Two-time Dakar winner Sam Sunderland is in the heartbreak hotel after his world record attempt came to a sudden stop on September 28, when his pre-production Triumph Tiger 1200 suffered a technical problem just 23 days after he set off. Sunderland was on track to beat the fastest recorded time to circumnavigate the globe on two wheels, which has stood since Kevin and Julia Sanders set it in 2002.
There's no public information about the specifics that ended Sunderland's record attempt, but we know some of the circumstances surrounding it.
