Guinnes World Record

Longest Motorcycle Jouney
Emilio Scotto of Buenos Aires, Argentina, completed the longest ever journey by a motorcycle, covering over 735,000 km (457,000 miles) and 214 countries and territories, from January 17, 1985 to April 2, 1995.

When Emilio Scotto of Argentina was nine years old he decided he wanted to wander the world. On January 17, 1985, aged 30, he quit his job, jumped on his Honda Gold Wing motorcycle, affectionately named "the black princess", and with $300 in hand, he headed down the street. Ten years, two months, and 19 days later he returned home to a hero's welcome, having circumnavigated the planet both clockwise and anticlockwise consecutively, visiting 214 countries and 28 territories.

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On his amazing adventure, Emilo filled 11 passports of 64 pages each. He learnt five languages, was imprisoned six times, arrested on suspicion of drug dealing, of being a Russian spy, and of being an agent for Libyan leader Colonel Gadhafi, was accused of being a Rwandan spy, encountered cannibals and contracted malaria – yet somehow he stayed alive! His girlfriend, Monica, joined him in India, and they were married in a Hindu ceremony, before traveling on together.