Wednesday, 8 September 2010
The World's Most Travelled Motorcycle
Peter and Kay Forwood started on a ‘round the world’ trip 14 years ago. This amazing adventure began in Australia on the 3rd of February 1996.
In October 2008, this Harley-Davidson motorcycle, carrying all the
luggage, became the first and only vehicle to have been ridden in every
internationally recognised country of the world. Since then Peter and Kay have continued travelling, visiting places they previously missed or
returning to places they enjoyed.
This motorcycle was purchased new in 1994 and has been ridden over 580,000 kms. By August 2009 the motorcycle's original engine required substantial repair after completing 540,080kms.
It was replaced with a brand new engine so it could continue travelling. The original engine will be rebuilt and placed back into the motorcycle, should any new countries be created.
To date, the motorcycle has visited over 414 countries, states, territories, isolated parcels, atolls and disputed territories as identified in the ‘Most Travelled Persons’ list. This is more than any other vehicle, hence the claim
"The World's Most Travelled Motorcycle"
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So glad to see this bike again. It is incredible to know that I was able to sit on it while here in Dominican Republic. Would be nice to see a feature of it in the CTM website, not just a blog post.
ReplyDeleteBTW, we invite you to visit our HOG Dominicano website at
http://www.hogdom.org
Godspeed
Enrique Garcia
Dominican Republic