2005 Iron Butt Rally

"World’s Toughest Motorcycle Competition”

             The 2005 Iron Butt Rally kicked off from Denver in August, 2005.  Once again, many of the riders chose to use BeadRider seats on their bikes.  Shane Smith completed the first leg of the Rally without a BeadRider seat.  During this leg, Shane became increasingly uncomfortable with the heat coming off his bike  He resigned himself to one miserable, hot ride for the entire 11 day Rally.

             At the first checkpoint, Shane was able to borrow a set of BeadRiders from a friend at the Rally.  Shane noticed the difference immediately and settled into a much more comfortable ride.  Shane would go on to win the Rally, the second Iron Butt Rally in a row where the winner won on a set of BeadRiders. 

             Not only are we proud to have our seat on the winning bike once again, we are even happier that our beads have once again withstood the challenge of the “World’s Toughest Motorcycle Competition”.

             And for the first time, our own Chris was able to compete in the Rally.  Though he did not win, he gave a pretty good showing.  To find out how good, click here.