June 17-20, 2027 | Montana ExpoPark | Great Falls, Montana

Rally Superlative Awards

The folks who earned their superlative awards for the 2025 Rally are in the slideshow below, but we wanted to highlight a rare opportunity to highlight two Rallygoers.

On the left is John Strickland; at 91, he rode just under 1,000 miles to the Rally on his F 800 GT. On the right is Demi Abangan—a little over 14 years old and had to ride her 2018 Honda CBR300 about 860 miles to the Rally all on back roads with a learner's permit restriction of just 35 mph! John and Demi were the oldest and youngest riders to get to the Rally on motorcycles and we're all proud of them for making the trip.

Long distance female rider, 2nd place

Karen Rust, Hillsboro OR

2016 Can-Am Spyder RT-S

Long distance female rider, 1st place

Colleen Sepulveda, Santa Cruz CA

Photo by Miriam Romais

Long distance male rider, 2nd place

Camron Rust, Hillsboro OR

2015 BMW K 1600 GTL

Long distance male rider, 1st place

Gord Henderson, Kelowna BC - 5,001 km (3,107 mi)

2018 BMW R 1200 RT

Photo courtesy of Gord

Long distance dog passenger, 2nd place

Jack (rode "mostly" in the car), Mineral Point, WI

Pictured here with his human, Andrea Stephenson.

Photo courtesy of Andrea

Long distance dog passenger, 1st place

Annie, Tallahassee FL

Pictured here with her human, Reesha Gruender

Photo by Miriam Romais

Long distance two-up

Jim Kerr & Debra Heiser, Saskatoon SK

1984 BMW R 100 RS, 2,500 miles

Photo courtesy of Jim

Long distance sidecar

Erika Winn Belcher, Bremerton WA

Photo by Miriam Romais

Long distance trike

Jerry Sandberg, Rosemount MN

North American Tour, 1st place

Michael Webb, Seymore IN

2009 BMW G 650 GS, 4,717 miles

Photo courtesy of Michael

Youngest saddle passengers

Elliott Geweke (9), Maryville TN

2009 BMW R 1200 GSA w/Grandpa

Photo courtesy of Jon Geweke

Youngest saddle passengers

Gus Schmidt (7), Seabrook SC

2014 BMW R 1200 GSA w/dad

Photo courtesy of Drew Schmidt

Youngest sidecar passenger

No submissions in 2025.

Youngest female rider, 2nd place

Catherine Jones (20), Sterling IL

Photo by Miriam Romais

Youngest female rider, 1st place

Demi Abangan (14), Faxon OK

2018 Honda CBR300, 860 miles to Rally (all on secondary roads due to license restrictions!)

Photo courtesy of Steve Abangan

Youngest male rider, 2nd place

Alexander Hansen (17 y 8 m), Mechanicsville VA

CFMoto IBEX 450 (MT)

Photo courtesy of Chris Hansen

Youngest male rider, 1st place

Niko Hollenbach (17 y 2 m), Powell OH

2019 BMW R 850 GS

Photo courtesy of Jeff Hollenbach

Oldest pillion passenger

No submissions for 2025.

Oldest female rider, 2nd place

Virginia Duran (72), Lockhart TX

2022 R 1250 GS

Photo courtesy of Virginia

Oldest female rider, 1st place

Reesha Gruender, Tallahassee FL

Photo by Miriam Romais

Oldest male rider, 2nd place

Ron Torres-Gatherer (75), Miami FL

2025 R 1300 GS

Photo courtesy of Ron

Oldest male rider, 1st place

Bill Duran (76), Lockhart TX

2022 R 1250 GS, 1,000 miles to Rally

Photo courtesy of Bill

(Due to a paperwork error, this category had two first place finishers.)

Oldest male rider, 1st place

John Strickland (91), Towaco NJ

2016 F 800 GT, 989 miles to Rally

Photo courtesy of John

(Due to a paperwork error, this category had two first place finishers.)

Oldest bike ridden to the rally

1961 R 69 S

Don Beverage, Crown Point IN

Photo courtesy of Don

Oldest bike & rider combo

Howard Garms (76), Alanson MI

1976 R 90/6 (49) - total age of bike & rider is 125

Photo courtesy of Howard

Oldest bike, rider & passenger combo

William & Xiulan Dudley, Jackson NJ

Photo by Miriam Romais

Largest attendance: Virtual club

No submissions in 2025, but it was probably the Airheads 🙂

Largest attendance: chartered club

BMW Touring Club of Detroit

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