Emilio Scotto The Greater Trip
of History A rough English translation (Or
In Spanish)
Emilio Scotto of Buenos Aires, Argentina rode over 456,729
miles across 214 countries from January 17th 1985 to April 2nd 1995. He
set off on his Honda Gold Wing, with $300 and no previous experience. Along
the way, Sciotto learned five languages, became a Muslim, and married his
girl friend in India. According to the Guiness Book of Records this is
a record for motorcycle travel. The information presented here is all that
I can find (on the internet) on this incredible trip . If anyone has any
other information please email me.
Emilio Scotto 1985 - 1995
Chase
Around The World On A Corbin Saddle
So there you have it. One silly Brit, one BMW F650, All
Jesse panniers and radiator guard, Helen Two Wheels soft luggage, Aeroflow,
screen and headlight guard, Scottoiler, Eagle GPS, Toshiba camera, IBM
laptop and oh yes some nifty Velcro neoprene fork gaiters that slip around
the fork seals without having to remove the fork legs and I'm ready to
leave Montana, head to LA. and air freight the bike down under on November
7th 1998. Want to know how it all turns out. Well tune in, same time, same
channel, next month and see what fun and games I get up to with the customs
in L.A. and Sydney Australia. More paperwork is assured. Till then ride
safe and keep on dreaming.
U.S.A., Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
Heading towards Europe.
Gordon Chase 1998 - Present
Homepage
von Anke & Jan
We are reporting about our around the world trip which
started in Germany 04.08.1999 and finishes in Germany in 200x. This trip
will be done in two stages, with a return to Germany after 24 months. We
will ride two BMW R1100GS. It is expected that we will cover all inhabited
continents and visit over 45 countries. Our motivation and reasons are
to meet different people, foreign cultures and unusual destinations.
Jan and Anke 1999 - present
A
report of Adriaan's journey on his motor bike.
Regularly he sends in a journal in which he tries to
let the readers partake in his adventures on his bike. For friends and
relatives of Adriaan this is a must-read, for others this is a great source
of stories and tales around the camp fire.
Solo from Belgium to Australia on a BMW R1100 GS motor
bike.
Adriaan 1998
The
Dave and Sharon Home Page
After many months (a couple of years) of planning, Dave
and Sharon Thompson set out from Champaign, IL, USA, 5 June 1997, on an
around-the-world
expedition on their BMW motorcycles (a 1981 R80G/S and a 1992 R100GS).
Tentative plans were to first head down through Central and South America,
then (sometime in early-to-mid 1998) fly or ship the bikes to South Africa,
and travel up through Africa and across Europe, as far north as possible
(Norway), maybe sometime about the middle of 1999. After that the plans
get even more vague, but will involve heading east across Asia however
it seems like the best way to go at the time.
Anticipated total time is anywhere from 2-3 years.
Dave and Sharon Thompson June 1997 to Present
Peter
"Voyager"
A one month ride from Great Britain to Greece, Israel,
Jordan and Return on a Suzuki DR 600 dirt bike.
9500 km in four weeks.
Voyager 1998
Ron's
Motorcycle Touring Page
Florida to Costa Rica- 8000 miles by Yamaha SR250 and
Thailand by Two Stroke.
Countries: U.S., Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Thailand, South Africa and the U.S.A.
Ron Grant
Northern
Walkers
Real Time Touring Report From The Saddle. Most of the
site is in Japanese but with great photos and enough info to see where
he has been.
Countries: Australia, U.S., Canada, Mexico, Guatemala,
Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia,
Equador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentinia and Chili.
Hiroyuki Nagahara,
Horizons
Unlimited
The continuing story of a Canadian couple's adventures
around the world by BMW motorcycle (two-up). From Vancouver to Mexico and
Central America, to New Zealand and Australia. From the top of Europe at
North Cape in Norway south to Gibraltar. Through Africa, from Tunisia through
Libya to Egypt, and from Kenya to the bottom at Cape Agulhas, South Africa.
Then to the bottom of South America at Ushuaia, (with a side trip to Antarctica!)
and all the way north again to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
Countries: Argentina,
Australia, Belize, Botswana, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Finland,
France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Isle of Man (UK), Italy,
Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania,
Tunisia, U.S.A. (Alaska), Zimbabwe,
Grant and Susan Johnson, 1987 - Present.
Their website hosts ours and many other travellers stories, and is a huge resource
for
motorcycle
travellers.
Around
the World Following the Sun
In the next two years, Pulko will ride through the U.S.
much of South America, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Asia, India,
and Africa. She also plans to spend a few weeks on a base in Antarctica.
This 30-year old Slovenian dynamo has set out, equipped with BMW's European-spec
F650 Funduro, to become the first woman to circumnavigate our globe on
a heavy motorcycle.
Countries: U.S.A. Canada, Venezuela and Colombia.
Bernarda Pulko June 1997 - Present
World
tour pages of Arto Rasimus.
A world tour by the Fin, Arto Rasimus on his SuzukiDR800,
regularly updated at cyber cafe's along the way.
Countries: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey,
Syria, Lebanon, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal,
Mali, Burkino Faso, Ghana, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Namibia,
Botswana,Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and
Panama.
Arto Rasimus 10/7/97 - Present
Gail
and Eric Haws
They rode their motorcycle around the world starting
on the East coast of Russia and continuing Westward through to Iceland.
Having completed the East to West route they are now starting again travelling
South to North from New Zealand. Both trips are being done in stages. Their
trips have been two up on a rented BMW K75C, a borrowed Russian 250, and
their own BMW GS.
Countries: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Ukraine,
Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark,
Norway, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Czech Republic, U.S.A., New Zealand, Australia
and Indonesia.
Gail and Eric Haws 4/7/90 - Present
Pluto's
World Tattoo Tour
Pluto is an Irish-Canadian tattoo artist, and he's traveling
the world on his Harley-Davidson FXRS 1984 motorcycle with sidecar, camping,
writing, photographing and tattooing to rock n' roll music.
Countries: Canada, England, Ireland, France, Spain,
Gigraltar, Morocco, West Sahara, Senegal, Mali, Burkino Faso, Ghana and
South Africa.
Pluto July 1997 - Present
Carla
King
Carla King is a San Francisco-based travel and technology
writer and author of the 1995 American Borders dispatches, one of the first
travelogues on the Internet. Now, in 1998, she's making her way from Beijing
to Burma, uploading her dispatches to China Road.
Countries: U.S.A and China
Carla King 1995 - Present.
Awaken
to Africa
On the 7th February 1993 at the age of 28 years, I began
a journey that would change my life. To ride a motorcycle from South to
North Africa. After fourteen months travelling Africa, I arrived in the
UK (1995), where for twelve months, my trusty Yamaha TT600 and I "lived
on the edge" racing around the congested streets of London. "We" worked
for a West End motorcycle courier company. After writing my story (Nov.1996),
and not finding a publisher, I headed home through Europe, Turkey, Central
Asia, Siberia, bytrain across China and into Vietnam. In Hanoi, I placed
my bike in storage (Transpo) and returned to Cairns, Australia. Six months
on the road had worn me out - funds were low and I lacked the energy and
enthusiasm to fully appreciate South-East Asia. I plan to return to Vietnam
"end 2000" to complete the Asian-leg of my world motorcycle journey.
Countries: Kenya, Zaire, Congo, Gabon, Cameroon,
Nigeria, Ghana, Birkino Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Greece, Turkey, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Krygerstan, Kazakstan, China and
Vietnam.
Heather Ellis Feb 1993 - Present
Ten Years on
Two Wheels
Helge Pedersen has made a fascinating traveling book
about a highly unusual journey through 75 countries. All the travels described
in the book have been done on the same bike, a BMW R80 G/S road/trail,
which today has more than 350.000 Km on the clock. BMW AG bought the bike
to be integrated in to their museum in Munich, Germany.
Countries: 77 on all continents.
Helge Pedersen 1981 - Present
McGonigal's
World Tour
David McGonigal is an Australian travel author and photographer
currently on a two year motorcycle tour around the world with his scientist
wife, Lynn Woodworth. David has previously travelled around the world by
motorcycle in the mid 1970's on a Yamaha RD350. This trip he will visit
the last remaining continent not visited on the first trip, Antarctica.Their
trip is on BMW R1100RT and a Yamaha SRV250.
Countries: Chile
David McGonigal and Lynn Woodworth 1/11/96 - Present
Arolds's
Africa Adventure
His trip from The Netherlands to South Africa on an old
Yamaha XT 500 took him 1.5 years and 50.000 km's. He said it was the best
thing he ever did and he would like to share it with you.
Countries: Spanish North Africa, Morocco,
Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaïre,
Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South
Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Namibia.
Arold Reinders 1991-92
Tokyo
to London project
Two Australians set out from Japan to become the first
foreigners to ride through China with neither escort nor restrictions since
the communists took over in 1949. They continued on through central asia
and finished in London. Their trip on two Honda XL400V TransAlps.
Countries: China, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweeden, Germany and Great
Britain.
Walter Colebatch and James Mudie 1/7/94 - 19/12/94
Touring
The Americas
In the summer of 1994 he sent out a message on rec.motorcycles,
telling that he intended to expirience the Americas from the back of a
motorcycle. When he landed in Boston almost everything for the trip had
been organised over the internet. His trip was on a 1991 BMW R100GS
Countries: U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, Guatemala,
El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and Uruguay.
Peter Petersen Sep 94 - Jul 95
Peter
on Tour
I am on the road again, this time I have taken half a
year off going where the road may take me.
This tour has almost no plans - no sponsors - maybe not
even a goal. It could happen that nothing will happen at all, that I will
find a quiet place just south of here - sit down, drink
coffee and read some books.
Countries: Germany, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan,
Iran and Pakistan.
Peter Petersen Aug
98 - Present
Road
Trip 95
An excellent adventure. Road Trip '95. 26-days, 8000
km of motorcycle extravaganza that took us through 5 countries and one
hell of a lot of mountains. Their trip was on a Yamaha Virago 535 and a
Yamaha XJ600.
Countries: Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Austria.
Christian Vandendorpe & Neal R. Bach July '95
Nick
Sanders The Pan American Run (Currently
Unavailable)
A day by day account of the 1996 Pan American Challenge.
This 15,000 mile journey was a precursor to the 1997 Mobil Around the World
Challenge, that took Nick from Tierra del Fuego, USA to Point Barrow, Alaska.
Nick Sanders. 23/7/96 - 26/8/96
Nick
Sanders sets a new World Record for Circumnavigating the World by Motorcycle(Currently
Unavailable)
The route includes: UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany,
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, India, Thailand,
Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Portugal and
Spain. That's 21 countries in all.
Nick Sanders 18/4/97 - 10/6/97
Riding to the Moon
A fund raising motorcycle trip between North, Central
and South America, from desert to jungle, sea level to the Andes mountains
in Peru to the Tierra del Fuego in Argentina made by five riders to benefit
the American Cancer Society and Save The Children .
David Baumgarten, Alex Bisarello, Gary Kout, James
J. Sowers, Jason Martin. November 1996 to February 1997.
Bruce
Clarke 1993 A Motorcycle Tour of New Zealand
A three week tour of new Zealand on a EX500 over three
weeks
Bruce
Clarke 1994 Mexico Trip Report
A ten day tour of Mexico on a rented 1985 R80-GS BMW.
Bruce
Clarke 1995 Costa Rica on an F650: Land of the Ticos Part 1 and Part
2
This story is a transcription of a journal I kept while
motorcycle touring the Central American country of Costa Rica.
Bruce
Clarke 1996 A Motorcycle Tour of Australia (Riding The Boomerang)
A four week tour of Australia on a rental BMW F650 1995
model
Eurolap
1995 or Nordkapp via Delphi, a first tour
A 6 week trip around Europe through, Belgium, France,
England, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany, Denmark,
Sweeden, Finland & Norway.
Richard.Bloore 1995
BMW:
African Tour
A trip by nine people through Africa from Capetown in South Africa
and through Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi
Klaus Kreye June 1994
Of Interest
The
Epic Ride.
A Britisher's pluck and stamina, coupled with the power
of endurance in a machine of our manufacture, and has once more given further
cause for our perfect faith that the Douglas Motor Cycle is the very last
word in efficiency.
Around Australia by Motorcycle 1925.
Bernd
Tesch USA-visit 19.09.94-16.10.94
An informative summary of a trip to the USA to meet other
Motorcycle Travellers and friends. This is part of research for his book
and to document and video those who made history in this field.
Bernd Tesch Sept 1994
Motorcycling:
An Account of the Alaska Trip.
6000 miles and seven weeks (three recouperating from
an accident)
Norm Mcelroy June 198
A Conversation with Dave Barr
Dave began planning his second adventure, one that even
his sponsors would shrink away from. An idea so insane that the press and
media would dismiss it as a stunt, a crude prank. Dave would motorcycle
across Siberia in the dead of winter.
James Yaney July 1997
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