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Sam Sunderland attempts world record circumnavigation

Two-time Dakar Rally Champion, Sam Sunderland, is attempting become the fastest person to circumnavigate the globe on a motorcycle. He hopes to break the current record of 19 days, 8 hours, and 25 minutes set by Kevin and Julia Sanders in 2002. Sunderland will need to ride nearly 1600 kilometres daily for 19 days. That’s more than the length of the North Island every single day. During the attempt he will take in 15 countries, five continents, and cross all the world’s time zones. His mount is a Triumph 1200...

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Royal Enfield Bear 650 Review

Royal Enfield now has six machines powered by its 650cc parallel twin engine. The latest is this, the Bear 650, a scrambler. So when I went to pick up the Royal Enfield Bear 650, the chap tasked with the handover commented, “I’ve done 80km over the weekend and fell in love with it.” Which of course you take with a grain...

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