Comments on: George Egloff: The Lone Rider

By: Jan Cutler

Jan Cutler — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:10:04 +0000

Egloff’s early IB victories and coast to coast record rides inspired many endurance riders, myself included. I am seeking any contact information or the whereabouts of Mr Egloff.

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By: Frank Handy

Frank Handy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:53:34 +0000

My apologies.. just did more research and I rode with a different Jay Knapp. I don’t think the fellow on this site is the same guy. My apologies for the rudeness I’ve displayed this morning. Wrong guy, sorry. -FH

By: Frank Handy

Frank Handy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:21:10 +0000

This is Frank Handy, fellow 12-time Iron Butt rider. I’ve ridden with Jay Knapp, and must say that his attitude towards other riders is terrible. Rude often comes to mind when I think about our first encounter. Mechanic he may have been… rude he will always be. -FH

By: Jay Knapp

Jay Knapp — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:41:33 +0000

In the first Cannonball race, the one that was depicted in the film “Cannonball Run”, George relayed a Suzuki GS850 across the country in 46 hours. It involved four riders taking turns riding part of the trip. The bike was handed off at various points across the country. That bike is pictured above with “Touch of Class BMW” on the fuel tank mounted on the rear rack. George is here with me now visiting NJ to attend his son Ron’s wedding in PA. He says he held the solo record of 42 hours for some time and isn’t sure if it’s been broken. See the video “George Egloff: The lone rider” above. That video was made at the finish of the 42 hour trip. I rode that bike, a BMW R90S home to NJ after the race. It took me a week to come back across the US. The only bike I didn’t have a hand in setting up was the first Suzuki that ran in the Cannonball. The R90S he set the record with had a 11 gallon fuel capacity in three tanks, a Escort radar detector, oversize tires, customized fairing and some other details my old mind can’t recall. The riding suit George is wearing in the video is a my Refridgawear meat packers suit he borrowed for the ride. This was an era where Tourmaster and such riding apparel was unheard of.

By: Cannonball Bike Run

Cannonball Bike Run — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:43:27 +0000

Does anybody have confirmation of what his best time was? And is this the current record for a motorcycle?

By: hope goerner

hope goerner — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:54:40 +0000

sitting here showing my dad George Egloff this web site @ this moment I thought you would enjoy his comments…I George enjoyed reliving my life of 29 years ago,and and i’m sure my friend Jay Knapp enjoys the same,knowing my daughter is running the same super slab each week I wish her a safe trip in her peterbilt,thanks George

By: Georg Egloff

Georg Egloff — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:43:12 +0000

By the way, I’m not “the” George Egloff. I did ride a BMW for 10 years, but never more than 5 or 6 hours straight. This guy is amazing.

-Georg Brandl Egloff

By: Georg Egloff (really)

Georg Egloff (really) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:40:45 +0000

Here’s the link to YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRrsAxGGN68