World record for Acerbis

Aone-way journey of 2600 miles on a bike is a pretty big deal. Doing it with just one tank of fuel is in the realms of fantasy though, right? Well, no, because that’s what aftermarket parts firm Acerbis has done, improbably enough, to celebrate its 50th anniversary and earn a place in the Guiness Book of Records

Of course, there are some important caveats: Acerbis, which produces large-capacity fuel tanks for adventure machines, cheated a bit. First, it took a Honda MSX125 Grom – already relatively parsimonious on fuel – then the firm’s engineers designed and built their own massive fuel tank, which extends out forwards, then back under the rider and into a pair of pannier-style side tanks. They provide a capacity of 108 litres (23.75 gallons) of petrol, which weighs around 85kg on its own. Then, a three-rider team trundled the ‘AC50’ bike at approximately 45mph from Albino in Italy to the North Cape in Norway, a distance of 2600 miles. That earned the firm its world record: the greatest distance driven on a single tank of fuel by a motorcycle (prototype).

Guido Acerbis, CEO of Acerbis, is a proud man. “As a child, I admired the Guinness World Records book that my grandparents had given me and dreamed of