10am August 27, 2002

If this is Tuesday, we must be at Moon Motors in Monticello, MN.

For those not in the know, Moon Motors is the premier BMW dealership in the entire upper Midwest. Riders coming here today with life (or at least rally) threatening problems, could fare worse than to find themselves in the quite capable hands of BMW wrench Dr. Earl Moon and the ever-unflappable service manager Brian Aurentz. They've already handled a small truckload of service: clutch cables, oil changes and the like, and that was just on the Rally staff and spectators bikes.

More info later as the service drama will no doubt unfold.

Meanwhile, a few updates on rally happenings:

Only 12 riders took the bonus of visiting 2-time Ironbutt Rally rider Boyd Young at the Texoma Ford dealership he manages in Denison, TX. This comes as quite a surprise to your Rallymasters as this bonus was on 3 of the 4 routesheets riders received, and was weighted quite heavily with points to ensure the riders would visit our friend.   As of noon, only 1 rider had visited with Ironbutt legend Eddie Otto at his place in Chicago, IL. Also as of noon, our friends Rayder and Kim Swanson at the Two Rivers Saloon in Niobrara, NE report only 1 rider has been through.

Huh?

So if the riders didn't go to Denison TX, didn't go to Niobrara NE
and they didn't go to Chicago, where are they? Beats us--maybe they don't know any better and went to Mexico.

Rider Jim Owen has already been on the phone with Moon Motors--seems his rear tire was having a bit of a problem holding it's breath last night. If Jim can limp it in, they've already got the tire with his name on it. Go Jim go.

Otherwise, SR500 pilot Jim Winterer and Dave "babmikiller" Nelson were spotted at "The Cattle Drive" in Dallas yesterday morning. Other than that, you know what we know.

For those in the MN area, this was just e-mailed to me today:

Hey Dirkster!

What's your predictions for leg 2 bonuses?
I've put my brain cells together and done some deducing:
What business has sponsored every MN1K since day 1?
It wasn't a bonus on the first part of the ButtLite. I was there all morning and no one came in. What are the odds that we might see the
riders "in action" there as they head out to the first bonus of leg 2?

I'll neither confirm nor deny such rumors.
It could be because I'm secretive.
In actuality, I don't know--these guys won't tell me anything.

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