He Has To Be Labelled As A Traveller! (1 Viewer)

[The Old Man]

Because he has surely earnt it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-en...an-drives-from-japan-to-london-in-a-campervan

Man drives from Japan to London in a campervan

Japanese-born Kinjiro Ogawa lived in London in the 1970s before returning to his home country.

But he knew he wanted to visit the UK capital again one day.

When the motorcycle dealer retired he drove 31,000 miles (50,000km) across Russia, Scandinavia, Europe and Africa to get here.

 

[LesW]

Fantastic journey...

 

[tacr2man]

A few years back I read of a guy who rode a small motorbike (90cc) from Beijing to London !

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[pseward152]

What a great trip would love to do it myself

 

[mitzimad]

How did he get insurance and mot?

 

[Richard n Ann]

Japan isn't in the EU how on earth could he drive through Spain and France!

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[scotjimland]

.31,000 miles (50,000km) across Russia, Scandinavia, Europe and Africa to get here.

strange route.. a direct route would have been less than half that millage .. round the world is only 24,000 ml.. maybe using a Snooper s7000

and spending 7 months in Morocco.. visitor visa is 3 months , how did he manage that

anyways.. epic journey

 

[Gellyneck]

An expensive way to get a grey import here though!

 

[Emmit]

A few years back I read of a guy who rode a small motorbike (90cc) from Beijing to London !

Our second Son is now back in this country saving up to return to Kuala Lumpur to rejoin his beloved Ozzie postal bike.
He started his journey on a Kiwi Postal Bike in South Island, NZ to Auckland. He sold it because it's almost impossible to import a second hand bike into OZ.
He flew to Brisbane, bought his present bike (I think it's a 110cc Honda, specifically built for postal work) and rode it to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and up through the centre to Darwin.
It was put on a boat to East Timor and he flew in. The bike was ridden the length of Indonesia and up into Borneo before he ran out of money and stored the bike at KL and flew home.
SWMBO is in fear and trepidation at him resuming the journey

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[tacr2man]

Our second Son is now back in this country saving up to return to Kuala Lumpur to rejoin his beloved Ozzie postal bike.
He started his journey on a Kiwi Postal Bike in South Island, NZ to Auckland. He sold it because it's almost impossible to import a second hand bike into OZ.
He flew to Brisbane, bought his present bike (I think it's a 110cc Honda, specifically built for postal work) and rode it to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and up through the centre to Darwin.
It was put on a boat to East Timor and he flew in. The bike was ridden the length of Indonesia and up into Borneo before he ran out of money and stored the bike at KL and flew home.
SWMBO is in fear and trepidation at him resuming the journey

That would be CT110 , they even have a 2 speed transfer box for steep hills , and 4speed trans with centrifugal clutch

 

[Emmit]

That would be CT110 , they even have a 2 speed transfer box for steep hills , and 4speed trans with centrifugal clutch
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With a long range tank, an orange box on the back and a wippy aerial with a flag on top!!!

 

[Northernraider]

Our second Son is now back in this country saving up to return to Kuala Lumpur to rejoin his beloved Ozzie postal bike.
He started his journey on a Kiwi Postal Bike in South Island, NZ to Auckland. He sold it because it's almost impossible to import a second hand bike into OZ.
He flew to Brisbane, bought his present bike (I think it's a 110cc Honda, specifically built for postal work) and rode it to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and up through the centre to Darwin.
It was put on a boat to East Timor and he flew in. The bike was ridden the length of Indonesia and up into Borneo before he ran out of money and stored the bike at KL and flew home.
SWMBO is in fear and trepidation at him resuming the journey

I bet his bum was numb

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[Silver-Fox]

I bet his bum was numb

Cycling short are the thing to have, that’s what I use on the CCM.
Must be one of the most uncomfortable seats s ive ever sat on

 

[Northernraider]

With a long range tank, an orange box on the back and a wippy aerial with a flag on top!!!

I wouldn't park that there

 

[GPW]

A few years back I read of a guy who rode a small motorbike (90cc) from Beijing to London !

Seems to be a popular thing!

Ed March
https://metro.co.uk/2014/07/01/engi...ss-the-world-on-150-1984-honda-moped-4783386/

Sam Edwards

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[Puddleduck]

strange route.. a direct route would have been less than half that millage .. round the world is only 24,000 ml.. maybe using a Snooper s7000

and spending 7 months in Morocco.. visitor visa is 3 months , how did he manage that

anyways.. epic journey

Perhaps he did that route because he could - and wanted to.

No doubt he made sure he had all the correct visas in place before his departure. When I used to visit the USA on a regular basis I had one of the longer visas rather than a tourist visa, I don't remember how long I could stay but I think it was 6 or 9 or even 12 months but I had to report to the local police office on a weekly (?) basis after 3 months cumulative in any year and get a stamp / signature on the visa. My cousin's husband was a police officer so I used to go to work with him once a week when I was visiting them. Usually I had to tell the officer what he or she needed to do to ensure I was still legal