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Old 08-31-2011, 03:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Million mile women riders!

Voni Glaves at 64 and Ardys Kellerman at 79 are two real life 'superwomen'. A million miles on motorcycles can't be done by anyone less than 'super' eh! These two 'girls' have been at it for decades and have more riding miles between them than probably most of the high-milers on xbhp have put in together .



Ardys Kellerman in fact was the winner of the BMW 100,000 mile prize in 2006 when she rode more than a hundred thousand miles within a year on her BMW, doing 80116 of those miles within a six month period between April and October. Which after some simple maths works out to about 700 kms a day for six months consistently!! People even half their age either wouldn't, couldn't or shouldn't be doing this .

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BMW Motorcycle Owners of America | Voni Glaves and Ardys Kellerman Hit One Million

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Old 08-31-2011, 03:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Thanks for the link sir.
given my 4L KMS till now surely seems a million possible over the next decade

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Only on a BMW

Have a long way to go... still at just 1/10th of a million !
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Holy crap...
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by god ki kasam. 1L miles in a year, and 700km/day for six months. just too much! Salute!!
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Why on earth would you ride so much? Doesn't it get boring after a while? I mean seriously.. 700km/day for 6 months is waay too much.
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why don't any young girl is interested in bikes????
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why don't any young girl is interested in bikes????
Dude! they started it at a young age and now..................

Jokes apart. Hats off to these wonderful ladies!!
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really intresting. wish i could ride happily at that age all over again.
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I'm wondering where she was riding for 700 Kms a day...everyday
Or is she working for globetrotters or something
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