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March 10, 2019 4500 × 3000 First ride: 2019 BMW R1250GS and R1250RT big boxer twins

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Oates was determined to be the first to cross Canada under his own power and without turning himself into a train. He was a Manxman, blind in his left eye from a gas attack in the First World War, who wanted to promote Ariel motorcycles; he used a Sturgess sidecar, built in Hamilton, Ontario, to carry his supplies and sometimes sleep in. When he came to areas with no roads, he lifted the machine, named Toby, over and in-between the rails and carried on along the rail bed. It wasn’t easy. [...]

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