Triumph Tiger 800
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2moroRider update: Te Waipounamu – new rides in New Zealand
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Round-the-world rider Rhys Lawrey – AKA 2moroRider – has completed the Australasian section of his record-breaking motorcycle journey in style, leading the Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride through Auckland on his Triumph Tiger 800XC. “People here are so friendly – the Triumph Owners Club picked me up from the airport, joined me for parts of the ride,…
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Pyramid Plastics – from Hugger to Extenda Fenda. The history of bodykit
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John Milbank finds out how the aftermarket bodykit industry has evolved since the early days of LCs. In 1986, an industrial designer teamed up with a mate to produce colour-matched belly-pans for Suzuki RG125 and RG250s. Working with Cash on Delivery, and communicating with overseas customers via Telex, this was a time when the only…
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2moroRider update: 18,900 miles completed!
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Young British motorcyclist Rhys Lawrey has completed the Australian section of his record-breaking round-the-world adventure, having ridden the 5,900 miles from Perth to Sydney during August. Riding under the 2moroRider banner, Rhys has travelled 18,900 miles since leaving England on his Triumph Tiger 800 XC at the beginning of May. “I had to top up…
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2moroRider passes 15,000 miles in Australia
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Young British adventure motorcyclist Rhys Lawrey [AKA 2moroRider] has reached Uluru / Ayers Rock in Australia’s Northern Territory, having traveled more than 15,000 miles since leaving England on his Triumph Tiger 800 XC at the beginning of May. The 23-year old, who was born in Cambridgeshire and grew up in New Zealand, hopes to become…
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2moroRider update: Crossing Asia from Turkey to Thailand
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Three months after leaving the Triumph factory in Hinckley, young British adventure motorcyclist Rhys Lawrey has arrived in Bangkok, having ridden across Asia, from Turkey to Thailand, on his Triumph Tiger 800 XC. With another 37,000 miles ahead, the 23-year old is still only a quarter of the way towards his goal of riding into…
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2moroRider update: China
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Six weeks after leaving the UK, Rhys Lawrey has entered China – the youngest person to ride a motorcycle into the country and the first person to do so on a Triumph. The 22-year old British motorcyclist has covered 7500 miles on ‘Tigger’, his Triumph Tiger 800 XC, and has travelled through 17 countries. However,…
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2moroRider update: Stranded in Turkmenistan
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One month after leaving the UK, globe-trotting young British motorcyclist Rhys Lawrey has travelled 5200 miles and reached Uzbekistan, a land-locked country in Central Asia. The 22-year old is attempting to ride into the record books on his Triumph Tiger 800 XC as the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe by motorcycle, and still…
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2moroRider update: Turkey
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Two weeks into his ride around the globe, young British adventure motorcyclist Rhys Lawrey has reached Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Having set off from London, Rhys rode his Triumph Tiger 800 XC down through Western Europe and has spent the past week riding…
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EXCLUSIVE | 2mororider – Week 1: Into Asia
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Young globe-trotting adventure motorcyclist Rhys Lawrey has completed the first week of his year-long quest to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe. The 22-year old left London on Saturday 3rd May 2014 and a week later rode into Istanbul, having crossed the Bosporus strait that separates Europe from Asia.“It feels like I’ve been…
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2moroRider: Around the world and into the record books!
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Twenty-two-year-old Rhys Lawrey left the Triumph motorcycle factory in Hinckley earlier today (Friday 2 May) to begin an epic record-breaking ride around the world. Under the 2moroRider banner, Rhys plans to spend the next 12 months riding his Triumph Tiger 800 XC across six continents, travelling through 73 countries and covering 50,000 miles. When he…
