Nick Sanders double Pan Am record ride

caroline · 06-03-2011, 12:02 PM

Hi ADVRider

Guess what? Nick Sanders is going for his final record. He starts tomorrow from Prudhoe Bay and is aiming to ride to Ushuaia AND BACK in record time. You may recall his attempt last year ended prematurely after a robbery but he is back to try again. I will post his blogs directly on to ADVRider......when I can work out how to do it! Meantime you can read about it on his website. Please support him! He is a great character and a true British eccentric .....and a brilliant ambassador for motorcycling.

Thanks and cheers!

Frey Bentos · 06-03-2011, 12:35 PM

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pictish · 06-03-2011, 02:23 PM

good luck!

Bryn1203 · 06-03-2011, 03:16 PM

Caroline, thanks for posting that.

Good luck to you all

Like the blog - http://www.nicksanders.com/2011/blog.html

MikeinSA · 06-03-2011, 05:55 PM

Down AND back?

Damn. Is he on the R1 again?

levain · 06-03-2011, 06:06 PM

Subscribed. This guy is the best kind of nut

BordenBmw · 06-03-2011, 06:26 PM

Nick, thanks for following your dreams and sharing them with all of us. Good luck in achieving your goal, Ride Safe.

GO NICK GO

GrahamD · 06-03-2011, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caroline

Hi ADVRider

Guess what? Nick Sanders is going for his final record. He starts tomorrow from Prudhoe Bay and is aiming to ride to Ushuaia AND BACK in record time. You may recall his attempt last year ended prematurely after a robbery but he is back to try again. I will post his blogs directly on to ADVRider......when I can work out how to do it! Meantime you can read about it on his website. Please support him! He is a great character and a true British eccentric .....and a brilliant ambassador for motorcycling.

Thanks and cheers!

I'm Confused.

The last entry on the blog he was in Peru with a sick support vehicle and a couple of busted riders.

A bit behind on the blog is he?

Cheers
Graham

caroline · 06-04-2011, 04:27 AM

Hi and thanks
This ride is on a Super Tenere and yes it is both ways and YES! he has just finished taking clients from Ushuaia to Tok! So, all in all he will be doing the route THREE times. The blogs will be updated before he blogs this trip so you will get the story on how the last journey ended. It was very eventful towards the end.....a little trouble in Mexico.
Nick is going to ask Guinness to re-open their motorcycle records. As I'm sure you know they were persuaded to close them down some time ago (due to concerns such records were too dangerous I believe) so his last world record was never verified by them although it was fully documented for submission. None of the recent record Pan Am rides have been submitted to Guinness either (by both American and Canadian citizens) and Guinness has a very outdated 34 day ride recored as the fastest.....although it has been done several times since MUCH quicker - the most recent is 21 and a bit days. That is the record Nick wants to beat. Also no one has ever attempted to do it both ways non-stop.
Above all he hopes you will find it entertaining and maybe you will buy the book and film when they come out so he can finance this madness! Both out in the autumn. He would also love to do a lecture/film show in the UK AND the USA very soon.....would any of you be interested??? He is a great showman and very entertaining.

Thanks so much for your support and time.....I know you'd all rather be out riding than reading this!

MoBill · 06-04-2011, 11:45 AM

levain · 06-04-2011, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caroline

He would also love to do a lecture/film show in the UK AND the USA very soon.....would any of you be interested??? He is a great showman and very entertaining.

Thanks so much for your support and time.....I know you'd all rather be out riding than reading this!

I came really close to doing one of his tours a couple years ago and it fell through on my end. I'd love to come meet him and see him speak!

eurorider1 · 06-04-2011, 12:17 PM

I've met Nick couple of times and read most of his books, the man is a legend and in my opinion a fantastic ambassador for the sport of long distance motorcycling.

Go Nick go

pebble35 · 06-04-2011, 01:24 PM

Subscribed !!

Best of luck Nick, look forward to following your adventures here

Ride swift but most importantly ride safe mate

MikJogg · 06-04-2011, 01:35 PM

Good luck to Nick

This guy must have a real iron

MJ

caroline · 06-04-2011, 03:02 PM

Thanks guys for some wonderful comments.

We are all very nervous here back in the UK...especially after our recent terrifying experience in Mexico.

Nick is now only 2 hours from Prudhoe Bay. He will get a few hours rest and then turn round and head south to start the record. Even after 30 years riding he feels he still has to prove himself so this is the big one. Safety is uppermost in his mind and ours too. He has a Spot tracker on his website. However we will suspend it temporarily from public view when he crosses certain countries.

This really is the final record attempt. His three lovely kids are only too aware of what he does and hate him being away from home.

I have the wonderful Mark working on the website to put up a 'count up clock' so you can see how close Nick is to getting the record at all times. I will do my best to post a few photos and Nick wants me to post a blog for him. He is filming and taking photos too along the way.

GO NICK GO!!!

06-03-2011, 12:02 PM	#1
caroline ^OP Expedition Doctor Joined: Apr 2008 Location: London Oddometer: 124	Nick Sanders double Pan Am record ride Hi ADVRider Guess what? Nick Sanders is going for his final record. He starts tomorrow from Prudhoe Bay and is aiming to ride to Ushuaia AND BACK in record time. You may recall his attempt last year ended prematurely after a robbery but he is back to try again. I will post his blogs directly on to ADVRider......when I can work out how to do it! Meantime you can read about it on his website. Please support him! He is a great character and a true British eccentric .....and a brilliant ambassador for motorcycling. Thanks and cheers!

06-03-2011, 12:35 PM	#2
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06-03-2011, 03:16 PM	#4
Bryn1203 Dances with spaniels Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Denial - UK Oddometer: 1,754	Caroline, thanks for posting that. Good luck to you all Like the blog - http://www.nicksanders.com/2011/blog.html __________________ Men do not stop playing because they grow old, they grow old because they stop playing - Oliver Wendell Holmes Get $5 off Smugmug - use this code NxRfLxbR5xhlE

06-03-2011, 06:06 PM	#6
levain STILL Jim Williams Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Providence, RI Oddometer: 5,952	Subscribed. This guy is the best kind of nut __________________ Click Here! 2012 Triumph Tiger 800 XC 1971 Lambretta DL

06-03-2011, 06:26 PM	#7
BordenBmw TheFrenchRider Joined: May 2009 Location: Grid Roads, Saskatchewan Canada Oddometer: 658	Nick, thanks for following your dreams and sharing them with all of us. Good luck in achieving your goal, Ride Safe. GO NICK GO __________________ So many roads so little time... BordenBmw screwed with this post 06-07-2011 at 11:56 PM

06-03-2011, 02:23 PM	#3
pictish Studly Adventurer Joined: May 2010 Location: aberdeenshire scotland Oddometer: 888	good luck!

06-03-2011, 05:55 PM	#5
MikeinSA Flo's Ho Joined: May 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX Oddometer: 3,023	Down AND back? Damn. Is he on the R1 again?

06-04-2011, 04:27 AM	#9
caroline ^OP Expedition Doctor Joined: Apr 2008 Location: London Oddometer: 124	Ride update Hi and thanks This ride is on a Super Tenere and yes it is both ways and YES! he has just finished taking clients from Ushuaia to Tok! So, all in all he will be doing the route THREE times. The blogs will be updated before he blogs this trip so you will get the story on how the last journey ended. It was very eventful towards the end.....a little trouble in Mexico. Nick is going to ask Guinness to re-open their motorcycle records. As I'm sure you know they were persuaded to close them down some time ago (due to concerns such records were too dangerous I believe) so his last world record was never verified by them although it was fully documented for submission. None of the recent record Pan Am rides have been submitted to Guinness either (by both American and Canadian citizens) and Guinness has a very outdated 34 day ride recored as the fastest.....although it has been done several times since MUCH quicker - the most recent is 21 and a bit days. That is the record Nick wants to beat. Also no one has ever attempted to do it both ways non-stop. Above all he hopes you will find it entertaining and maybe you will buy the book and film when they come out so he can finance this madness! Both out in the autumn. He would also love to do a lecture/film show in the UK AND the USA very soon.....would any of you be interested??? He is a great showman and very entertaining. Thanks so much for your support and time.....I know you'd all rather be out riding than reading this!

06-04-2011, 11:45 AM	#10
MoBill Smiles when says dat Joined: Mar 2007 Location: NJ Oddometer: 12,706	__________________ WR250R Data Thread Pix: Sets for 2007 DL650 Build. , Custom Wolfman Tank Bag..Yamaha Super Tenere Build and now 2012 DL 650 Bulid

06-04-2011, 12:17 PM	#12
eurorider1 Adventurer Joined: Jan 2011 Location: Deepest Essex. Oddometer: 46	I've met Nick couple of times and read most of his books, the man is a legend and in my opinion a fantastic ambassador for the sport of long distance motorcycling. Go Nick go __________________ www.eurorider.net I am one of the 834. IBA 51213 SS1000, E2E Gold, UK Four Corners, UK Mileater.

06-04-2011, 01:24 PM	#13
pebble35 Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2007 Location: Jersey, Channel Islands Oddometer: 1,074	Subscribed !! Best of luck Nick, look forward to following your adventures here Ride swift but most importantly ride safe mate __________________ Proud to be supporting Pyndon www.lyndonposkittracing.com www.bikersjersey.com for all your KTM parts A 2,400 KM ride around Egypt by Scooter - ride report here

06-04-2011, 01:35 PM	#14
MikJogg Weekend Adventurer Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Oberkirch/Blackforest/Germany Oddometer: 646	Good luck to Nick This guy must have a real iron MJ __________________ I don´t like mondays... ...and winter

06-04-2011, 03:02 PM	#15
caroline ^OP Expedition Doctor Joined: Apr 2008 Location: London Oddometer: 124	The ride starts Sunday 4 am local time! Thanks guys for some wonderful comments. We are all very nervous here back in the UK...especially after our recent terrifying experience in Mexico. Nick is now only 2 hours from Prudhoe Bay. He will get a few hours rest and then turn round and head south to start the record. Even after 30 years riding he feels he still has to prove himself so this is the big one. Safety is uppermost in his mind and ours too. He has a Spot tracker on his website. However we will suspend it temporarily from public view when he crosses certain countries. This really is the final record attempt. His three lovely kids are only too aware of what he does and hate him being away from home. I have the wonderful Mark working on the website to put up a 'count up clock' so you can see how close Nick is to getting the record at all times. I will do my best to post a few photos and Nick wants me to post a blog for him. He is filming and taking photos too along the way. GO NICK GO!!!

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