Gandolfi Simon (w3387)
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- 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
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Britannico, Britannique
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- 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.
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