Welcome to a new riding season, welcome to an upgraded Iron Hog 2023.
New in 2023, there are 3 categories of challenges. While we do our best to keep all achievements comparable, the Iron Hog Classic is the same as in 2012 when we first started, although minor adjustments had to be made due to closure and opening of H-D dealerships.
Also the COVID-19 challenge, introduced in 2020, remains unchanged, but now that we do our best to forget about the pandemic, it got a new name, the Iron Hog Light. It is the easy challenge, a good starting point for new riders, a first step into long distance riding experience.
In recent years, with some riders doing their 11th Iron Hog in as many years, we now offer a even bigger challenge, the Iron Hog Extreme. It follows the Iron Hog Classic set of rules, but adds two landmark locations as mandatory visits: Lands End and John o’Groats. This will require the rider to do a additional 700 miles, therefore we add 22 hours in the base time allowance, now 70 hours instead of 48. And as in the Classic version, you get 30 extra minutes for each dealership visited.
Food for thoughts, plan and prepare your Iron Hog Extreme well. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me: axel.thill@gmail.com
Here a summary of the 3 challenges
And this how the new Iron Hog 2023 patches will look like after successful completion
Iron Hog Ride 
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