- Description: Régis van de Walle was a French motorcyclist and author who completed a round-the-world motorcycle journey in 80 days, recounted in his book Le tour du monde à moto en 80 jours, published by Hachette/Moto-journal in 1979. No further biographical details are documented in available sources
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: France, Francia
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Van de Walle, Régis. Le tour du monde à moto en 80 jours. Paris: Hachette/Moto-journal, 1979.
- Description: Siska and Zdenek Polanka were Czechoslovak motorcyclists. In 1955 they completed a round-the-world journey on a Jawa-CZ 350. The journey was documented in a five-page report published in Revue du Moteur Tchecoslovaque (issue 7/1956). On his return, Zdenek Polanka rode for the Czechoslovak team in the International Six Days Trial, winning the event in 1956. Further details of their route and itinerary are not documented in available sources
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Czech Republic, Repubblica Ceca, République Tchèque
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://berndtesch.de
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: "Tour de monde avec des Jawa-CZ 350." Revue du Moteur Tchecoslovaque, n. 7, 1956.
- Description: John Gill was a British motorcycle traveller from Bradford, Yorkshire. Between 1928 and 1930 he completed a round-the-world journey of approximately 37,000 km (23,000 miles) on an HRD-Noxal sidecar outfit. Walter Stephens, from London, rode pillion from England to Australia, where he abandoned the venture. The Australian engineer Phil Irving then joined Gill as pillion rider for the return leg to England. Back in Britain, Irving went on to become the engineering partner of Vincent motorcycles. During the journey Gill was imprisoned for 14 days in Constantinople over a passport dispute and was shot at by Bedouins while crossing the Syrian desert
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://berndtesch.de
- Description: Dieter Kühnel was a German long-distance motorcyclist and author. As part of a world tour on a BMW R 60/5 600 cc, he rode from India through Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, the Moluccas, Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea. He authored two books on his journey: Rätselhaftes Indien: Abenteuer-Report mit dem Motorrad durch das Land der Bettler und Maharadschas and Motorrad-Odyssee: Von Burma durch die Inselwelt Südostasiens, published by Frederking & Thaler, Munich, in 1989
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Asia
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Kühnel, Dieter. Rätselhaftes Indien. Munich: Frederking & Thaler, 1989. Kühnel, Dieter. Motorrad-Odyssee: Von Burma durch die Inselwelt Südostasiens. Munich: Frederking & Thaler, 1989.
- Description: Niels Andersen (born 1934, Denmark) and Svend Pedersen (born 1936, Denmark) were a Danish civil engineer and a clerk from Braaby, Denmark. Between 21 May and approximately 8 October 1953 they completed a round-the-world journey on Danish motorcycles, covering Europe (Denmark, Germany, Yugoslavia, Greece), Asia (Turkey, Persia, Pakistan, India, then by ship to Japan), and North America (by ship to San Francisco, then by motorcycle to New York), returning by ship to Denmark. The journey was undertaken to demonstrate the reliability of Danish motorcycles
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Denmark, Danimarca, Danemark
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://berndtesch.de
- Description: Wiebe Wakker is a Dutch adventurer, keynote speaker and sustainable mobility advocate. In 2016, as a graduation project for his industrial design studies, he conceived the "Plug Me In" project: to drive from the Netherlands to Sydney, Australia, entirely in an electric car, with no money, relying solely on strangers for electricity, food and accommodation. On 15 March 2016 he departed Amsterdam in a retrofitted Volkswagen station wagon named "The Blue Bandit", powered by an electric motor with a range of approximately 200 km per charge. His route was determined entirely by the offers he received on his website, taking him through Norway, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia. Over 1,119 days he crossed 33 countries and covered 95,000 km (59,000 miles), spending only $300 on electricity - mostly in outback Australia - while over 350 people hosted him and nearly 2,000 people from 45 countries offered assistance. He arrived at the Sydney Opera House on 7 April 2019, setting the world record for the longest journey ever made in an electric car. His arrival was covered by CNN, BBC, NOS News and National Geographic and broadcast in over 40 countries. The Blue Bandit ran on its original retrofitted motor throughout, suffering only one flat tyre. He subsequently continued travelling without flying, including a journey from Amsterdam to Dubai by public transport and a crossing of Mauritania by freight train
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Car or similar, Mezzi a motore, Moyen motorisé
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Europe, Europa; Asia; Oceania
- Internet: https://plugmeinproject.com
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/plugmeinproject1
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63182243
- Description: Robert Frank Currie (26 April 1918 - 25 July 1988) was an English motorcycling journalist, road tester, magazine editor and author, described by colleagues as "The Walking Encyclopaedia of Motor Cycling History." Between 1965 and 1969 he completed a round-the-world journey on a Vespa Super Sport 180 cc with a Watsonian Bambini sidecar, fitted with long-range fuel tanks and modified lighting. He covered approximately 59,000 km (37,000 miles) through central Europe, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan - turned back at the Iraqi border - before returning to the UK and shipping to North America, riding from New York through Canada and across the United States to Mexico
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1918-1988
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Vespa
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Currie
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23688748
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: "Scooters Ain't Motorcycles." Cycle World, June 1969.
- Description: Siegfried Neuhaus was a German motorcyclist from Halberstadt. On 11 September 1934 he departed Berlin with Hans Reichardt as pillion rider on a Harley-Davidson, on a round-the-world journey completed in approximately one year. The two met the Polish couple Bujakowski and Korolec-Bujakowska in Baghdad, having chosen an almost identical route. Hans Reichardt may have left the journey in Siam (Thailand), reportedly having been commissioned by the King of Siam to manage a hotel. Neuhaus continued alone to Shanghai, then Japan, then crossed the United States from Los Angeles to New York, returning by ship to Copenhagen and by motorcycle to Halberstadt, arriving around August 1935. All souvenirs, photographs and the Harley-Davidson were lost when Halberstadt was destroyed in the final days of World War II. Only a handful of photographs survived, which Neuhaus reportedly kept in his breast pocket throughout his life
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://berndtesch.de
- Description: Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Krasko is a Russian traveller, author and entrepreneur with a PhD in Economics. After graduating from the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance and the University of Paris IX-Dauphine, he held senior positions in leading Russian banks for seventeen years and served as Financial Director in companies belonging to Roman Abramovich and Oleg Deripaska. In April 2010 he resigned and set off on a round-the-world journey lasting just over one year, visiting 36 countries across six continents and covering 137,000 km in total, of which 52,000 km overland. On his return in 2011 he was admitted to the Union of Russian Around-the-World Travellers and founded his own adventure travel company, "The Year of Spring" (Год Весны). He recounted the journey in God Vesny ("The Year of Spring", Postum, Moscow, 2012)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Russia, Russia, Russie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Vari, Divers
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Krasko
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4239824
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Krasko, Vyacheslav. God Vesny: Puteshestviye dlinoyu v god. Mosca: Postum, 2012.
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