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Information about > 249 Motorcycle-Tours
Around-The-World: 1912 - 2010 (plans)
Around-The-World by Motorcycle
= Il giro del mondo al moto (Italian) = La Vuelta del Mundo al moto
(Spanish) = Autour du monde avec une moto = Lune de Miel (French)
= Rond de Wereld met de motor (Dutch) =
Motorcylist kör totalt "runt jorden" (Swedish) = Svetovni popotnik
na motociklu (Slovenian) = Trotamundos (Latine)
= Motorrad-Weltumrunder (German)
Do you know this in other languages?
Copyright Bernd Tesch. Expert for Motorcycle-WORLD-Travels. It is free for you to read this and learn out of it. It is not allowed to take off or to publish any information of this without written permission of Bernd Tesch. This all is a part of the book in work "Motorrad-Welt-Reisen" = Motorcycle-Travels Around-The-World. ISBN 3-9800099-8-x.
GLOBETROTT-ZENTRALE Bernd TESCH. Grünentalstrasse 31. 52152 Simmerath-Hammer / EIFEL / Germany. Tel: 0049 (0)2402-938686. http://www.berndtesch.de
If you are a World-Around-Traveller or plan
to do this or "on the road" already or know anyone who is not listed here, please
send my any details, addresses, publications, homepages and most important:
best pictures.
YOUR summary:PLEASE give me at first a complete view like this EXAMPLE-BLOCK in THIS STYLE in English:
01.10.2000 - 27.10.2001
Müller, Sven (German, born-date??) and Susan Smith (British, born-date??)
your http://www.???
Solo Around the World with BMW R 100 GS. 50.000 kms. Sven rode together with
Susan Smith (British) who rode a HONDA 500 XL. Route: Europe 12.000 kms
(Germany - Austria - Switzerland - Italy - Greek - Turkey ....) - Asia 15.000
kms (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal. Bike solo by plane to Singapure. I flew
to Singapure. Malaysia - Thailand - back to Singapure). - Australia 16.000 kms
(I flew together with bike to Darwin. Around Australia 16.000 kms. Or
offer names like: Darwin - Adelaide - Melbourne - Sydney ...) - North-America
(I flew with bike to Los Angeles. LA - New York) - Africa - Europe (Bike by
ship to Netherlands / Amsterdam - Germany / Cologne).
The best: I wanted to find myself. Freedom. Sun. Friendship of
Turkey people. invitation by Pakistani. Climbing the Himalayas........)
The worst: I got Malaria in Nairobi. Attack of soldiers with weapons
in Iran.....)...
Important useful informations for others:...
Book or publication (about your tour):...
Earlier motorcyle-travel-expereinces::....
Around-The-World by Motorcycle
(Summarises by year of start)
1971 - 1980
1971 - 2000 Gouron, Georges (French, born 28.10.1944) www.??
+ Around The World.
1971-1974
Gouron, Georges (French, born 28.10.1944)
Around Australia and Tasmania. I went to
Australia in 1970. In 1971 with a friend I rode a 650 BSA Lightning from Sydney
to Cairns through the interior. First discovery of the Australian landscape
and the harshness of the sun in the bush. My friend made the mistake to wear
shorts one day. Next one he was so burnt he could not climb on the bike ! Luckily
I was not so foolish, even in those days, to ride a motorcycle wearing shorts
! In 1972 I left Sydney with an old car and drove to Darwin picking up a french
guy (Patrick) in Queensland. From Cairns we went inland as far as Charleville
where we got stuck a few days due to a flood. Resumed the trip through a grasshopers
cloud then past giant termite mounds. Hit a bull on the road before reaching
Darwin. Then we hitchiked from Darwin down to Perth where we bought a VW beetle
and rode to Adelaide across the Nullarbor Plain. From Adelaide up to Alice Springs
and Mt Isa. Got lost between Mt Isa and the Birdsville track. Down the Birdsville
track to Adelaide and on to Melbourne where we arrived after one year of traveling.
1974 saw Patrick and I riding around Tasmania, a motorcycle haven.
Highlights: In those days the roads were still dirt ! Finding our way
back to the Birdsville track thanks to a ranch owner !
The worst: Getting lost between Mt Isa and the Birdsville track !
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf Paaske
23.01.01 1st answer by Georges
1975 - 1977
Gouron, Georges (French, born 28.10.1944) www.??
France - India - Singapore - Australia.
Went back from Australia to France by boat in 1975. Took my girlfriend and her
Suzuki GT 250 as well as my Suzuki GT 750 (2 stroke watercooled) with me. We
toured Europe on both bikes. Then I crashed mine on a roundabout by a foggy
night. Worked in a banque, bought another Suzuki GT 750. In 1976 we shipped
back the 250 and decided to go back overland with the 750. Got enough 2 stroke
oil to last me the trip and we left France in April 1976. We had snow in Italy,
snow in Greece and even snow in Turkey. Istambul is a great place. We travelled
east through Cappadocia, a beautiful part of Turkey with stunning landscapes.
We were warned by travellers than further east kids were pretty rough, asking
for cigarettes and throwing stones at vehicles. Soon we got the treatment. Having
been warned, each time I saw kids waving by the roadside. I would slow down
to first gear, put my blinkers and pretend to stop, but instead I would give
full throttle and charge at them. They scattered and by the time they threw
their stones I was out of reach. It worked well. From Turkey to Iran where we
crashed into a garbage truck. Went to court, did not said a word and won the
case ! The driver not only had to pay for the repair but also to lodge us in
his house until it was ready ! Then it was Afghanistan. Broke down before Kandahar.
Got a lift in town where the local mechanice had to manufacture new shaft bearing
himself. Meanwhile we had tea and haschich everyday until the bike was ready.
Great country and great people. Through the Kyber pass to Pakistan then to India.
Down to Madras where we shipped to Singapore and shipped again to Perth. Got
to Perth in time, the hand made bearing had done their jobs. They were replaced
by original ones and we rode across the Nullarbor (now all bitumen) to Melbourne.
Voilą HIGHLIGHTS: Cappadocia in Turkey. Afghanistan
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf Paaske
23.01.01 1st answer by Georges
1979 - 1982
Gouron, Georges (French, born 28.10.1944) www.??
USA - Mexicio - Bolivia - Mexico. Bought
a new Suzuki GT 750 end of 1978. In September we flew to San Francisco (USA)
and rode down California to Mexico. In Guadalajara I joined with Patrick who
was coming from Canada with his Honda 750 and we travelled together. We did
a grand tour of Mexico then went to Belice. Got stuck for 2 weeks in Belice
City thanks to the flood. Eventually we managed to ride and waddle through to
reach the border with Guatemala. At the border I checked the oil. Gosh it was
a paste ! So I changed it before we continued through mud to Tikal (Took us
more than one hour for the last 4 km). People there got excited. They were stuck
since 10 days and thought the road was reopened. But when they saw our bikes
covered in mud they just sigh ! But Tikal was just worse the trouble. More mud
was waiting for us before geaching Guatemala City. Went to Antigua, Lake Atitlan,
etc . then passed into Salvador then in civil war. We pulled up the French flag
to show we were not yankees otherwise we would have been shot. In town we were
many times accosted by groups of tough people thinking we were American but
we always talked our way out and often had drink with them once they understood
their mistake. From Salvador to Honduras then Nicaragua also in civil war. In
Granada we spent a good hour before convincing a young guy armed with a machine
gun that we were not yankees and had nothing to do with them. Reluctantly he
let us go but it was touch and go. Costa Rica was a relief then we rode to Panama
through a deluge. From Panama we flew the bikes to Quito. Went down to Guayaquil
where an earthquake shook us out of bed in the middle of the night. No damage
for us or the bikes. Left Guayaquil for Peru, rode down the coast then up the
Andes to Huaraz (fantastic scenery) down to the coast again and to Lima. Up
the Andes to La Oroya (alt 4887m) and from there to Cuzco along the Andes. It
was still the wet season and the dirt road was mud. It was slow going with lots
of falls. The brakes were blocked by the mud so sometimes the falls were voultary,
to avoid a greater fall down the Andes ! But we reached Cuzco where Patrick's
Honda packed up. No parts in town nor in Lima neither in Bolivia. A general
bought his bike so we split. Patrick continued by bus and I still with my Suzuki
which was working perfectly. So we met at prearranged places. In La Paz (Bolivia)
we saw that we could not go much further because money. So we started the trip
back to Mexico. From there Patrick went back to Canada. I stayed a bout a year
in Mexico, working in a hotel then sold the bike which had developed some problems
and with the money went back by bus or hitchiking to Bolivia. Then flew back
to Australia on the last day of my visa.
HIGHLIGHTS : Too many. In fact the whole trip.
THE WORSE (at the time, now one of the best memory): The scary moment
in Nicaragua. The ride to Tikal and the ride through the muddy Andes
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf Paaske
23.01.01 1st answer by Georges
July 1999 - July 2000
Gouron, Georges (now French / Australian, still born in France 28/10/1944,
just getting older all the time)
North- Central- and Around South America.
email : georgesgouron@hotmail.com
Georges toured solo with bis bike a YAMAHA XJ 900 DIVERSION caalled "Ozzie" from Australia by plane to USA - Mexico - Belice - Guatemala - El Salvador -
Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica and Panama - by plane to Equador - Peru -
Bolivia - Chile - Argentina (Usuaiha) - Chile - Argentina (Buenos Aires) - Paraguay
- Argentina - Brazil - Venezuela - by flight to GB - Scotland - GB - Holland,
Belgium, Germany - Austria, Switzerland - Austria, Switzerland.
Back in Australia joined the Public Service ! Bought various bikes then the
greatest of them all in 1988: a Yamaha XJ 900 with which I covered 205.000 kms
trouble free. In 1998 I decided it was time to shake the cobwebs from the Public
Service. So I bought a YAMAHA XJ 900 DIVERSION and in 1999 I retired from the
Public service. I flew Ozzie (my bike) to L.A in USA where I joined
her right away and we rode together to Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley,
Mesa Verde Nat Park before heading down to Mexico. At the border I meet
with Pete, Phil and Lucas, 3 nice American riders. We'll ride together till
Guadalajara. They then turn back and I keep going on through Mexico, Belice,
Guatemala (now the road to Tikal is paved !). In Antigua met Ralf and
Petra at the Post office. Then I go down to Lake Atitlan, a gem. Then it is
down to El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Panama
I fly the bike to Quito in Equador, then myself to Quito ! Surprise !
Ozzie is not there ! Bastard have not send it yet. It was due to come by Continental
Airlines (DO NOT USE THAT AIRLINE). After a week of furious calls they eventually
send it. Unfortunately the volcano in Quito start to erupt. Flight are diverted
to Guayaquil. Another week pass and Ozzie is still stuck in Guayaquil. Enough
is enough. I pack up, catch the night bus to Guayaquil and go to the airport.
I start the paper works to clear the bike (it's 09h00) when I see 4 people coming
in, helmet in hands. 2 of them are Petra and Ralf, the other 2 are Renate and
Gino. So we all clear our bikes together and are out by 16h00. I go back to
Quito with everybody than Renate. Gino and I decide to travel together, Petra
and Ralf being faster. So down it is to Peru, up a shit road to Huaraz,
down a good one to the coast, Lima, Nazca, Cuzco, La Paz in Bolivia.
Up to 5200m, crossing the Chilian border at 4667 m and down in Arica
Chile in 150 km of descent. Through the Chilian desert to Puerto Montt, across
to Argentina, windy Patagonia, cold Tierra del Fuego and lousy roads
down to Ushuaia where we meet again with Petra and Ralf, Mark, Uwe and
a few others and we all greet the New Year in Ushuaia. Then it's back to Chili
and the glacier Perito Moreno, back to windy Patagonia up Argentina to
Buenos Aires. Uwe leaves us. Renate and Gino go to Rio via Iguazu Falls and
back to Germany. Mark and I go to Uruguay. Mark leaves from Montevideo
to England. I'm back by myself across Paraguay, Argentina again,
Iguazu falls, Brazil (I reach Rio on Carnaval day) up to Belem. Ozzie
and I take a river boat to Manaus and back on the road to Caracas in Venezuela
from where we fly to London. After a few days with Mark (thank you ) since I
live in the South of France I take the short way through Wales and Scotland
then Holland, Belgium, Germany where I'm welcomed by Renate
and Gino (Thanks guys), Austria, Switzerland and then down South
to France where I'm bored !
HIGHLIGHTS : the whole trip
THE WORSE : now
Sorry mate Bernd: I'm afraid i've been a bit long but it's easy to get carried
away
21.01.01 1st information by Petra Schommer and Ralf Paaske
23.01.01 1st answer by Georges
15.05.1970 - 05.01.1971
Hill, Doughlas (born 28.08.1934, Oakland, CA, USA) and girl
friend Barbara R. Dorsey (CA, USA).
? Around-The-World. Both routes
with two BMWR 75/5. They were both life-enhancing and life changing.
Started from Berkeley on a 1970 BMW R75/5. Drove to east coast of USA, where
we embarked on a Yugoslav freighter that was scheduled to go to Tangier, Morocco
in 9 days. It actually went to Marseille in 37 days. From there we travelled
to Spain, crossed at Algcerias to Tangier, Morocco, travelled through that country
for about one month, then through Algeria to Tunisia, there we took a ferry
which went to Naples, Italy. Cross the Italian peninsula, and from Brindisi
took another ferry to Corfu, Greece. Then another ferry to Athens, and finally
another ferry to Haifa, Israel. We had friends living in Jerusalem, so spent
some time there, and sold the bike to a Canadian couple and flew back. Didn't
try to ship bike because of an East Coast of the US dock strike, and didn't
go further because at that time the Indians/Pakistanis were fighting over their
shared border.
Route: USA (California, Berkeley to the East Coast) - by freighter to
Europe (France, Marseille - Spain) - Africa (Morocco - Algeria - Tunisia) -
by ferry to Europe (Italy - Greece) - Israel. Bike was sold.
15.05.1973 - 10.12.1973
Hill, Doughlas (born 28.08.1934, Oakland, CA, USA) and girl
friend Barbara R. Dorsey (CA, USA).
Route: Flew from USA (San Francisco) - to Europe (Germany,
München. Bought a new BMW R 75 (factory delivery) in Munich - Austria -
Yugoslavia - Greece - Turkey) - Asia (Iran - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India
- Nepal - India). Shipped the bike bike back from India (Calcutta) to USA (California,
San Francisco).
Highlights: The religiosity of India, the scenery in Kashmir, Varanasi
for the rituals of the Hindu religion. The people we met, both fellow travellers
and natives; some remarkable experiences.
The worst: Being unable to leave Kabul, Afghanistan, because they had
a coup d'etat, tossing out King Mohammed (who is back now, after the US incursion).
Borders were closed, and it is VERY difficult to stay healthy in Afghanistan
- getting clean food and water is very dicey.
Tip: Be sure your home base is covered while you are away; have trusted
accountant / lawyer who can disburse money for your bills, etc, and deal with
whatever happens.
Useful tips: On the first trip, the BMW had California plate; this would
have been difficult in some countries starting with Turkey. Getting the new
bike in Germany, and acquiring a "carnet de passage" from the Deutche
Automobil Club, and having a registration book in several languages, was a great
help.
Earlier experiences: These trips were taken after Barbara and I had travelled
together from California up to British Columbia (via the coast route, highway.
06.03.2000 First letter. Intends to take another long trip like this in a couple
of years.
21.02.2002 Just bought a BMW R 1150 RT (2002): "I am getting wanderlust
BIG TIME".
07.1973 - 11.1973
Dautheville, Anne-France (French)
+ Around-The-World. .
Books: World-Tour: Et j'ai suivi le vent (in French). German translation:
Der Wind war mein Begleiter. Solo France-Pakistan-France in 1972 with Moto Guzzi
750: Une demoiselle sur une Moto (in French). 1982 South America: La Piste de
l'or. German translation: Wohin der Wind mich trieb (Start 19.03.1981 21.000
kms through 8 South American countries).
1998 Anne-France refused to meet Bernd Tesch in France although I saw her in
person in her garden. She does not want to have to do anything with mc-travels
of her earlier life anymore.
B.T: The journalist and writer Anne-France ist the
first women who rode solo around the world on a bike somehow. 3 continents and
20.000 kms with a Kawasaki (125 ccm)
05.09.1973 - 01.03.1975
Salvadori, Clement (American) no www.
+ Around-The-World.
Clement rode solo on a BMW R 75/5 72.000 kms in 5 five continents in 26 different
countries.
Route: From Europe on a long hippyway to India. Europe (Italy
(Rom) - Greece - Turkey) Asia (Iran - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India
- Nepal - India) - by ship to Africa (Kenya (Mombassa) - Tanzania - Zambia
- Botswana - Rhodesia (before it became Zimbabwe) - South Africa - by ship to
Australia (Western Australia - across the Nullabor Plain , up to Ayers
Rock, to Queensland and Sydney - by ship to New Zealand) - by ship to North-America (Panama - Costa Rica - Nicaragua - Honduras - El Salvador - Guatemala - Mexico
- USA). In California Clement sold his BMW R75/5 and bought a low mileage
BMW R60/5. Back to Mexico - there he stayed 15 months. Since may 30, 1976 Clement
head north: USA - Canada - Alasca - back Canada - USA (Massachusetts).
Highlights: The culture and history and beauty of Afghanistan. Being
shown New Zealand by Motorcycling author Barry Crump.
The Worst: A crash in Zambia. Apartheid in South Africa.
Other countries Clement has ridden in, since beginning in 1956:
Andorra, Austria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bosnia, Bulgaria,
Crotaia, Czech Pep., Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary,
Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco,
Nethelands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Tiber / China, Tunisia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yugloslawia.
Clement is a very high experienced and wellknown American-Mc-TRAVEL-Journalist.
Book: Motorcycle Journeys Through Baja.
Book: Motorcycle Journeys Through California.
1994 Bernd Tesch visited Clement and Susan in USA. Clement: "It was a marvellous
trip. I was a fortune human being to do this".
1994 Clement wanted to make a 60 days trip around the world, just for fun. But:
He cannot leave his 5 cats alone for so long time...
04.2003 Promised in 2000 to be a participant of the
25thTesch-Meeting for Mc-World-Travellers in 2003..
17.09.1973 - 01.03.1981
Gawenda, Ken (American /Australian dual citizen) www. ???
+ Around-The-World. Ken
rode 216.000 kms solo and with a variety of other bikes and passengers
on a BMW R 60/5 through 4 different continents in 40 different countries.
Route: North America (USA (Detroit, Michigan)) - flew to Europe
(Germany and bought a BMW R60/5 - southeast to Turkey (Istanbul)) - Asia (Iran - Afghanistan - Pakistan - India with sidetrips to Kashmir and Nepal
- from India (Madras (Chennai)) by ship to Malaysia (Penang) - Singapore - by
ship to Australia (Fremantle/Perth in Western Australia). There he worked
for a while to recuperate his fortunes, and then continued east to Sydney by
ship to North-America (Panama - rode north through Central America to
the USA - Canada. Six months later he headed south again, riding to riding
to Mexico then back to the US - shipping the bike to Australia via New
Zealand over South America (Venezuela - Columbia - Ecuador - Peru, and
crossing the Andes into Bolivia. At Riberalta he put himself and his bike on
a barge being pushed down the Rio Madeira, a tributary of the Amazon River,
but unfortunately his barge sank, with the R60/5 still on board). That was the
end of that trip.
Ken eventually emigrated to Australia, where he is now the Learning Facilitator
at the Matilda Bay Brewing Company in Perth, married, children, and several
motorcycles on which he has traversed much of the Australian outback.
Highlights: Meeting the Dali Lama in Mcleod Gange. Riding through the
Kyber Pass. Himilayas. Andes.
The Worst: Losing the bike in the Rio Mamore in Bolivia.
Book: No
Ken and Clement met in Teheran Iran in October of 1973 and rode together through
Afganistan to India and Nepal. Clem went to Africa and I went to Malaysia
in South East Asia and took a boat from Singapore to Perth W. Australia arriving
in late January 1974. Clem turned up in Perth around May or June and stayed
at my place for a few weeks. We parted ways again and I continued working until
August 74 and then headed over to Sydney and caught a boat to Panama. Arrived in Panama in November and rode up through Central America to Mexico.
It was still to cold so I went back to Guatemala and
accidently met Clem in Guatemala City in January 1975. We rode together
until we crossed into the US a month or so later.
and rode back to the US together.
14.08.2000 1st information by Clement Salvadori
08.02.2001 Kenneth will try to join the 25th Meeting
for Mc-WORLD-Travellers in april 2003
06.10.1973 - 15.08.1977
Simon, Ted (British) http://www.jupitalia.com
+ Around-The-World. Four years through five
continents on a Triumph (2 Zylinder. Model Tiger-100-P). A marvellous reading
adventure. He rode ca. 100.800 km (60.647 road miles, 78.302 total distance),
four years and fourty-five countries around the world. He came back 30 pounds
lighter. Beim Fahren bewegen sich seine Gedanken zwischen Kontemplation, Fehler
der Vergangenheit zu finden und Spekulation über Gefahren der Zukunft.
Die Triumph steht heute im "Alfred Herbert Museum" in Coventry, Großbritannien.
Books: The most sold books of a Wold-Around-Tour by motorcycle: 300.000 copies.
Jupiter's Travels (translated in 5 other languages). German edition: Jupiter's
Reisen. Jupiters Fahrt (German edition 1983). French edition: Les Voyages de
Jupiter.
Italian edition: I Viaggi di Jupiter. Spanish edition: Los Viajes de Jupiter.
Dutch edition: Jupiters Reizen (1996). American editions: Jupiter's Travels
(1980 and 1996).
After he came home: Riding High (English edition). Die Fahrt des Lebens. Vom
Unterwegssein und Ankommen (German edition 1985). Riding Home (American edition).
Terugkeer van Jupiter (Dutch edition 1999).
28.10.91 Bernd Teschs first contact with Ted.
1994 Bernd Tesch visited Ted in USA.
Partcipant of the Tesch-Meeting for Mc-World-Travellers 3 times since 1995.
02.10.2000 Ted visits Bernd Tesch again.
01.2001: Ted is planning a new mc-tour Round-The-World jorney to compare it
with his tour in the seventies. You can read here more later.
13.07.2001 Ted is in East Africa on the way to South Africa.
1974 - 1984
Basta (Batham), Charles and Veronique Biales
(Australians)
+ Around-The-World. With a HONDA Goldwing
and a trailer behind around the world. 1975 England. 1976 North-America. 1977
Central America. 1978 South America. 1980 Africa. 1981 Europe Middle East. 1982
Indian Sub Continent. 1983 S.E. Asia. 1984 Australia.
13.07.01 I do not have his address in Austraalia. Who knows him ?
1975 - 1984
Thompson, Walter J.
? Around-The-World. Picture 1975-81 and
1981-1984. Sponsored by Continental. Craven Equipmnet. Nikon. S & W. Vetter
Fairing.
20.11.1998 First information by Eric Haws.
22.05.2000 I do not know more details. Who knows them, their present address
or publicatinos about them??
24.07.01 Asked Eric for more information.
05.01.1976 - 30.11.1979: 1st Around-The-World
10.1996 - 29.06.1999: 2nd Around-The-World
McGonigal, David and Trevor Ockenden (Australians)
+ + Two times Around-The-World. 1st tour:
David with YAMAHA RD 350 and Trevor with HONDA CB 500/4.
First route: Australia (Sydney) - Singapure (by ship ?) - Thailand - flew the
bikes to Kalkutta ind India - Nepal - Kashmir - Pakistan - Afghanistan
- Iran - Turkey - Europe - Ireland (Dublin) - by air to N.Y. - Canada (Vancouver)
- Australia.
McGonigal, Lynn and David (Australians)
http://www.davidmcgonical.com.au
2nd tour: With a BMW R 1100 RT. Lynn rode parts of it together with David.
Route: David and Lynn rode: Chile (Santiago) - Argentina (Ushuaia) - Antartic
Peninsula (Espranza Base) - back by ship to Argentina (Ushuiaia) - Brazil
(Rio - Recife) - Chile (Santigao) - Equador - by air to Panama - Alaska (Dalton
Highway Artic shore) - and then ?? - Vancouver - Vladiwostok - Polen - Germany
- France - Spain -.Morocco. - Europe - North Cape - North Africa - Iceland US
- Australia - Pacific Islands - New Zealand - Australia.
Book: Plans a book.
1961 - 1963 ?. Earliest tours?
28.08.97 First Info by Werner Zwick
30.08.98 David visited Bernd Tesch in Germany.
29.06.1999 Bernd Tesch was the FIRST who get information about his world-around-tour
through seven continents and all time zones.
12.1999 Lynn and David gave a wonderful party for the Mc-Travellers Patricia
Govers and Bernd Tesch in Sydney / Australia.A short time later they moved to
a ship staying on a ship for some months which takes tourist to Antartica. They
gave lectures to them. Aditionnaly they will write a book about Antartica.
B.T. : David owns the World-Record being the first
motorcycle traveller in 29.06.1999 having ridden by motorcycle all seven continents
and all time zones.
< december 1977
Mentzler, Terry (Australia ?)
+ Around-The-World. Solo
on a HONDA XL 250 around the world
Route: Australia (Sydney - Perth) - by boat to Asia (Singapore - Malaysia
- Thailand (Bangkok, 5800 kms since Sydney) - to Calcutta by plane - India
- Afghanistan - Iran) - Europe (Yugloslavia - Italy - France - London) - USA
(Boston - St. Louis - Long Beach, California) - Tahiti - Australia (Sydney).
09.1978 1st publication in MOTORCYCLIST
1992 1st informatin and copies by Mopsa and Richard English.
??.01.1977 - ??.10.1980
Thoeming, Peter (German born 26.01.1947, naturalised Australian, http://www.theRide.com.au)
and Peter Rae (Irish)
+ Around-The-World. 2,5 years. Travel-stories
out of: England. Irland. Europa (von Peter Rae). Sydney-Singapure. Südost-Asien.
Nepal und Indien. Von Pakistan bis zur Türkei. Großbritannien - Spanien.
Von Marokko nach Spanien. Von Sizilien nach Griechenland. Athen - London - Dublin
(Die Guinness Brauerei war das Ziel). Dazu dann die Fahrt durch Europa, Nordafrika,
die Tuerkei und Osteuropa mit seiner zukuenftigen Frau Anne auf einer Yamaha
XS1100. Kreuz und quer durch USA von Küste zu Küste (von Peter Thoeming,
mit Freund Charlie [Sydney-Dublin] auf einer Honda XL 250)
Peter Rae, Herausgeber des Magazins "Motorcycle Rider" und Peter Thoeming, Redakteur
and owner des australischen Motorrad-Magazins "Australian Road Rider",
der website "http://www.theRide.com.au"
und der woechentlichen Zeitungstory Motorcycle Weekly,
erzählen und beweisen, daß die Barrieren zwischen Einheimischen und
Motorrad-Fahrern viel kleiner sind als bei Auto-Fahrern, und mögliche Freundschaften
einfacher sind.
Book: Motorcycle Touring. A guide for hardened explorer and novice alike.
(English.1982). Australia (2001).
Highlights: Afghanistan, der Himalaya,
The Worst: Krankheit in Kashmir und Grenzen.
Book: Motorcycle Touring. A guide for hardened explorer and novice alike.
(English. 1982)
14.09.91 Started to search for Peter.
30.08.98 David McGonical gave me his address in Australia.
12.1999 I visited Peter in Sydney / Australia and Charlie Carter in Alice Springs.
10.1977 - 2000
Woodburn, Emy (1961) and David (1955) with daughter
Mattea (1988) (Australians)
? Around-The-World. Since 14 years "On the
road". Since 8,5 years (in 1997) with child.
Route: In total unknown. Rode several times Australia - Asia - Europe.
America West-East. Canada. Now in America.
29.09.97 Treffen. Info von Jochen Henrichs: "Lebt um die Welt"
03.10.97 Bernd Tesch met them at Claudia Giese´s birtday in and good-bye-party
of Dirk Erker in Duisburg.
1997: Participant of the Tesch-Globetrotter-Meeting in
07.2000 Now resting in North America.
< 1978
Amelunge (Amelin), Jean-Paul et Lauert Pflegelatte (French).
? Around-The-World. Not sure if they circled
the whole world.
22.07.2000. Who knows more about them? Addresses, publications?
1978
Walle, Regis van de (French)
+ Around-The-World in 80 days with a HONDA
CB 400 N. 40.000 kms.
Mit einer Honda CB 400 N fährt Regis 1978 in 80 Tagen (56 Fahrtage) 40.000
km durch vier Kontinente um die Welt. Er folgt den Spuren der Romanfigur Phileas
Fogg von Jules Verne (Phantastischer französischer Roman "In 80 Tagen um
die Welt". 1873). Die Reise fängt gut an, aber allmählich sammelt
Regis Verspätungen. Er soll genau zur Eröffnung der Motorradausstellung
in Paris ankommen. Vor der Tür warten seine Freundin und Leute von Honda
Frankreich. Und er kommt an, eine Viertelstunde, bevor es zu spät gewesen
wäre!
Route: Frankreich (Paris) - England - per Flugzeug von London nach Panama
- Costa Rica - El Salvador - Guatemala - Mexico - USA - Rapid City - Canada
- Alaska - mit Flugzeug über Tokyo nach - Indien - Pakistan - Iran - Türkei
- Rumänien - Bulgarien - Jugoslawien - Italien - Frankreich - Spanien -
Marokko - Algerien - Tunesien - Algerien - Marokko - Spanien - Frankreich (Paris).
Book: Le Tour du monde à moto en 80 jours. Deutsch : Die Tour
um die Erde in 80 Tagen.
1979 - 1980
Buchholz, Artur und Heiner Maxfeld (Germans)
+ Around-The-World. With two Honda XL 250.
14.07.2000 1st contact. Artur called me.
04.1979 - ca. 1982
Schmidt, James (American)
? Around-The-World. Startet with SUZUKI
T 500. Bought later YAMAHA XT 500. Rode possibly Around-The-World.
Route: In 1980 he was already 3 years "on the road": Nord - und Mittel-Amerika,
umrundete als erster MOTORRADFAHRER Süd-Amerika, Fuhr von Kapstadt nach
Kornelimünster und will mit einem Tesch-Tank (30 l) nach Asien und Australien.
1980 Capetown - Tanger. Der Amerikaner James K. Schmidt (ca. 47 Jahre)
gestartet im April 1979 auf einer Suzuki T 500 in USA zu einer Motorrad-Weltreise.
Dabei durchquert er Mittel-Amerika und fährt rund um Süd-Amerika -
Santos (Brasilien) > South Africa (nach Capetown) - Botswana - Zimbabwe - Tansania
- Kenia - Uganda - Zaire bis Kisangani - mit Schiff nach Kinshasa - dort 1 Jahr
bei Amerikanern gearbeitet - Congo Brazzaville - Gabon - Cameroun - Nigeria
- Benin - Togo - Ghana - Obervolta - Niger - Hoggar-Route - Alger - Marokko
- Spanien - Portugal - France - Belgien - Nederland - BRD - planned to continue
overland to India.
1980 War Gast beim 5. Moto-Fernreise-Treffen
14.08.1979 - 11.1980
Brück, Thomas (German)
+ Around-The-World with YAMAHA XS 750. 70.000
kms.
Plan july 98 2-4 years with SUZUKI DR 650 SE and Doro (?) another World-Around-Tour
Participant of the Tesch-Meeting for Mc-World-Travellers in 1998.
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