Iván Cervantes, 5x Enduro World Champion and Triumph Global Ambassador, took a day off from developing the new motocross bike to set a record on the pavement. The team officially claimed the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the greatest distance on a motorcycle in 24 hours. Riding a bone stock Tiger 1200 GT Explorer on the High-Speed Ring at the Nardò Technical Center in Italy, Cervantes averaged more than 200kph for more than 2,493 miles (4012km) in a 24-hour period. Talk about a hard enduro!
Cervantes and Triumph topped the previous world record of 2116.39 miles (3406km) by more than 372.82 miles (600km)… and it was done on a stock motorcycle. The motorcycle used for the attempt was a Tiger 1200 GT Explorer, chosen at random from the production line at Triumph’s factory in Hinckley, UK. No special modifications were made to the bike, other than completing the recommended running in and first service schedule before the attempt was undertaken.
The record attempt was witnessed and validated by a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS adjudicator on 30th April 2023, with a final confirmed distance of 4012.53km – a distance equivalent to travelling from London to the Great Pyramid of Giza in 24 hours! Watch the whole story here.
