- Description: Bertram Hall Cathrick (born 27 April 1901, County Durham, England) was a senior BSA salesman and experienced motorcyclist who had won the Scottish Six Day Trial. John Castley (born in Staffordshire, educated at Whitgift, Croydon) was a sub-editor of The Motor Cycle. On 30 August 1926 they departed London, each riding a BSA Model G 986 cc V-twin with a box sidecar, on a world tour organised jointly by BSA, the Foreign Office and the British Trade Commission to promote British motorcycle exports. Their route covered 25 countries across six continents in approximately 33,000 km (21,000 miles): England, western and southern Europe, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Egypt - believed to be the first time motor vehicles had covered the distance from London to Cairo - then India by sea, Burma, Malaysia, Java, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, South America, South Africa and back to England. They were the first to cross the Sinai Desert with sidecars, and the first to cross the Andes from Valparaiso to Mendoza by motor vehicle. They returned to BSA headquarters in Birmingham in March 1928, escorted into London by forty motorcyclists. Castley's monthly dispatches to The Motor Cycle ran to 117 pages over two years. BSA subsequently produced a "World Tour" replica model sold until 1934
- 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://www.bsaoc.co.nz/stories/the-worlds-greatest-motorcycle-tour-part-1
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Castley, J.P. Reports published monthly in The Motor Cycle, 19 August 1926 - 29 November 1928. "Round the World on Sidecars." Motor Sport Magazine, December 1926. https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1926/22/round-the-world-on-sidecars/
- Description: Chris Ratay and Erin Doherty-Ratay are American long-distance motorcyclists from New York City. In 1999 they quit their jobs, sold their Manhattan apartment and departed on what they planned as a one-year round-the-world trip. Starting on 20 May 1999 from Casablanca, Morocco, they rode eastward through 50 countries across six continents on a BMW F650 and a BMW R100PD, each on their own motorcycle. The journey lasted 1,539 days - just over four years - and ended in August 2003. They covered 163,062 km (101,322 miles), beating the existing Guinness World Record for the longest distance ridden by a couple on two motorcycles by 70,800 km (44,000 miles). Total expenditure was approximately $110,000. The most dangerous moment came in Malaysia in July 2000 when Erin was hit by a truck and thrown 30 metres along the road, escaping with minor injuries. The couple appeared on NBC News and in the 2012 documentary Achievable Dream. Erin Ratay is also a subject of the 2013 PBS documentary Driven to Ride
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- 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: http://www.ultimatejourney.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17517346
- Description: Geoff Hill is a British author, journalist and long-distance motorcyclist based in Belfast. He is a multiple award-winning travel writer, having been nominated or shortlisted for UK Travel Writer of the Year nine times, and is a three-time Northern Ireland Features Journalist of the Year. His motorcycle journeys include Delhi to Belfast on a Royal Enfield; Route 66 on a Harley-Davidson; Chile to Alaska via the 26,550 km (16,500 miles) Pan-American Highway; a circumnavigation of Australia on a Triumph along Highway 1; and a centenary recreation of Carl Stearns Clancy's 1912-1913 first-ever motorcycle circumnavigation of the world, for which he carried Clancy's original boots, diaries and pith helmet
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Britannico, Britannique
- 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/Geoff_Hill_(Northern_Ireland_journalist)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21008756
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Hill, Geoff. Way to Go: Two of the World's Great Motorcycle Journeys. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2005. Hill, Geoff. The Road to Gobblers Knob: From Chile to Alaska on a Motorbike. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2007. Hill, Geoff. In Clancy's Boots: The Greatest Ever Round-the-World Motorbike Adventure. Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2014.
- Description: Svend Oluf Heiberg was a Danish silviculturist. His friend Aksel Svane later became Governor of South Greenland and a lawyer. Between 1924 and 1925 the two set off from Denmark on a round-the-world motorcycle journey, with the stated purpose of studying forest reserves abroad. They departed on a 1922 Harley-Davidson JD with a sidecar, which they abandoned in Anatolia, Turkey. Their route covered Europe, Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia (Iraq), India (by sea), Ceylon, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and the United States (San Francisco to New York), returning to Europe by sea
- 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://www.berndtesch.de
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7652116
- Description: Jeffrey Polnaja is an Indonesian adventurer, motorcyclist and author - the first Indonesian to complete a solo motorcycle circumnavigation of the world. Inspired by his son's question after the September 11, 2001 attacks about why there was so much conflict in the world, he sold his company and on 23 April 2006 departed Jakarta on a BMW R1150GS Adventure named "Maesa Adventure" on his "Ride for Peace" mission. The journey spanned Asia, North Africa, Europe, Siberia, North America, Central and South America, and Australia, covering 99 countries across all continents, with 97 reached via continuous overland travel. The journey lasted until September 2015, covering approximately 420,000 km. During the trip his motorcycle was stolen in Amsterdam, he was hit by a truck and hospitalised - doctors initially said he would never walk again - and was shot at in conflict zones. His second motorcycle was named "Silver Line"
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Indonesia
- 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://jeffrey-polnaja.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19692047
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Polnaja, Jeffrey; Khalida, Laura. Wind Rider. Jakarta: Qanita, 2011.
- Description: Simon Gandolfi is an English writer and long-distance motorcyclist who has covered over 110,000 km (68,000 miles) on solo, unsupported rides across the Americas and India, all on small 125 cc motorcycles. Between 2007 and 2008, at the age of 73, he rode from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego via Central and South America - 34,000 km (21,000 miles) - on a 125 cc Honda. Between April and December 2009 he completed the return journey from Tierra del Fuego to New York - 46,000 km (29,000 miles) - on the same motorcycle. He subsequently rode across India twice: 18,000 km (11,000 miles) in 2010-2011 on a Honda Stunner 125, and 16,000 km (9,900 miles) in 2013 around his 80th birthday on a TVS Phoenix 125
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Britannico, Britannique
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Gandolfi
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20631094
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gandolfi, Simon. Old Man on a Bike. HarperCollins, 2008. Gandolfi, Simon. Old Men Can't Wait. Shuvvy Press, 2011.
- Description: Charles Kenilworth Shepherd served as a Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force officer in World War I, reaching the rank of Captain. In June 1919, aged 23, he arrived in New York and purchased a Henderson Model Z-2 four-cylinder motorcycle, which he named "Lizzie". Eleven days later he headed west on a solo transcontinental crossing of the United States. He covered approximately 8,000 km (5,000 miles) in just over two months, reaching San Francisco in August 1919. The route traversed roads that were little more than unpaved tracks; he used railway lines for river crossings and rebuilt the engine twice along the way. On arrival in San Francisco he sold "Lizzie" on the street and returned to England. In 1922 he published Across America by Motor-Cycle, a travelogue that has become a classic of motorcycle literature
- 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: USA
- Internet: https://acrossamericabymotorcycle.com
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Shepherd, C.K. Across America by Motor-Cycle. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1922.
- Description: Peggy Iris Thomas was a British motorcyclist and writer from Liverpool. In 1950 she purchased a BSA D1 Bantam 125 cc which she named "Oppy". In spring 1951 she sailed to Canada and began a solo motorcycle journey through Canada, the United States and Mexico, accompanied by her Airedale dog Matelot, who rode in a box fitted to the carrier. Starting with only $60 in her pocket, she covered 22,530 km (14,000 miles) over two years, working along the way as an office worker, apple picker and factory labourer to fund the trip. Her route included Nova Scotia, the Canadian Rockies, the Pacific coast, Mexico and the eastern seaboard up to New York. She is described as "the queen of long-distance Bantamites" by Peter Henshaw in The BSA Bantam Bible. She recounted her journey in Gasoline Gypsy, published in the United States in 1953 and in the UK in 1954 as A Ride in the Sun
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Gasoline Gypsy
- 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: Americas, Americhe, Amérique
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Thomas, Peggy Iris. Gasoline Gypsy; A Ride in the Sun. London: Travel Book Club, 1954.
- Description: Austin Vince is a British mathematics teacher, filmmaker and adventure motorcyclist. In 1995-1996 he took part in Mondo Enduro, a round-the-world motorcycle expedition on Suzuki DR350 dual-sport bikes, alongside his brother Gerald Vince and five other riders. The route went from London through Central Asia, Kazakhstan and Siberia, then from Alaska to Chile and finally from Cape Town through Africa and the Middle East back to London. The greatest challenge was the Zilov Gap, a 650 km roadless section in Siberia; the team eventually used the Trans-Siberian railway to bypass the final 160 km. The expedition was filmed and broadcast as a two-part TV series on Discovery Travel and Adventure Channel. In 2000 he participated in Terra Circa, a follow-up expedition that became the first to cross the Zilov Gap by motorcycle. The route went from London via Siberia to Vladivostok, then Japan and the United States, covering 32,000 km (20,000 miles) in 7 months. Both expeditions are credited with helping to launch the modern adventure motorcycling movement
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Mondo Enduro
- 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://austinvince.com
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4823321
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Vince, Austin et al. Mondo Enduro. Ripping Yarns, 2006.
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