Sjaak Lucassen (w3198)
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- Description: Sjaak Lucassen is a Dutch long-distance motorcycle traveler renowned for his daring global expeditions. From 1995 to 1998, he logged about 160,000 km (100,000 miles) on a Honda Fireblade. Between 2001 and 2006, he circumnavigated the globe - covering 250,000 km (155,000 miles) - on a Yamaha YZF‑R1 nicknamed “Florentina”. In 2013, he rode from Barrow, Alaska to Key West, Florida, starting with a traversal over sea ice of the Beaufort Sea, towing a sledge. He estimates he’s spent nearly ten years of his life riding. Around 2015, he began building a custom R1 ("aRctic1") to attempt a solo ride to the North Pole under -40 °C conditions across polar ice
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Netherlands, Olanda, Hollande
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1961-
- 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.sjaaklucassen.nl
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/@florentina2001
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16194173
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Sjaak Lucassen, Life on 2 wheels, R1 GOES EXTREME, 2014.
