Two-Wheeled Adventurers

TWO-WHEELED ADVENTURERS

Motorcycling around the world appears to be turning into a competitive sport with the latest entrant claiming he made the trip in 76 days, three days quicker than the last record holder. Perhaps more amusing is that Marco Gardoqui says he rode a Derbi moped on his 1 1,704 mi. trip.

Gardoqui began his trip at the Derbi factory in Mollet, Spain and rode east to Singapore where he boarded a ship to Los Angeles. He averaged 103 mpg, traveling an average of 238 mi. each of the 49 days

he was on the road.

Meanwhile, Ernest O’Gaffney who claimed the 79 day around the world record on a KZ1000 is off on another trip around the world. This one began in Los Angeles and heads south through Central and South America where he says he will cross over the South Pole with a trackdevice adapted to his BMW, then head north through Africa and Europe and cross over the North Pole then back south through Alaska and the West Coast.

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