BENGALURU, Karnataka, India (Reuters) – The Indian Army set a new world record with 58 men riding on a single motorbike on Sunday (November 19), local media reported.
The stunt was performed by ‘Tornadoes,’ a motorcycle display team of army’s logistics arm, Army Service Corps (ASC). Dressed in the colors of the Indian flag, they flanked either sides of the moving a 500 cc Royal Enfield, covering a distance of 1.2 kilometers (0.74 miles) at Yelahanka Air Force Station in southern Bengaluru city.
The act was performed for the Guinness Book of World Records, Limca Book of Records and Unique World Records, according to local media.
The team pulled off the stunt successfully on the third attempt, after a rigorous training for six months, including a strict diet to maintain their weight. Research for the stunt began in 2013, local media reported.
“There are three riders who take charge. First is the rider himself, who’s controlling the mechanical parts of the bike such as gears and brakes and everything, the handle. Second is the balancer, who stays on the top and he ensures that all the people mounting the motorcycle while it’s on the run are mounting at the same time because even a misbalance of a single kilogram would result in a catastrophe. So, and the third one is the navigator, who is immediately assisting the rider (about) where he is going,” Major Bunny Sharma said.
Setting a world record is not new for the ‘Tornadoes’, formed in 1982. After Sunday’s feat, their tally of records reached 20 and they broke their own record of 2010 when a team of 54 personnel rode one moving motorbike. The last world record, set in 2013, was held by a team of the army’s military communication arm, Army Signals Corps, with 56 men on a motorbike.
