- Description: Simon and Monika Newbound are British long-distance motorcyclists. In May 2002 they departed from Dublin, Ireland, each riding a separate BMW motorcycle, with the goal of circumnavigating the earth by the widest landmass - from Sligo, Ireland to St John's, Newfoundland, Canada - and breaking the existing Guinness World Record of 99,600 km (61,900 miles). On 25 October 2004 they completed a circumnavigation of 101,000 km (63,000 miles) through 71 countries, riding eastward via Norway, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Japan, Canada and the United States. They crossed above the Arctic Circle three times on three different continents, rode through every US state and every Canadian province, crossing North America six times, and traversed the Gobi, Sahara, Mojave and Kavir deserts. In May 2005 Guinness World Records certified their record for the longest journey by motorcycle (team) at 168,800 km (104,887 miles). Neither had prior experience of motorcycle mechanics, and Monika had never undertaken a long-distance trip before
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Spirits of Adventure
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_and_Monika_Newbound
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7520104
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: "Longest Journey by Motorcycle (Team)." Guinness World Records. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-motorcycle-ride-(team).
- Description: Born on 20 January 1993 in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, UK, Kane Avellano departed on 31 May 2016 on a 2008 Triumph Bonneville to circumnavigate the world solo by motorcycle. He completed the journey on 19 January 2017 at South Shields Town Hall, having covered 45,062 km (28,000 miles) across 36 countries and six continents in 233 days, with no support vehicle. In August 2017 Guinness World Records verified his achievement as the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe by motorcycle solo (male), at the age of 23. He raised £2,200 for UNICEF during the trip. The record was subsequently broken by Henry Crew in 2019, who completed the circumnavigation at age 22
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: BonnieTour
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1993-
- 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://kaneavellano.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48471649
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: "Youngest Person to Circumnavigate the Globe by Motorcycle (Male)." Guinness World Records. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/414566-youngest-circumnavigation-by-motorcycle-male.
- Description: Helge Pedersen is a photojournalist and long-distance motorcyclist. In 1981 he purchased a BMW R80G/S - which he named "Olga" - and between 1982 and 1992 rode it through 77 countries across five continents, covering more than 400,000 km (250,000 miles). His journey included the first recorded motorcycle crossing of the Darien Gap, the 130 km (80 miles) of roadless jungle between Colombia and Panama, which took twenty days. The motorcycle was subsequently placed on display at the BMW Museum in Munich. The journey is recounted in his book 10 Years on 2 Wheels (1998)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Norway, Norvegia, Norvège
- 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://www.globeriders.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17466620
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Pedersen, Helge. 10 Years on 2 Wheels: 77 Countries, 250,000 Miles. Seattle: Elfin Cove Press, 1998.
- Description: Paul Pelland is an American long-distance motorcyclist and MS patient advocate. In 2005 he was diagnosed with Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Rather than stop riding, he launched the "Endless Road Tour" with the goal of documenting one million miles by motorcycle while raising awareness and funds for MS research. As of late 2021 he had covered over 470,000 miles, spoken at over 250 events across the United States and raised nearly $250,000 for MS charities. He holds four world records: 1,000 miles in 24 hours on 100 different motorcycles (2012); first rider to document 28 hours in a single calendar day (2016); 24 hours non-stop on an indoor dynamometer (2018); and coast-to-coast in under 50 hours on a chopper (2021). His first Yamaha Super Tenere, retired at 172,000 miles, is on display at Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, Alabama
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: longhaulpaul
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: USA
- Internet: https://www.longhaulpaul.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7152904
- Description: Born on 12 October 1948 in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Jūgatsu Toi (戸井 十月) was a Japanese travel writer and visual producer. He obtained his motorcycle licence at the age of 32 while reporting on the bōsōzoku (Japanese motorcycle gangs) and subsequently began riding abroad. Between 1997 and November 2009 he completed a motorcycle journey across five continents - Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania - covering more than 120,000 km on a Honda XRV750 Africa Twin and a Honda NX650 Dominator, concluding at the Honda headquarters in Aoyama, Tokyo. Over his lifetime he covered more than 250,000 km across more than 50 countries. He also holds the record for the most entries by a Japanese rider in the Baja 1000 off-road race in Baja California, Mexico
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Japan, Giappone, Japon
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1948–2013
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%ABgatsu_Toi
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11496208
- Description: Gregory W. Frazier is an American adventure motorcyclist, author, journalist, film producer and photographer from Montana, of Crow Native American heritage. Described as "America's #1 extreme motorcycle adventurer," he has circumnavigated the globe six times by motorcycle, logging over 1,600,000 km (1,000,000 miles). His fifth circumnavigation (2005) was completed with a Parkinson's patient, Donna-Ray Polk, riding pillion over 48,280 km (30,000 miles) in 14 months. His adventures have included being shot at by rebels, jailed by authorities, bitten by snakes, and run over by bulls in Pamplona. He has ridden to the geographical extremities of the earth: Deadhorse, Alaska; Ushuaia, Argentina; North Cape, Norway; Cape Agulhas, South Africa; and Bluff, New Zealand
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Sun Chaser
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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://www.horizonsunlimited.com/gregfrazier/index.php
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Frazier, Gregory W. Motorcycle Adventurer: Carl Stearns Clancy: First Motorcyclist to Ride Around the World 1912–1913. 2010.
- Description: Kevin Sanders (born 14 October 1964, London) and Julia Sanders née Powell (born 1966, Sheffield) are an English motorcycling couple who hold two former Guinness World Records. They met while backpacking in South America in 1997 and married in Cusco, Peru, in 2001. In 2002, riding two-up on a BMW R1150GS, they circumnavigated the world in 19 days, 8 hours and 25 minutes, covering 31,319 km (19,461 miles) across 12 countries and four continents. In doing so, they beat the previous Guinness World Record set by Nick Sanders in 1997 by 12½ days, and also surpassed the existing car record by 1 hour and 50 minutes. In 2003, riding a BMW R1150GS Adventure, they completed the Trans Americas route from Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina - about 27,357 km (17,000 miles) - in 35 days, breaking the previous record by more than 12 days. Guinness World Records no longer certifies these categories, so these records cannot be challenged as Guinness titles under the current system
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: GlobeBusters
- 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://www.globebusters.com
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/user/GlobeBusters
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40745053
- Description: Born on 19 October 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, investor James Beeland Rogers Jr. co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in 1973 and retired at age 37. Between 1990 and 1992, he rode a motorcycle through 52 countries across six continents, covering more than 160,000 km (100,000 miles) in 22 months - a journey listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and recounted in his bestselling book Investment Biker (1994). Between 1 January 1999 and 5 January 2002, Rogers and his wife Paige Parker completed a second Guinness-recognised circumnavigation, travelling through 116 countries and covering 245,000 km (152,000 miles) in a custom-made Mercedes, departing from and returning to New York. This second journey is recounted in Adventure Capitalist (2003)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Indiana Jones of Finance (Rogers)
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- 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: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.jimrogers.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q552215
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Rogers, Jim. Investment Biker: Around the World with Jim Rogers. New York: Random House, 1994. Rogers, Jim. Adventure Capitalist: The Ultimate Road Trip. New York: Random House, 2003.
- Description: Glen Heggstad is an American adventure motorcyclist and author. On 1 October 2001 he departed Palm Springs on a Kawasaki KLR650, planning a 32,000 km (20,000 miles) solo ride from California to Tierra del Fuego and back. On 6 November 2001, near Medellín, Colombia, he was captured at a roadblock by guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and held captive for five weeks; released on 8 December 2001, he refused a flight home and continued the journey to Patagonia. He subsequently completed a multi-year solo motorcycle circumnavigation of the world, riding through Siberia, Mongolia, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and Africa. He has travelled through more than 57 countries across four circumnavigations of the planet
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Striking Viking
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: -
- 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://www.strikingviking.net
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Heggstad, Glen. Two Wheels Through Terror. North Conway: Whitehorse Press, 2004. Heggstad, Glen. One More Day Everywhere: Crossing 50 Borders on the Road to Global Understanding. 2009.
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