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Shinji Kazama (born 26 September 1950) [1] is a Japanese motorcyclist who rode to the North and South Poles on motorcycles. [2] He is shown in the documentary television series Pole to Pole (1992), presented by Michael Palin, [3] [4] when he and Palin happened to be on the same flight to Patriot Hills Base Camp.
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. The track measures 12.42 miles (19.99 km) and has over 156 turns, climbing 4,720 ft (1,440 m) from the start at mile 7 on Pikes Peak Highway, to the finish at 14,115 ...
The Multistrada 1200 won the 1205 Division of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2010, 2011 and in 2012. In 2012, a Spider Grips Ducati Team Multistrada ridden by Carlin Dunne achieved the first sub 10 minute time for a motorcycle with a time of 9:52.819, only a bit over a second slower than the 2011 overall record. [5] [6] [7]
[7] [11] In Colorado, they became the first women to reach the 14,109-foot (4,300 m) summit of Pikes Peak by any motor vehicle. [12] Later on, they became lost in the desert 100 miles (160 km) west of Salt Lake City and were saved by a prospector after their water ran out. [12] They completed their ride by traveling across the border to Tijuana ...
A ride up the Sandia Peak Tramway near Albuquerque isn’t an ordinary lift. Especially with a guide like Terrance Tsosie. Tsosie, also known as “Positive Terrance,” has been shuttling ...
Martin builds a motorbike to compete in the 2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in an attempt to win the Exhibition Motorcycle class. [12] In preparation for the hill climb, Martin meets with Pike's Peak overall record holder (8m 13s) Sébastien Loeb, and former automobile racer Bobby Unser. [12]
Kopp competed in the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on a Team Latus Triumph Speed Triple. He was the second-fastest motorcycle racer up the mountain, and won the Exhibition Class with a time of 11:26.530. [7]
The Pikes Peak victory was historic as the first time an electric motorcycle beat internal-combustion rivals in a professional road race. The Lightning team's Pikes Peak race was conducted entirely off-grid, and relied on solar panels to charge the LS-218 racer, making it the first vehicle of any type to win a professional road race using solar ...