Currie Bob (w3453)
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- Description: Robert Frank Currie (26 April 1918 - 25 July 1988) was an English motorcycling journalist, road tester, magazine editor and author, described by colleagues as "The Walking Encyclopaedia of Motor Cycling History." Between 1965 and 1969 he completed a round-the-world journey on a Vespa Super Sport 180 cc with a Watsonian Bambini sidecar, fitted with long-range fuel tanks and modified lighting. He covered approximately 59,000 km (37,000 miles) through central Europe, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan - turned back at the Iraqi border - before returning to the UK and shipping to North America, riding from New York through Canada and across the United States to Mexico
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1918-1988
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Currie
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23688748
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: "Scooters Ain't Motorcycles." Cycle World, June 1969.
