Ride Reports

Touratech sponsored racer, Ned Suesse, has successfully completed the eighth stage of this year’s Dakar Rally. Follow the link for the fifth update from Ned.

Touratech sponsored racer, Ned Suesse, has successfully completed the fifth, sixth and seventh stages of this year’s Dakar Rally. He is now the only American motorcyclist remaining in the race. Follow the link for an update from Ned.

Ned didn’t have cell or satellite phone coverage at the end of day three so this update is from Ned’s call-in after day four.

After a rather eventful New Year’s weekend, Ned Suesse is finally making a lifelong dream a reality. For the last few days, Ned has been aboard his custom-built KTM 450EXC participating in the notoriously brutal Dakar Rally. Here is a quick recap courtesy of Ned.

Hello, my name is Ned Suesse and I’m racing a motorcycle in the 2012 Dakar rally that starts January 1st. Keep watching this space, because my plan is to file updates each evening straight from the bivouac where we camp at night.

Adam Shani, an Israeli diesel mechanic, purchased a wrecked BMW Motorrad HP2 Enduro in South Africa, repaired it, and started a Round-The-World trip 2.5 years ago. Since departing, Adam has explored 60 countries on four continents and has accumulated more than 80,000 miles on his BMW.

30 years after his first motorcycle journey, Herbert Schwartz returns to where it all began… Scotland. Together with his wife Ramona, and a new BMW R1200RT, the trip becomes a travel back through time to the familiar wild-romantic landscapes that Herbert experienced 30 years earlier in the north of Great Britain.