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Roadracing school (Keith Code, California Superbike School)
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Flat track school (Supercamp, Danny Walker)
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Wheelie school (Keith Code, On One Wheel)
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Six consecutive years of A loops on the annual Malcolm Smith "No Wimps" dual sport ride.
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Four consecutive years of the Ridge Runner 500 dual sport ride.
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Five consecutive years riding 1,600 miles from near the U.S. border to the Southern tip of Baja, California Mexico, 90% on single track, Baja 1,000 race course, two track, rock, silt, mud, sand, deep sand, deeper sand and gravel in six to seven days.(1988-2002)
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1,000 mile tour of Central Mexico, two up, on a Suzuki DRZ400, ~80% single track, dirt, two track and gravel. (2001)
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1,200 mile tour of the South Island of New Zealand, two up, on a BMW F650GS, ~33% dirt, two track and gravel. (2002)
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2,000 mile tour of the Western U.S. from Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA, two up, on a BMW R1150GS Adventure, on mountain roads down the spine of the Cascade, Sierra and San Bernardino Mountains. (2003)
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4,500 mile tour of Sub-Saharan Africa, two up, on a BMW R1150GS Adventure, ~40% dirt, silt, mud, sand, two track and gravel, including 450+ mile days on gravel.(2003)
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2,500 mile tour of India, Sikkim, West Bengal and Bhutan, two up, on a kick start Royal Enfield Bullet, 22 HP, 500cc single with custom mounted 41 liter Touratech/Zega pannier boxes and a tank bag. (2004)
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6,500 mile tour of Turkey, Syria and Jordan, two up, on a BMW R1150GS Adventure. (2004)
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2,545 mile ride from Canada to Mexico down the Continental Divide via as many unpaved roads as possible on a BMW R1150GS Adventure. (2004) (5,254 miles total trip mileage door to door)
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2,300 mile tour of Japan, two up, on a BMW R1150GS Adventure. (2004)
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750 mile tour of China, two up, on a 32 HP Chang-Jiang 750 (flat head pre-war BMW clone) with a sidecar. (2004)
Douglas Hackney can be reached at dhackney@egltd.com.
Shooting the ancient petroglyphs, Twyfelfontein, Namibia, November 2003
