of us if on air cooled Harleys or our beloved air / oil cooled Victory’s would not of made 1000 miles a day.

 

Well I’ll say this Vic. Ive done more 1000 mile days then I can remember honestly. And I actually did 1 - 1500 mile day from El Paso to Chicago. Ok granted I was 33 at the time lol I never documented one of them I could care less. But just 1 would whip my ass and I can honestly say I’ve never done even 2 back to back. Nor would I even care to ! This man’s accomplishment is a serious conquest "I give him nothing but admiration for it……..And this guys no spring chicken either 😂

 

An internal combustion engine running that long and that consistently is about the best life for it. IMHO, that’s the least stressful way to put 125K miles on that motorcycle.

I can’t stress enough how impressive this riders feat is. The bike, that’s what they’re designed, or should be designed, to do.

The rider, amazingly huge congratulations.
The bike, not so much.

125K miles on the OEM clutch? Congratulations to Polaris for doing that part right.

 

More info.

 

My gosh this is one tough Son of a Gun. Never heard of Mytonic Dystrophy.

 

What oil is he using?

 

Oh had to be Redline …….😂

 

Low bid 'Indian Oil' from LubeTech.
The only oil specifically engineered for an Indian, or a Victory.

 

From what I read the fuel pumps were in the auxiliary gas tanks, not the pump in the original tank.

 

Something that nobody talked about is what seat was this guy using and how was the longevity of it ✌

 

Other than some different styling I'm convinced Indian is really just Victory 2.0 which makes sense. Same parent company. Look at these aftermarket police style bag guards. Same as for the Victory XC.

 

Remove the painted parts and have a good study of what’s underneath and yes you will see a ton of Victory dna. The motor is the jewel and to this day the V-Twin to beat. I e ridden both the Chieftain and the Challenger. While some prefer the Challenger I fit the Chieftain PP very well. The new Chieftan PP comes in both 108 and 112. Tuning and cam profile has made the 112 a better performer however the 108 still holds its own well.
The Chieftain PP models to me remind me more of XC than anything else be ridden. I’m wondering if they will make 21” front wheel version to mimic the Magnums ?
I think the big wheel trend is pretty much over as the custom stereo / paint show bikes tool that style over. Now it’s the power sport bagger that’s popular. Higher bags and exhaust ( ground clearance) updated suspensions, big motors with higher rev characteristics while still providing more plenty of low end grunt.
It’s a great time for motorcycle style and the Hatfields and the McCoys are still at it.
Unfortunately the price keeps going up so finding that 2 year old garage queen PP in some retired riders garage could be the way to go but I’m seeing these bikes hold their value pretty well as do the newer Harley’s. So there may not be a bargain to be had. Anything over 5 yrs just isn’t desirable to most anymore mostly due to the improvements of both these brands all around.

 

He is still going because people kept donating money.

Best unofficial advertisement that Indian could ask for and they didn't bother to mention it on their social media until he was nearly done with the 125k.

He is on track to do 145k miles in 145 days.

 

Just trying to do the math. 14 hours a day to make it 1000 miles at a constant 70mph. Leaving 10 hours for stops along the way and a nap. Numerous tire changes and the few pumps. So, 4-5 hours a day sleep for 4 months. You can't average more than 70mph because of slow downs, construction, detours., more gas etc. Wow!

I hope Indian donated a new bike to him and money for his cause.

 

He also had a fuel auxiliary tank that automatically transferred to the bikes gas tank. This gave him 10.5 gallons to run on. Thats a big plus for sure. I know at 80 mph I hover right around 40 mpg

 

I did ONE iron butt ride as part of my bucket list, but that was enough for me. Too much go and not enough slow/show to enjoy the ride. I wouldn’t do it again unless I had to.

here are the specs I saved. It was all freeway covering AZ and NM. Oh! I did meet @BrotherWind at a stop on that ride, so that was an added bonus!

IBA RIDE: SADDLESORE 1000

Unofficial Stats (Sep 26, 2020)

• 1,116 miles traveled
• 18hrs 6 mins start to finish
• 46.9 avg mpg
• 74.0 avg mph
• $81.39 total gas cost
• 2 states and 2 time zones
• 9 stops in 8 cities
• Temp range from 58* to 102*

 

I had this conversation yesterday with a bud who needed an AC service call. It went from discussing the simplicity of his system compared to higher tech systems available today that many seek to the complexity of a motorcycle. He’s a Harley Rider / owner and his take on the new baggers is “ no way “ will he own one. The all electronic dash and ride modes with electronic suspension adjustments all adds up to a huge repair bill when they fail.
All these years we have ridden thousands of miles with on bikes with analog gauges. Standard disc brakes ( no abs ) and throttle by hand. The wire harness (1) never an issue. The gauges always work. The lighting simple and easy to add more for visibility. The Victory Baggers ended an era of simplicity and Indian went and made their bikes into 2 wheeled auto mobiles. Harley followed suit only to compete.
You need a shop with a computer programmed to even look at these bikes. Sure Victory needed the wrench program for the ECU but there really never an issue there. Especially if you Maximus tune it and lock it.
When someone owns the same bike for 14 years and looks forward still to every ride on it ? I’m call that success. I’m pretty much done with wanting anything else than what I ride.
If they ever make again a bare bones ballsy bagger that I can make my own ( think 8 ball XC, or HD Electra Glide ) then I could be tempted. Keep all the sensors and technology in these new bikes. I’m not interested. Sure when I rode the new PP112 I was impressed but that is as far as that ride went. Once you come back to reality it’s the cost involved to purchase and to maintain. I’ve read enough about it on both Indian and HD.
I will be that guy that shows up on his 20yr old XC / Magnum with pride.

 

I still dig the ThunderStroke. Really liked 116 in a SpringField I rode. That bike was one of the nicest smoothest and best handling bikes 🚲 ve ever ridden. So much so that I considered buying one. Having 2 fairing baggers I didn’t need a 3rd but an in the wind classic looking ride like the Springfield all done in Chrome was a jewel. Now they are blacked out …. Smoothed out and come in matte flat finishes.
Not even sure if you can get a black or Springfield blue and chrome model anymore.
Such a wonderful design for what Imdian was supposed to be. Nostalgia. Had they of kept the Victory name for the Challenger and power plus chieftain ( which should be the new “Cross Country “ ) I think the respect meter would be very high and sales could have been so much better. Oh well ….. let’s not go down that road again.

 

145,000 miles in 145 days.

 

Seen an interview with him today,he made it back home 146,053mi. He’s 60yrs old and had a broken collar bone during a lot of the trip, 2025 Pursuit with 3 miles on it when he started. He said at end of ride still no leaks or oil consumption.