Alas the illustration of the guy is of him on a ST4, not a Multistrada, but aside from that this guy’s endurance is impressive.

[blogs.motorbiker.org] and the Yahoo link, below.

A U.S. motorcyclist made the 5,632-mile trek from the northernmost road in Alaska to the southernmost tip of Florida in 100 hours and set a transcontinental record certified by the “Iron Butt Association” of bike enthusiasts.

“I’m a little tired … a little bit bruised,” biker Gary Eagan said by phone from Key West, Florida, on Tuesday, a day after finishing the journey on his Ducati Multistrada.

He bested the old transcontinental “Iron Butt” record of 114 hours and 49 minutes, set last year by a BMW rider from Maryland.

A few hours after starting his solo journey on a gravel road in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, a truck forced Eagan off the road and his motorcycle flipped over into the tundra, breaking his windshield, one rearview mirror, auxiliary fuel tank and shearing off the saddlebag containing his spare clothes.

[story.news.yahoo.com]

I can’t help but feel the trip must have been kinda boring, though; I know what 16 (let alone 100) hours on a bike can do to you, and you don’t get much chance to look at scenery if you’re seriously trying to clear mileage.

This whole Iron Butt thing (terribly American term 8-)) is rather new to me; I first heard of it in May when bumming around Belgium and Normandy with Brad, but have encountered it several times since.

Seems to be a trend on the upswing.