VeloRUSH VeloPOINT Motorsports Magazine Fall 2013 | Page 38
“I think all told it rounded up to 120,000km or 3 times around the earth”
VELORUSH PROFILE
Oisin Hughes
ROAD TRIPS
Nova Scotia - Alaska-Ushuaia-Buenos Aires - 34,000 Miles Calgary - Rio Gallegos - 18,000 miles Dublin to New York - 20,000 miles
AGE
42 years “...was 39 when I traveled - always wanted to complete the Ruta 40 in Argentina before I got to 40 yrs old”
FUNDING BIKES
“I’d worked for 15 years with Intel - took redundancy and then left...so things worked out well.” 2003 1150 GSA (Retired after trip) 2005 1150 GSA 2006 1200 GSA (Retired after trip) Keep both the retired bikes in my conservatory!
FUN FACT Oison only started riding a bike in 2006 “Once the 2 year wait was over to get my license I was literally off round the world immediately”
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