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| Bmw Car In its first year 98 riders entered the event while the second year saw the attendance jump to 380 entrants. This year due to huge levels of interest the organisers decided to limit the event to 600 participants. |
| Bmw Dealer There are plans to invite a bigger number of European riders to the event next year as well as the chance to join a sixday tour of South Africa in addition to participating in the GS Challenge. Bmw Car. Registration for the 2007 event will open in late July next year at www. |
| Bmw 3 Series com Information for the markets: This is a fantastic experience that any GS rider would be delighted to participate in. South Africa is an amazing place to ride a motorcycle and the chance to participate in an organised event that takes you to places that are otherwise inaccessible should not be overlooked. Bmw Dealer. Why not promote this directly to your database of GS riders or to journalists who you may have lent a GS to in order to get them to participate in next years event. |
| Bmw 5 Series Road trip of a lifetime BMW rider and Atlanta businessman David Gerulski set off on 1 September on a 17000 mile ride from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Ushuaia Argentina with the intention of not only establishing a record for the fastest motorcycle ride across the Americas continent but also raising over $1 million (US) for a friends foundation. A map of the route followed by Dave Gerulski Twentyseven days seven hours and 52 minutes later after riding his BMW F 650 GS Dakar through 13 countries and crossing 16 borders on his way through north central and southern America Gerulski arrived in Ushuaia the most southern city in the world. Bmw 3 Series. In an exclusive interview David tells BMW Motorrad how he achieved this amazing goal. |
| Bmw 6 Series BMW: Your start time in Prudhoe Bay was 4am. Bmw Car. Was it possible to get any sleep the night before your journey began? |
| Bmw 7 Series DG: This was a real problem that magnified as the days went on. For the three days prior to departing on the journey I only had about four hours sleep each night including the night before we started. Bmw Car. I only purchased my F 650 GS Dakar about a week before it had to be shipped to Prudhoe Bay and with 16000 miles on it I had to get it serviced before shipping it. |
| Bmw X3 Because I had no time with the bike or any chance to pack it the 48 hours that I was in Prudhoe before departure was spent packing and preparing it for the trip south. Bmw Car. By the second day of the trip it actually felt like I had been going for five days. |
| Bmw X5 This exhaustion really hurt my progress through the US and Canada. BMW: How many riders joined you on the journey and how did their support help keep you going? Bmw Car. DG: I had six riders with me for about 100 miles (160 km) through Mexico and four riders in Colombia. |
| Bmw Z4 The riders who met me in Mexico really came at a good time. I had been travelling through the country for two days before I met up with them and there were literally 10 riders at a tollbooth awaiting my arrival. Prior to that I was feeling pretty low but when I saw all the group waiting my spirits immediately went up. Bmw Car. The riders helped me get to a hotel for the night and the next day guided me around Mexico City. |
| Bmw M3, Bmw Prices In Buga (Colombia) I was met by four riders who not only helped guide me around Calle but also arranged an emergency service down the road in Papayan. Bmw Car. A word to other riders. Bmw 3 Series. You cannot imagine the lift you can give a longdistance rider by meeting them along the way. Bmw 5 Series. Dave at the finish line BMW: How were the border crossings and officials? Bmw Car. Did people generally know that you were coming? |
