Icon Ride

A Cross-Country & Back Solo Motorcycle Adventure To Raise Awareness for Mental Health

About The Icon Ride

The Icon Ride is a solo cross-country and back motorcycle adventure to raise awareness for mental health. Wayne Sutton, founder of the Icon Project and Co-Founder of Change Catalyst, will start his journey on Monday, October 4th, 2021 visiting scenic destinations throughout the country on his Yamaha Tenere 700. During the Icon Ride, Wayne will share his own mental health challenges along with photos and videos of the adventure. He’ll also meet up with fellow riders and colleagues in the mental health space.

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The Icon Ride is raising money for the Icon Therapy Mutual Aid Fund that provides financial support for Black and Brown Men to access mental health services through our partner networks. You can make tax-deductible donations below.

Support
To support Wayne directly (not a tax-deductible contribution) as he raises awareness, you can send resources via PayPal at paypal.me/waynesutton and Cash App at cash.app/$waynesutton12.


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A Solo Motorcycle Adventure Across America For Mental Health: The Icon Ride Recap Part 1

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See Wayne’s Icon Ride Adventure That Started October 4th and ended October 22nd.

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It’s been 47 days since I’ve seen my T7 🏍 as it was left in NC waiting to be shipped across country via @haul_bikes . Yesterday it finally arrived safe and sound. Started right up! Now the cross country adventure aka #iconride is complete that started October 4th. I arrived in NC on October 22nd, flew back on November 1st, and the T7 shipped back on December 17 in San Francisco. That’s an adventure for sure. I would have loved to have rode the bike back but I have a bulged disc that I’m working to heal. Once that’s better… time to plan more adventures! The CBDR @ridebdr is calling along with another shot at the @biltwell 100 desert race in 2022! Go travel humans but take care of your body and mind first! #mood
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Mojave National Preserve is a mood!
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If there was one place that surprised me on my cross country trip it was Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. One because I had never heard of it before and two because I like volcanos. Sunset Crater was cool and full loop would have taken me a few hours off my ride for that day and I was zipping away from a rainstorm that confirmed when I reached my hotel for the day that I had the right decision to just explore 5-7 miles@of the monument. Also it was nice to use my national park pass which I had purchased ahead of time for new explorations like this.
The T7 in its full adventure touring setup is a mood!
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Ride like there is no tomorrow, ride like you’re young… just ride! I think I’ve rode somewhere between 48,000 or 52,000 miles in the last three years and enjoyed every second. Currently dealing with my first serious body injury (bulge disc L5 on the S1 nerve) in my lower back and it sucks! Still, I’m grateful for the past adventures and using this time to get my 🍑 in shape. This photo was taken 3 days before I started my cross country trip in October. I really hope my back heals as I have more BDR and desert racing goals! For now, one day at a time and work on being present. Hang in there humans!
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A perfect spot for a photo for the T7 and the gram next to the historic @abq66diner which became my dinner spot for a few nights in October.
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My therapist said use this time to heal and be grateful. I agree and I’m also working on being present in the moment instead of looking back or always dreaming or planning for the next adventure. For now while I wait official MRI results next week long moto adventures are on hold. Still I miss long distance moto adventures. So glad I was able to visit the Grand Canyon in October. Speaking up being present, I guess now is a good time to start ending my gopro videos for the YouTube. Hang in there humans, one day at a time… #notetoself
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“Where we going #mood” I didn’t do any research when planning to explore Route 66 on my cross country trip. Right before riding into Oatman, AZ and venturing into Sidewinder I was greeted by the donkeys!
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While riding out of New Mexico in October I would often search for National Monuments to explore and learn from. The T7 would also pause for the gram. Here I stopped at the El Morro National Monument. While there are few regrets from the #iconride some places like this I could have stayed longer an explored. Also once you leave New Mexico, National Monuments become few and far between the miles.
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About El Morro National Monument per the @wikipedia “Between about 1275 to 1350 AD, up to 1,500 people of the Ancestral Puebloan culture lived in the 875-room mesa-top pueblo. The village was situated on the old Zuni-Acoma Trail, an important ancient trade route. Spanish explorers visiting the area in the 16th century referred to the notable promontory as El Morro ("The Headland"); the local Zuni Indians call it A'ts'ina ("Place of writings on the rock"), and early Anglo-Americans referred to it as Inscription Rock”
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Also if you zoom in clearly I stoped to take some tylenol pain relief too…🧐
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📺 YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/waynesutton
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Over here like I don’t have a lot of photos and stories from my cross country trip while trying to patient with my lower back pain. 📸When I arrived in Albuquerque, NM on Saturday, October 9th little did I know Albuquerque was holding their annual Hot Air Balloon Festival. I have never seen a hot air ballon festival before and word is Albuquerque has one of the best in the world.
After I checked in the hotel I rode over the the festival parking. After getting through traffic I parked in general parking and was going to walk down to the gate where the T7 is parked now. Then I saw some motorcycles ride further than I was parked and was like if they can go so can I. So I did the thing where you ride like you belong and kept it moving. Most people and the security police were like “nice bike” 😎. After I parked I waited and waited for the Balloons to go up. Then I started checking the @ballonfestas IG and Twitter accounts. There would be no balloons flying tonight due to winds. I knew the winds where high being just rode 170 miles from Petrified Forest to Albuquerque earlier in the day. Regardless it was a nice break from riding and enjoying the sunset in that moment. I checked the Festival schedule and there was a chance to see the balloons launch one more time early Sunday morning. I woke up around 5am, arrived back at the Festival and still no balloons due to wind. I tried. Monday I took a break from riding and was in a ride share and was talking to the drive about the wind shutting down the last two days of the ballon festival. The driver was also disappointed and said the weather was great until Saturday. @cashthe3rd said I brought the Bay area wind in when I rode 🏍 in 🧐😂. The ride share driver also said if I went back on Monday I would have seen all the hot air balloons leave the festival grounds because the wind had finally calmed. Even though the Balloon Festival was over that would have been all I wanted to see. Sometimes things are just outside your control and you end up with stories like this on your adventures! Still worth it!
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Even on cross-country adventures it’s good to take time for a gram photoshoot 😂. This photo was the same day I did Tail of the Dragon and on Cherohala Skyway which I think is better than the dragon 🧐.
Just reflecting on the adventure last month and thinking about time as I’m working on my body healing and waiting for updates for my T7 to be shipped back to SF.
Also so glad I wore the @revit_adventure Sand 4 pants and jacket. I stood out and a lot of people thought I was in the military which was a good thing as a solo riding Black man in 2021. Super grateful for the support from @revit_urban and others!
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📺 YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/waynesutton
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Drive by photo of me somewhere in Tennessee during my cross country trip. The guy who took this photo read my recap post in the Long Distance motorcycle riders facebook group. I remembered seeing a SUV pass then slow down then I looked over and waived. I was chilling on the hwy at the moment while also “stretching my leg” on the Kriega bags due to back pain. Sitting here now two week from being off the adventure I’m in rehabilitation mood but also grateful mood. Not much I would change about the adventure! Just wish my body had held up and I would be somewhere across the country on the way back now… lol. It was the right thing to do the fly back to San Francisco yesterday though and I’ve missed @changecatalysts much! Here’s to healing, a good bike shipping experience while I figure out some life things and get ready for the next adventure!
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📺 YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/waynesutton
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My official Tail of the Dragon photo via @129photos ..
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#revitadventure #revitriders #REVIT #revitrider
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#mood
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🧠 Icon Ride for Mental Health
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📺 YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/waynesutton
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🙌🏾 Ambassador for:
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📸🎥/ One thing I love about this trip and the moto community is all the tips and support along the way. A big thanks to jasonperryphoto to suggest I go by Conco Tower that was the inspiration used in the movie Cars! I had meant to go by there but forgot to check to see where it was on the route. It’s a cool cafe and gift shop. The cafe just opened two months ago serving coffee, ice cream and brownies with the original vibe. Thanks Jason and others for the tips!
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📺 YOUTUBE: http://youtube.com/waynesutton
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