- Description: Born in Milan on May 13, 1982, after graduating with a degree in Economics, he worked for nearly four years as an employee in the commercial office of a foundry in Modena. In May 2010, using the savings from his job, he set off on an 82'000-kilometer journey around the American continent on a 1970 Vespa Sprint Veloce. Alone and without sponsors, in total freedom. Upon his return, he published 21 Americas, which recounts the episodes and encounters that inevitably occurred over eighteen months of travel
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Vespanda
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1982-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Vespa
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://www.vespanda.com
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/@Vespanda
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Lavarra Ilario. 2019. 21 Americhe : Viaggio in Solitaria Su Una Vecchia Vespa. Roma: Ultra.
- Description: Florence Margaret Charlotte Blenkiron was the first woman to win a gold medal for reaching over 100 mph on a motorcycle at Brooklands race track. With Theresa Wallach, she crossed the Sahara by 600cc Panther motorcycle from London to Cape Town in 1934–35, making the return journey on her own in 1935–36
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1904-1991
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Africa
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Blenkiron
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65770315
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Wallach, Teresa. The Rugged Road: Due donne e una moto, Da Londra a Città Del Capo. Roma: Ultra, 2014.
- Description: Ticinese bike traveler who has completed several routes between Asia and America; the journey from Switzerland to Iran was captured and broadcast in a miniseries produced by the Swiss Italian-language broadcaster (RSI)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1990-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Bike, Bicicletta, Vélo
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Multimedia: https://www.playsuisse.ch/it/show/799375/lento-e-bello
- Description: Around the world trip on a Vespa by Luca Capocchiano in 2014, a project documented in the book titled Around the World at 80 Miles an Hour
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1978-
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Vespa
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC3RZusC-5k
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Capocchiano Luca. 2020. Il giro del mondo a 80 all'ora. Parte 1. Viterbo: La Caravella.
Luca Capocchiano nasce nell’agosto del 1978 a Genova, da padre muratore pugliese e madre insegnante piemontese. Completa gli studi di ingegneria meccanica, esclusivamente per dare corso e struttura alla sua più grande passione: le moto da corsa.
- Description: Gianni Ghisla is a motorcyclist who has curated a book where he has encapsulated his experiences gained on roads across the world: Sguardi sul mondo is dedicated to all curious and open-minded individuals who are moved by wonders, both those around the corner and those encountered while traveling: the people, the little things, the enchanting landscapes, the miracles created by human civilization
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Switzerland, Svizzera, Suisse
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://www.salvioni.ch/product/sguardi-sul-mondo
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Ghisla, Gianni. Sguardi Sul Mondo : Come Meravigliarsi Viaggiando in Motocicletta Dal Ticino in Capo Al Mondo. Bellinzona: Salvioni, 2018.
- Description: Claudio Piani considers himself fortunate to have been "born twice". The first time was on August 5, 1987, in Quarto Oggiaro, a suburban district of Milan, and the second was on August 6, 2014. That year, after resigning from his job, he decided to take a sabbatical year to reach Australia without using airplanes, traveling solely overland through Asia. Initially, he did not realize that this sabbatical year would turn into eight years of nomadic life
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://vagabondiario.wordpress.com
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5HUbxEhQuwHH6oh4CQxSVw
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Claudio Piani, Una vita incredibile, 2020
- Description: Theresa Wallach was an adventure motorcyclist, engineer, mechanic and author. In 1935 she rode a 600 cc single-cylinder Panther motorcycle from London to Cape Town, South Africa
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1909-1999
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Africa
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Wallach
- Multimedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjNmXQdgqhA
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8030939
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Wallach, Teresa. The Rugged Road: Due donne e una moto, Da Londra a Città Del Capo. Roma: Ultra, 2014.
Blenk era silenziosa. Non so a cosa stesse pensando. Probabilmente a ciò a cui pensavo io: all’affidabilità della moto, alle difficoltà del clima, al nostro stato di salute, alle malattie e a tutte le raccomandazioni che ci avevano fatto, o a tutti quei misteriosi beduini dagli occhi neri, che ci fissavano, e ci fissavano. E ci fissavano. Ora che eravamo sole sarebbero stati ospitali? Scivolammo via, puntando dritte verso l’ignoto.
Wallach, Teresa. The Rugged Road: Due donne e una moto, Da Londra a Città Del Capo. Roma: Ultra, 2014.
- Description: Robert Edison Fulton is a young motorcyclist who in 1931 completed one of the first motorcycle circumnavigations of the world, documenting his adventure with a film and a book
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: USA
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1909-2004
- 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/Robert_Edison_Fulton_Jr.
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16016134
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Fulton, Robert Edison Jr. One Man Caravan: L'incredibile avventura del primo uomo che ha compiuto il giro del mondo in motocicletta. Roma: Elliot, 2015.
Cos’era quindi che mi spingeva a intraprendere il giro del mondo su un aggeggio a due cilindri, tenuto conto che sarei andato incontro alla sicura disapprovazione dei miei e che non ero del tutto convinto che la moto fosse la migliore amica dell'uomo?
- Description: Italian traveler and writer journeying with his wife Giada
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Internet: https://www.realwanderlust.it
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Filippo Buscaroli, Wanderlust : Born to Travel, 2021
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