It’s not every day that you wake up with the intention of breaking a record at the controls of your mount. However, Ramiro Vergez It not only seeks to improve a specific brand; also make us participate in real time in the entire process. For this it has created GRIZZLY 211a route of approximately 4,500 km between Ushuaia and La Quiacaaboard his Moto Guzzi V85TT, with the aim of surpassing the existing mark of 74 hours.
GRIZZLY 211: “a shared adventure”
Ramiro has been directing operations, engineering and industrial projects for more than 25 years. He set up large-scale plants, led teams of more than 300 people and improved processes with the Toyota Way methodology. He knows vehicles inside: he is a specialist in VTV / RTO and alternative energies. However, “in that head of an engineer he travels with the heart of a motorcyclist”he explains himself.
Speed and motocross rider, man of adventure and great routes, with experience in endurance and long distance challenges, he will now try to break a distance and time record in his native Argentina. The objective is to connect Ushuaia and La Quiaca in less than 74 hours. “He approaches it as he approaches a project: with method, a team that studies the route section by section and his Moto Guzzi V85 TT, the Grizzly”explains on its official website.
A different trip
Although we are facing the usual attempt to break a record on two wheels, GRIZZLY 211 offers something different from what has previously been seen in this matter. At least within Argentine borders: “Starlink Mini installed on the motorcycle, GPS and smart cameras on board, will allow fans to become virtual co-pilots of the attempt, with live images on the sections with sufficient connectivity”says Ramiro.
Under the motto “Motorcycles taught me that limits only exist to be surpassed”Vergez has the departure planned between November 19 and 22, 2026depending on the weather conditions and has as its main objective exceed the current 74 hours and 37 minutes used in the last trademark registered for this route.
Everything you need to know about GRIZZLY 211
- What is the Ushuaia – La Quiaca motorcycle record?: The mark to beat is 74 hours and 37 minutes to connect Ushuaia and La Quiaca by route: more than 4,000 km, from end to end of Argentina. GRIZZLY 211 is going to try to lower it.
- Who is going for the record and with what bike?: Ramiro Vergez Kenny, mechanical engineer and driver, with a Moto Guzzi V85 TT prepared for the test.
- When is the departure?: Ramiro leaves Buenos Aires on Saturday, November 14, heading to Ushuaia. The long record attempt from the Ushuaia ACA between November 19 and 22, depending on the weather. The arrival is in La Quiaca, Jujuy.
- Is it the same as La Quiaca – Ushuaia?: It is the same route between the two ends of the country. This time it runs from south to north: from Ushuaia to La Quiaca.
- How do I follow it live?: From this page: the position on the map, the cameras on board, the time against the previous record and the log of each stage.
