SILK ROAD RALLY / CHAPTER 01
THE FIRST ROAD WEST
ZHONGNANSHAN · XI'AN → ZHONGWEI
Ride the Way. Restart the Road.
The format, distance and starting price are the current approved product direction. Final route, inclusions, eligibility and price will be confirmed before formal applications open.
01 / THE RETURN
I once raced this road. Now I’m going back to restart it.
Li Tiejun once competed in the long-distance China cross-country rally era and earned national runner-up in the ATV class in Dunhuang.
He returns now as the initiator of a new, independent SILK ROAD RALLY—beginning with a supported motorcycle journey and a clear path toward rally training.
That earlier experience is the human origin of this chapter. It is not a claim that the new project is the organizational continuation of a former event.
Li Tiejun receives his award at the Dunhuang finish, documenting his national ATV-class runner-up result.
Returning as the initiator of a new westward chapter.
ARCHIVE / THE ROAD BEFORE THE RETURN
02 / THE ROUTE
A planned westward progression through the Guanzhong plain, the Loess Plateau, the Liupan Mountains, the Yellow River and the Tengger Desert.
Interactive planning schematic—not a navigation chart. Exact tracks, waypoints, access permissions and daily distances remain subject to route survey and operating approval.
03 / 7 DAYS — 7 ACTS
Seven distinct acts build rhythm, terrain awareness and rally understanding without turning the public road into a race.
DAY 01 / ASKING THE WAY
National rider gathering · Zhongnanshan · Xi'an
The chapter opens with arrival, motorcycle checks and a shared understanding of the road ahead.
DAY 02 / LEAVING THE CITY
Qianxian → Yongshou → Binzhou → Changwu → Jingchuan
PLANNED RANGE / ≈ 340–380 KM
G312 carries the group from the city edge into the layered roads and long horizons of the Loess Plateau.
DAY 03 / CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS
Pingliang → Huating → Jingyuan → Liupan Mountains → Longde → Guyuan
PLANNED RANGE / ≈ 250–290 KM
Forests, valleys and sustained mountain curves replace the open plateau as the road rises through the Liupan range.
DAY 04 / THE NORTHWEST OPENS
Sanying → Haiyuan → Xingren → Zhongwei
PLANNED RANGE / ≈ 270–320 KM
The landscape widens through plateau, steppe, wind farms and Gobi terrain—the emotional arrival in the greater northwest.
DAY 05 / SUNSET ON THE YELLOW RIVER
Shapotou → Route 66 → Beichangtan → Tengger Desert
PLANNED RANGE / ≈ 140–200 KM
A shorter day follows the Yellow River through canyon roads before the route enters the sand and settles into a desert camp.
DAY 06 / ENTER THE RALLY
International rally circuit + controlled desert terrain
Roadbook navigation, waypoint logic and rally training move into a legally approved closed-course environment.
DAY 07 / THE ROAD STARTS AGAIN
Return ride · motorcycle transport · continue west
After breakfast, riders choose how the next road begins. Zhongwei is a handover point, not the end of the story.
04 / POWERED BY SRR OS
SRR OS brings electronic roadbook, waypoint logic, rider tracking and safety escalation into one disciplined event workflow.
Brand-native functional representation based on current product references. It contains no live rider data, route values or simulated results. Final hardware and service providers will be confirmed for the event.
05 / ENTER THE RALLY
The chapter deliberately separates public-road journey discipline from the closed-course rally experience.
DAYS 01–05
Supported long-distance riding, route discipline, group operations and landscape progression on public roads.
DAY 06
Roadbook navigation, waypoint tasks and desert riding inside an approved controlled environment.
06 / FOUNDING RIDER EDITION
The founding edition is planned as an intimate supported ride—not a large-scale race organization.
Final team, supplier, room, meal and operating arrangements will be confirmed before formal application and payment.
07 / THE EDITION
08 / WHO CAN JOIN
The founding edition uses an application process. Riders bring a road-legal motorcycle and must demonstrate the licence, documents and long-distance ability required by the final regulations.
RECOMMENDED MOTORCYCLES
The current form records planning-stage interest only. It is not acceptance, reservation or payment, and formal applications are not yet open.