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BMW: More Success for G 450 X
Written by: BMW Communications
BMW Communications   
05/17/2008 - 02:32 PM
Charlotte, N.C.
 
BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s Anders Eriksson. (Photo: BMW) » More Photos

BMW Motorrad Motorsport’s Anders Eriksson has added another win to the growing list of victories for the BMW G 450 X by finishing in first place at a recent 12-hour enduro team race in Sweden.

The seven-times Enduro World Champion competed as part of a six-rider team (Anders Eriksson, Fredrik Georgsson, Mattias Holmgren, Anders Georgsson, Rikard Hansson, Daniel Johansson, Oscar Åberg) with his local club, Tibro MK. The ‘12-Timmars’ race took place at Skövde in southern Sweden and started at one minute past midnight, which gave Anders plenty of opportunity to ride the G 450 X in the dark.

“This was particularly interesting,” said Anders. “I was trying out a few things on the BMW in preparation for a big ‘extreme’ race that takes place in Sweden every November. This included Xenon lights – two on the helmet
and one on the bike. We were able to wire all this directly to the battery and headlight fittings from the series production bikes we were using. With the race starting at just after midnight, we had about six hours of riding in the dark before it got light. Interestingly, the lap times in the dark with the Xenon lights were only about a minute slower than in the daytime, so this technology made a massive difference.”

With around 80 teams and nearly 500 riders competing, the course was fairly dusty because it has been dry in Sweden for the past few weeks. A lap of the course was approximately 11 miles, which took Anders and his team-mates around 25-26 minutes (depending on the rider). Each rider was only allowed one lap of the course before a team-mate took over, although there was special dispensation for Anders, who was allowed to ride for two 90-minute sessions.

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