How this idea came about

I've always wanted to take a long distance trip on a scooter and when Amerivespa announced the 2013 rally would take place in San Diego I thought maybe I could take the trip on my large scooter from the DFW area. When a friend of mines mentioned that he was up for the journey, the idea became more of a reality. During our conversation about the trip to Amerivespa 2013 rally, it turned into completing the the Iron Butt goal of 1000 miles in 24 hours on a motorcycle/scooter. Well, I thought I could do that, but my buddy Kitt recent knee problems have gotten worse but he still wants to make the trip, but on our smaller 250cc scooters.
After debating and contemplating, and balls investigating, I've decided, what the hell. If I get tired, I'll get a hotel. If I do it on a 250cc scooter, it would be a better accomplishment than on the larger scooter.  Since this is something I've never done before (as I've only ridden about 500 miles in one day) I've decided to blog about the experience.
The total trip is around 3000 miles, round trip but from DFW to Prescott, Arizona it is a little over 1k miles. My buddy is coming from Austin and we plan to meet in Brownfield, TX on Hwy 380. We hope to complete the Iron Butt a little after dark, if we both leave around 3AM. Rest a day, a ride down to San Diego for the rally. No interstate and taking 2012 Scooter Cannonball route.
First thing was to get the Morphous ready for her epic journey. Let's just call her Morphie. Before I knew I was taking Morphie to San Diego, I changed the rear tire, oil, air filters and cleaned transmission filter. When I knew I was taking her on the trip, I installed a backrest, taller windshield, electric ports, and Ram Mount phone holder. The take off speed was not what I expected and the v-belt light was on so I decided to go with Dr. Pulley sliders and a new belt. The below pictures show a CVT break down of Morphie. This is where I'm at now, as I'm waiting on a CVT belt.

I have a few other things to do before she is ready for the trip. If I mess something up I would have to take the Atlantic (April) as she is ready to go.