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Faith Ahlers is no ordinary rider . After a launch party on International Female Ride Day ( May 5 ), Ahlers set off from Bison Thunder Motorcycle , a dealership in St . Michael , Minnesota . A little more than a month later she returned to the same location , having ridden more than 15,000 miles through 16 countries in 20 days and 12 hours ( the clock was stopped during overseas transportation and customs clearance at border crossings ). Riding an Indian Chieftain Dark Horse — made less dark with a custom red paint job — Ahlers was second-fastest in a race to circumnavigate the globe against three other women from Austria , Russia and Switzerland . She averaged more than 700 miles per day for nearly three weeks straight , and it rained during nearly half the days she spent on the road . Photo courtesy of Kuryakyn