With over 80,000 km racked up on his Chieftain, in the last two years Alain has ridden all across France and Europe! A seasoned biker, from Languedoc region in France, he has been riding since the age of 16. He has had many bikes in the past, such as a R60, Gold Wing and even a Hayabusa. He ramped up 1,600,000 km on these, before finding the make he dreamed and drew pictures of in his school copybooks – Indian! Young and retired, every-thing is a pretext for riding his bike daily.
Among the people he chanced upon at a Guichard Motos meeting in Montpellier, now the OC Riders Group, Alain met Gérard, another Indian fan who has also been clocking up kilometres on several continents on his Chief Classic. Originally from the Vosges region, he started out on a 125 BPS enduro bike and finally got his licence in the 1980, when he started to ride a Softail Heritage. Two years ago, finally free of his professional obligations and seeing the production of the new Indian, he fell for a white Classic and set off to explore South America. Other voyages followed in Europe, Morocco and across France, resulting in over 50,000 km on the clock.
The last time the two die-hard bikers Alain and Gérard met, they decided to set off for the North Cape in June. Meanwhile, Gérard also bought himself a Chief-tain. Their road trip to the outermost tip of Norway is well planned, step by step, with the departure set for 1st June. They will travel 10,000 km in twenty five days, riding through Ger-many, Denmark, Sweden and then Norway on their way there. They will return via Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany! The aim is to arrive in Fontainebleau, in France, on 25 June, for the stage of the Indian Road Show!
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