BMW Motorcycle Couple now Weeks from Breaking the Toughest and most Demanding Guinness World Record of All
BMW World Record Challenge: Simon and Monika Mewbound, participating in one of the most demanding and exciting adventures in the history of motorcycling. After 2 years, nine months, 132000 kilometers and 51 countries challenging both the endurance world record of 161000 kilometers and the countries world record of 102 countries they finaly have the endurance world record firmly in their sites and now they are just weeks from breaking their first world record. “The greatest distance on two bikes in one journey

Incredibly Simon and Monika commenced this double record challenge without any knowledge of motorcycle maintenance and Monika riding her sponsored bmw f650gs only passed her motorcycle test and obtained a license weeks before their journey start amazingly this is monika first ride on a motorcycle.

In the next few days they will depart Tehran Iran and continue south east en-route their forth continent australasia via UAE, Bahrain, Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal and Burma. they expect to amass another 30,000 kilometers and break the guinness world record in February 2005. They will complete their second circumnavigation of the earth when they arrive in Sydney Australia August 2005.
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