Scotto Emilio (w3380)
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- Description: Emilio Scotto is an Argentine adventurer, photojournalist and writer. In 1985 he left his job as a sales representative for Pfizer to travel the world on a 1980 Honda Gold Wing GL1100 he called "Black Princess". Over ten years, from 1985 to 1995, he covered 735,000 km (457,000 miles) across 214 countries — a Guinness World Record for the world's longest motorcycle journey by distance. His motorcycle consumed 86 tyres, 12 batteries and 47,000 litres (12,500 gallons) of fuel. During the journey he was arrested as a suspected spy in Burundi, Chad and Cameroon, jailed in Zimbabwe, and stranded in New York City. In 1991 he married Monica Pino in New Delhi; she accompanied him for the final four years. The "Black Princess" is now displayed at the Don's Riverside Car Museum in Laughlin, Nevada
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Argentina
- 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/Emilio_Scotto
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4422464
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Scotto, Emilio. The Longest Ride: My Ten-Year 500,000 Mile Motorcycle Journey. Minneapolis: Motorbooks, 2007.
