Like Professor Fate and Maximilian Meen, Mark and I are going to go an an epic adventure across the north American Continent (or should we be like Maggie Dubois and The Great Leslie? Then who's Maggie and which of us is Great?). We have entered ourselves in the Hoka Hey Challenge. Although I am sure you all know what this is, I will give you a brief recap. The Challenge is a mad dash across the US and Canada starting in Key West Florida and ending in Homer Alaska. According to Google Maps that is a 4 day 11 hour trip that will cover 5,487 miles. Of course that would be too simple. The Hoka Hey has already mapped out a 7,000 + mile route that will not be including any large super highways. The prescribed route will not be revealed to us until we get to Key West, and even then they will only tell us how to get to the next check point at which time they will give us our next driving instructions. The first checkpoint is 1,000 miles away in Mississippi! There are a couple of other rules of note:
1. Have to sleep outside next to your bike (No Hotels, Motels, Bed and Breakfast's, Brothels, etc...)
2. Only 1 rider per bike
3. Has to be a Harley-Davidson that is Air Cooled
4. No whining
This is definitely a trip of a lifetime. The race is limited to 1,000 riders that come from all over the world. We will all converge on Florida ready to begin our trek through deserts, mountain ranges, swamps, rain, sun, and even some snow all so that we can say we did it! Well, I guess some of them have entered because the first person to cross the finish line without breaking a rule will win $500,000.

From the Hoka Hey Challenge Main Website


On June 20th, 2010 some of the world’s most fearless riders will come together for a 7,000+ mile run from Key West, FL to the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. Across two countries we will ride and test our will as warriors in the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge!

Many are called but few will be chosen. Only 1,000 chosen individuals – those who can hear 10,000 horses hooves thunder across the prairie as they ride into battle – will be counted among the most elite riders to ever straddle a steel horse.

In the same manner as the finest military organizations, the chosen few will receive a numbered challenge coin, minted with the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge Logo. And, at the end, there lies a HALF MILLION DOLLARS in ALASKAN GOLD for whoever reaches the final checkpoint first. There is no prize in a warrior society for second place.

Every Harley-Davidson™ dealership in the world has been invited to participate so riders should prepare to be challenged not only by the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge Organizers but by riders from around the globe!

Meaning – It’s a Good Day to Die – “HOKA HEY” was the roar of every warrior that rode into battle with Crazy Horse. Join us as we ride into battle. As we put ourselves on the line to find out just who we are.

Any one looking for way to renew their spirit and do good for those in need, definitely needs to be a part of this great event! Whether you make it to the first gas stop or all the way to Homer, AK; participants who are in Key West at the start of the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge will be a part of something that is greater than any one of us.

We will only follow this particular route one time in history! So, if you have the heart to take up the challenge you will need to get your application in now!

Does your heart pump the blood of the warrior grandfathers?

ARE YOU A CHOSEN ONE?