While Pol’s incredible stunts on the T7 are the magic we see on the surface of The Seeker 2, it’s the Echevarría brothers, Javi and Mito, also known as The Who, that bring the work to life. Pol prefers to use aggressive Mitas knobbies (Terra Force EF/EF-07) and a rally-style seat.
Outback Motortek supped its stock T7 crash bar system and created a custom aluminum skid plate with linkage protection for the bike, and by the time it headed for the Romaniacs rally it had also received a new fork and rear shock built by Italian off-road specialist, Boano Moto. Pounds were shaved by removing things like the stock ABS system and a full Akrapovič exhaust system was added. Unlike the bone stock T7 he rode in the original Seeker video, this bike has had some work. We met Pol’s latest T7 early last summer, a bike he went on to use for the short film, A Thousand Ways To Live and raced in the Red Bull Romaniacs Hard Enduro, coming in 18th in a field of nearly 200 riders.
“Most of the scenes were not possible to repeat because of the risk,” says one of The Seeker 2’s creatives, Javi Echevarría. Capturing these feats on film also has its challenges too. It’s always breathtaking to watch Pol make any bike dance, even more so, when it’s ballet with a 400-plus pound adventure bike. There’s slaloming through dense forests at diaper-wearing speeds, gap jumping of roads and never-ending wheelies as Pol races through accidental playgrounds that include mine shafts, derelict houses and an abandoned factory. The rest of the 17:48 minutes of the short film is a visual feast featuring 28-year-old Pol doing unthinkable things on his adventure bike as he searches for his friend. He calls Pol but the phone dies before he can explain where he is. The film opens with Pol’s friend Gerard, embodied by another friend of the rider’s, actor and comedian Ahikar Azcona (Money Heist), alone on a desolate beach and hopelessly stuck, with his own T7 sunk in deep sand. “Authentic and generous, he marked all our lives, so we are dedicating this project to him,” says Pol of The Seeker 2. Gerard did not make it to see the next sunrise. Until one day when Pol says they unknowingly said their last goodbyes. Pol’s father gave him work, hoping that a sense of purpose would help him fight his demons, and Gerard subsequently became one of Pol’s best, and most trusted friends. It’s about a friend of the champion rider, Gerard, who had endured a very difficult life and, like so many, turned to drug use to cope.
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