{"id":7826,"date":"2015-06-19T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2015-06-17T13:59:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T17:59:07","slug":"swiss-rider-to-break-the-all-continets-world-record-on-a-victory-cross-country-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mbike.com\/news\/2015\/06\/swiss-rider-to-break-the-all-continets-world-record-on-a-victory-cross-country-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss rider to break the \u201eall continets\u201d world record on a Victory Cross Country – video"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Swiss endurance rider is aiming to break the \u2018all continents\u2019 world circumnavigation record by motorcycle. Urs Pedraita is preparing to ride a Cross Country motorcycle around the world in the fastest time possible. He wants to ride over 100.000 km in just three weeks. Click through for more details and a video.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The special Victory Cross Country<\/p><\/div>\n

The current record for riding in all continents (not just through two antipodal points) stands at 120 days and two hours. But Urs, known as \u2018Grisu Grizzly\u2019, wants to ride the 100,000 km in under 100 days, which will mean he\u2019ll break the existing record by 20 days.<\/p>\n

He will set off on the attempt in February 2016, starting and ending in Zurich, by riding an almost standard Victory Cross Country. Additional items added to the bike include a larger 33-litre fuel tank, a customised seat with a back support and two LED lights for better visibility during night rides.<\/p>\n

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Over 100,000km in just 20 days on a Cross Country<\/p><\/div>\n

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A video about the attempt has been released and Grizzly is currently part-way through a ride to Russia (from Zurich \u2013 Stockholm \u2013 Helsinki \u2013Moscow \u2013 Odessa \u2013 Kiev \u2013 Vienna \u2013 Zurich). In July he sets off on another training ride from Zurich to Vladivostok and back, then in October 2015 he will ride from Kenya to Tanzania before the record attempt in February 2016.<\/p>\n

Grizzly has completed big rides on Victory motorcycles before. The first was in 2013; a 9,000-mile, 37-day trip from Bern to Vladivostok and back\u2026 in the winter. He says the biggest threat on that trip wasn\u2019t the cold, but the wolves that followed him. \u201cI could only scare them away using the sound of my exhaust,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n