Sounds awful. I can fully understand doing a 2 or 3 week tour of an area where bikes are provided if you have the cash and are short on time but just can't get my head around the daft timescales some of these companies come up with for their longer tours.

So why not try London to Kathmandu in 3 weeks instead...

Kudu Expeditions - London - Kathmandu Motorcycle Trip - Tour Africa by Motorbike

(Yes that's UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal) Thankfully looks like an old tour but I guess someone must have paid to go on it.

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TWO MONTHS !!!

Sounds like utter hell........ They will have to sit on the boring Pan American doing mega long days and barely any rest/sightseeing days.

What a waste of money !!

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Nick got famous doing very short blasts around the world so I guess some of the tour 'appeal' is that people can 'do a Nick Sanders'. I have utmost respect for the man but if I was trying to get that sort of distance done it would be on my own. More people = more delays. Delays are fine as long as you're not on a schedule!

This tastes a bit like people buying GS's because it was marketed as an essential part of the 'adventure'. BIG bike + BIG miles + BIG budget = BIG trip?

Less than an ideal timeframe for such a trip, that's for sure.

There are however some people for whom fast rides can make sense.

Some like the adventure and accomplishment of getting from Point A to Point B quickly and pushing their limits. I have friends that do this in running, mountain biking, ski touring, etc. and while it's certainly not for everyone, it makes perfect sense to them.

Others have a hard time getting away for many months to do the long trips in the typical time frame due to work, family, and the usual commitments. They want to accomplish a lot and try to squeeze as much as they can into the time available. The average person acts in a similar manner in their daily lives so it's not too hard to understand how one might convince oneself that it seems reasonable for a holiday as well.

Not sure what the profile of the different riders are, but I'd give them the benefit of doubt that they gave due consideration to the reasons that they are doing the trip and they made sure that the trip matched their desires, at least initially.

If a person has the time, then certainly travel at a pace that makes the most sense to you. If not, then be aware of the tradeoffs.

I'm sure they'll still have the trip of a lifetime. For the next two months, they'll be riding in the warm sun of the Americas for 10 hours a day. No doubt they'll be having fun compared to the rest of us who will be sitting in an office for those same 10 hours and staring out the window.

A bad day of riding beats a good day of working...