As you said Bear, the best and logical solution would be to give Jorge the Ducati factory seat
and Marc stays where he is but give him the latest spec bike.
As long as he has a machine to challenge for the title and then everyone is satisfied
The best I did without thinking about Iron Butt was:
Left home in winter (July) from Randburg just before sunrise and got to George 2 hours after sunset.
About 1400 kays. I didn't hang about. The Vara had a great seat and good screen and I gooid.
Next morning did an inspection on the house we...
To achieve 135km/h considering that you have to stop and pay for fuel often, means that
he must have been hitting 150/160 plus constantly. If he had a back-up bowser and crew to set the record
then fuel stops would have been easier. You would have stop for a leak at some time.