Our time traveling in and through Argentina has been truly special, the people, the landscape and the hospitality. The help and genuine support we received from BMW Motorrad Argentina in particular from Mariano Sanchez was no exception.

We'd tried everything we could think of to get our hands on off-road tyres that would get us down to Ushuaia and back up the Ruta 40, and we'd come up short.

With a desperate phone call made to Mariano the following day our tyre hunting days were over. Mariano had searched high and low and true to his word had dropped off to us 9 part used Continental TKC80's . We'd hoped at best to get a set but to be handed 9 was outstanding.

After years of dreaming and planning we'd finally ridden As far South as physically possible and had reached Ushuaia back in April 2006. By May 2006 we'd ridden into Bariloche having ridden through Chile, Tores de Paine, the Fitzroy Mountain Range and survived the infamous Ruta 40. Both the bikes were in need of a little TLC (tender Loving care).

A week after our first phone call to BMW in Buenos Aires, the smartly wrapped brown box arrived in Bariloche. The note simply read..."enjoy, hope the parts are of help, keep on riding stay safe". The note was from Mariano and the contents? A new complete chain and sprocket set for the F650GS, two sets od front fork seals and cups for the R1100GS and a brand new set of BMW chain tensioners again for Lisa's F650GS.