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V-STROM 1050 XT CARRIES COUPLE TO GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
Lavi Scholl and Ollie Gamblin have set a new Guinness world record , becoming the youngest pair to circumnavigate the world on a motorcycle , two-up . The intrepid pair completed their circumnavigation aboard a Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT , with which they visited 39 countries on five continents and covered whopping a 75,164.4km in 589 days . Setting off from the iconic Ace Cafe in London on a V-Strom 1050XT donated by their local dealership , Motorcycle World , Ollie , from
Northampton , took the ‘ bars , with Lavi , from Hanover , Germany , riding pillion . The pair first headed into France , before pointing south and crossing into Spain . From there they left the continent of Europe behind and arrived in Morocco , Africa . Sticking to the west coast they travelled down through Mauritania to Senegal , where the V-Strom was loaded into a container and shipped to Brazil to begin the South American leg of the journey . After landing in Brazil they travelled further south still , to the very bottom of Argentina to
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