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Acheivement

Year Description of Event
 
Most ATL Trips Completed All Time Tad - 10
  
Most different motorcycles taken ATL All Time Tad - 6 (Seca, Black Whale, GS750, Triumph, ST1100, KLR650)
Most Riders/Pilons on trip 2003 36 attendees
Most new to ATL Riders/Fassengers on a trip 2001 21 new attendees
Smallest displacement Bike to complete trip 1997 Mongo - Kawasaki EX500
  
Oldest Bike to complete trip 1999/2001 Tie between Tad on a 1977 GS750, Mr. Gary on a 1977 Honda CB750, and Newt on a 1977 GL1000.
Coldest Weather 2002 Morning 2.  32 Degrees leaving Traverse City
  
Warmest Weather 1997 Day 3 - 95 Degrees in Duluth, MN.
   
Biggest Temperature Differential 2006 53 Degrees in Little Marais, 93 degrees on Route 2 in Wisconsin
First Women to take entire trip on own motorcycle 2003 Christine Allender, Jane Beard, Elaine Devine, Donna Pronto
Most off road miles ridden during trip 2004 Tad - KLR650
Most off road miles on a non-dual sport bike 2005 Scott Boers and Matt Milanowski
Dirtiest Motorcycle 2004 Tad - honorable mention to Vern
Highest Wheelie 2001 Kurt, Tad's ST1100, Breakfast at Grandma's
  
Highest 2-up Wheelie 2001 Kurt, Tad's ST1100, Amy on back, near Wawa. "Hey, that's my bike!"
  
Longest Wheelie 2004 Scott - three gears at Grandma's
Dumbest Move 2001 Kurt trying to wheelie Chris's Vulcan 1500....across the street from the Wakefield, MI Police Station.
  
Fastest LEO encounter, no ticket 2002 Vern. "I'm gonna blow up."  Enough said.
  
Fastest LEO encounter, ticket issued 2003 Sprite - speed withheld for legal reasons....
  
Funniest LEO Encounter 2002 Tyrone, in Ontario, attempting to explain his speed while a group of 6 "buddies" zoom by at a faster speed than Tyrone was pulled over for.
  
Funniest LEO Encounter,  where we should have gone to jail 1997 Tad following Kurt and getting us all pulled over after passing a line of 6 cars near Traverse City, and then the imfamous "There is a warrant out for your arrest" incident.
  
Earliest Ticket 2002 Curly Boll....day 1 on the way to Woodfield Mall
  
Most Tickets 2002 Moe and Larry - after getting tickets in Ontario in early May after FAST school, they both got tickets again, in late May, in Ontario.  Way to go guys! :-)
    
Highest  Speed 2004 Scott on the Hayabusa at Grandmas...speed withheld....
Highest Speed (unconfirmed) 2001/2002 Tie between Bob & Connie on South Boundary Road in Porcupine Mtn. Park, and MJ on the new Aprilla pretty much every mile of 2002.
  
Biggest Hamburger Consumed 2002/2003/2004/2006

2006

Tad. 1 pound hamburger at the restaurant in the Ramada in Hancock

Sprite. 1 pound hamburger at the restaurant in the Ramada

Most Beer Hauled on a single bike 2003 Tad - 2 cases of "tall boys" from the Beer Store, Marathon
 
Most Beer cooled and dispensed from a Givi bag with a blow-up beer can attached to the top of it 2005 Tim the Enchanter - he is the beer man!
Most Beer stored in an Aerostich Suit 2006 Tyrone - 8 beers, hidden  in about every conceivable pocket
Most Pressed Hams 2003 Traverse City - 7 - names withheld to protect the guilty
Most Simultaneous Pressed Hams 2005 4 - Manistique Comfort Inn...
Most Simultaneous Unpressed Hams 2005 3 - Agawa Bay Overlook
Best Belly Flop 2005 Sprite - Superior Pool....spread eagle until impact.  The judges scored it a perfect 10.
Most Nicknames N/A Kevin Murray (Shemp, Bling, Bling-Daddy, Sir Bling A Lot, Kev, aka)