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07/27/2008 - 02:15 PM
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Seven-time World Enduro Champion Kari Tiainen will ride the new G 450 X in the Himos Off-Road Pro cross country race. (Photo: BMW) ยป More Photos
On August 9th and 10th, one of Finland’s most extreme enduro races is taking place and BMW Motorrad Motorsport will be participating in the action with a couple of extremely talented riders. Former seven-time World Enduro Champion Kari Tiainen will ride the new G 450 X in the Himos Off-Road Pro cross country race and he will be joined by fellow countryman and four-time World Rally Champion, Tommi Mäkinen on BMW Motorrad’s new sport enduro.
This will be the second time the race takes place and it promises to be the biggest enduro event in Finland. It will be staged near Jyväskylä area in central Finland, which is also home to the ‘1000 Lakes’ World Rally Championship round that actually takes place the week before the Himos enduro.
As a five-time winner of the Rally Finland, Tommi Mäkinen knows the area ‘like the back of his hand’ and is looking forwards to trying out the new BMW G 450 X for himself, but first he has to wait for his compatriot to return home from World Enduro Championship duty. In Kari Tiainen’s
“I’ve been on the road now for a while and am looking forward to returning to Finland,” said the 41-year-old off-road superstar. “We’ve got a couple of days testing in France after the race and then I’ll be hooking up with Tommi. He’s not ridden the G 450 X yet but is a fantastic rider – as you’d expect – so it won’t take him long to get up to speed. We’re old friends and he’s been riding enduro bikes for years. It’s a hobby for him now and he has quite a few bikes. I’ve given him some training in the past and he also tried to teach me to drive a rally car, but it’s easy to see that he’s a natural racer – there’s always a bit of friendly competition between us!”
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