Finally!

[fintip]

After literally six months, I finally received this email:

Kyle,

We closed out your ride today (6/15/13), here is what I approved (from the additional documentation and questions you answered via email):

SS1000:

This is to Certify that on the 22nd of November, 2012, L. Kyle Baker rode a 1986 Yamaha FJ1200 a total of 1,022 grueling miles in less than twenty-four hours starting in Los Angeles, California continuing on to Kingman, Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park and Albuquerque, New Mexico before ending in Santa Rosa, New Mexico while participating in the SaddleSore 1000.

BB1500:

This is to Certify that in November of 2012, L. Kyle Baker rode a 1986 Yamaha FJ1200 a total of 1,660 grueling miles in less than thirty-six hours starting in Los Angeles, California continuing across the Mojave Desert and the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park, across Arizona and New Mexico before ending in Mount Pleasant, Texas while participating in the Bun Burner 1500.

Let me know if you want any chance to revise this. They will issue your membership number from the office tomorrow afternoon and mail everything on Tuesday afternoon.

I hope you can see we do NOT rubber stamp these and take your ride very seriously. And more importantly, when you see another IBA plate back, you will know THEY had to jump through the same difficult process you did!

Welcome to the insanity!

Mike

[FJmonkey]

Well done IBR...

[aviationfred]

Well done and what is not in the response is, that you did this on a bike that you just purchased sight unseen. That makes your accomplishment even more awesome.

Fred