• Description: Carol and Ken Duval are Australian long-distance motorcyclists from Brisbane. They met in 1983 and first rode together around Australia and New Zealand in 1985 on a Honda CX650. In March 1997 they departed on their first circumnavigation of the world, completing it in June 2001 having covered 200,000 km across 57 countries, riding two-up on a 1981 BMW R80G/S. In 2007, Ken retired, the couple sold their belongings and started a second circumnavigation. By 2017, after nearly ten years on the road, they had completed a second circumnavigation and had covered close to one million kilometres, both trips on the same motorcycle
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: Life on a Bike
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Australia
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
  • 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/Carol_and_Ken_Duval
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97141411
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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