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Adventure Country Tracks e.V. aims to open up unpaved routes across Europe for adventure riders. This year, the association, together with its partners, is vigorously pursuing this mission. Throughout the year, the eighth ACT route will be explored, including an adventurous route through two smaller countries in September.
Mirko Nagler, a board member of ACT, explains, "The community can look forward to an especially challenging track; we have decided to offer a six-day track for the first time."
The documentary film about the new track will be released shortly before Christmas, giving all interested parties plenty of time to plan for the 2025 season. This year's film is made possible through collaboration with strong industry partners.
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Strong Partners
From the beginning, Touratech, NEXX, SENA, and Yamaha have been on board, supporting the project with vehicles, equipment, and communication. Additional partners like Edelweiss Bike Travel, Ford, Garmin, Husqvarna, KTM, Metzeler, REV'IT!, Triumph and Westerfeld Transporte also play a crucial role in realizing the ACT tracks. They not only help capture the experiences on the tracks in a high-quality film but also support the association in making the beauty of the routes accessible to a broad audience, thereby not only increasing the visibility of ACT tracks but also highlighting the importance of sustainable motorcycle travel.
New Partners
A special addition this year is the partnership with Ducati, which is sending two dream machines to the track with the DesertX Rally and the Multistrada V4 Rally. Daniel Konrad, Managing Director at Ducati Motor Deutschland GmbH, emphasizes the significance of the partnership. "The partnership with Adventure Country Tracks e.V. is of great importance to us at Ducati. We look forward to supporting the off-road and enduro community and creating unforgettable experiences on the Adventure Country Tracks together."
Support from partners in the motorcycle industry is extremely important to document the unforgettable adventures on the tracks and present them in a captivating film. The association's work ensures that these tracks are preserved for many years, regularly checked and updated. This is done in collaboration with local partners such as national parks, tourism authorities, and other organizations. Sustainable motorcycle travel is promoted according to the association's rules, ensuring that we can continue to enjoy these off-road routes for a long time to come.
About Adventure Country Tracks:
ACT Adventure Country Tracks® is an association for motorcycle adventure riders that has been verifying new ACT routes in Europe annually since 2016. Each ACT track is carefully developed and includes the best legal routes for heavy adventure motorcycles. The ACT tracks are available as GPS-readable routes in the members' area of the ACT website.
Since 2016, the association has established tracks in Portugal, Italy, the Pyrenees, Romania, Greece, the United Kingdom, and Croatia. Each ACT track comes with an ACT film, created thanks to the support of industry partners and contributing significantly to the association's ongoing activities.
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Have your say on potential changes to registering historic, classic, rebuilt, and electrically converted vehicles.
The UK Government is seeking your evidence to help identify areas of potential change to how historic, classic, rebuilt and electrically converted vehicles are registered with DVLA, see link.
This call for evidence closes at 11:59pm on 4 July 2024
See you at The Ace
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It was surely a positive weekend for Team Gresini MotoGP, who places both their riders in the higher part of the race classification and leaves Mugello with a total of 31 points scored in what was the first of two home events for the Faenza-based squad.
Marc Marquez bagged 22 of those points courtesy of yesterday’s second-place finish and today’s fourth position at the line. It was a challenging race in which the GP24 machines of Bagnaia, Bastianini and Martin had something more. The overtake on Enea and a few points taken from Martin in the standings are for the record books. The championship lead is now 36 points away, six less than two days ago.
Alex Marquez has found again some consistency and two top-ten finishes at a venue that has never been too kind to him. He put up a great fight with his former teammate Di Giannantonio, with a good feeling to take home ahead of the three-week break.
The on-track action does not stop here, however, as it is time for official testing, taking place at Mugello tomorrow – if weather allows.
4th - MARC MARQUEZ #93
“We missed out on the podium, but we did a positive race. I couldn’t overtake bastianini and when he passed me with two laps ago, it seemed as though he was on fresh tyres. Both Pecco and him were really strong. We’re leaving with a few more points in the standings and we’re very positive ahead of the next two back-to-back races. We’ll keep working during the test day in order to further improve our feeling.”
9th - ALEX MARQUEZ #73
“It was a very similar race to Austin for how demanding it was. We started well and we were in a fast group of riders, even though I lost one position at the end. We were 12 seconds quicker than in last year’s race, but obviously we want more. We’ll try to find something in the test with regards to better balance and more speed.”
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Marc Marquez has scored his sixth consecutive podium of the season today as he shows top form also at Mugello. Today’s result was not a given despite one of his best qualifying performances of the season (4th) but the #93 did well in keeping Binder first, and then Martin, at Bay, before taking a shot at the win. Nine more points in the bag that translate in a new, reduced gap to Martin’s lead – 32 points – as the latter crashed out of third place.
Alex Marquez also had a solid performance as he finished with points the Italian sprint race. From the third row of the grid, the Spanish rider did well in staying focused in the first part of the encounter before starting to move up. Binder hindered a bit the comeback by the rider #73, who will have a bigger chance tomorrow in the 23-lap encounter, starting from 14:00 local time (GMT +2).
2nd - MARC MARQUEZ #93
“We had the pace to win today but Pecco was uncatchable and there was no time left to bridge the gap. This is a track that I never really got fully right, but it’s a whole different story with the Ducati. We managed to compete against the GP24, which still have something more. Maybe we missed something at the start, but we’re happy with today.”
8th - ALEX MARQUEZ #73
“I didn’t get a very good start. I lost a lot of ground, and it was almost impossible to pass with Binder ahead on the main straight. The feeling is good, and we were surely ready to battle further ahead. We will likely go for the soft tyre again tomorrow, even though we’ll give a chance to the medium tyre in the warm up.”
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In a thrilling Monster Energy Supersport TT, Michael Dunlop has clinched his 26th victory, equalling the long-standing record held by his uncle, Joey Dunlop. The Northern Irish road racer, who has worn Furygan leathers since 2013, crossed the line aboard his Yamaha 8.574 seconds ahead of his closest challenger with a fastest lap of 17:31.185.
The Dunlop family is synonymous with the 37.73-mile Mountain Course, with Michael’s aggressive style popular with many fans, and today’s achievement has cemented the belief that no one knows the Isle of Man TT better than a Dunlop. As the Isle of Man TT continues to be a pinnacle of motorcycle racing, moments like these underscore the enduring spirit of competition and the relentless pursuit of excellence.
Furygan shares Michael’s ethos of always giving 100% and strives to ensure that those who proudly wear the ‘panther’ enjoy the highest quality garments and benefit from the safety innovations of Furygan’s Motion Lab – whether that’s for a casual Sunday ride or lapping in excess of 200mph on closed roads.
With seven races left on the schedule for Dunlop, all eyes with continue to be on the 35-year-old to see if he can rewrite the history books and become the most successful Isle of Man TT rider of all time.
Michael Dunlop
“To equal Joey’s record is something that’s been playing on my mind all week and I think it’s something that’s on everybody’s minds. It’s fantastic. No matter what happens in life everybody’s always wanted to get to Joey’s record, and I’ve got to it. For me, that’s something really special.”
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article supplied - Furygan.com
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