Thread by @Senyor_Esteve, A wanderlust/motorcycle journey thread sparked by trying to find the title of [...]

A wanderlust/motorcycle journey thread sparked by trying to find the title of a book I have forgotten and finding others I didn’t know existed.

1. Bessie Stringfield https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvxke7/bessie-stringfield-first-black-woman-motorcycled-across-america-jim-crow

The Black Woman Who Biked Across the US Alone During the 1930s Jim Crow Era

Despite pervasive racism and the weight of the Great Depression, Bessie Stringfield found freedom on the open road.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvxke7/bessie-stringfield-first-black-woman-motorcycled-across-america-jim-crow

2. The book I was looking for. Robert Edison Fulton Jr. https://thedandooligan.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/book-review-one-man-caravan-a-proper-good-read-sah/

Book Review: One Man Caravan – A proper good read, Sah!

These days, taking a motorcycle trip around the world still has its perils, but is almost a coming of age type thing for the adventure motorcyclist. It has its dangers, but most places have a healt…

https://thedandooligan.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/book-review-one-man-caravan-a-proper-good-read-sah/

3a. Ted Simon; Jupiter’s Travels. Rather like Star Wars, many people haven’t heard of or read Ted Simon. I encourage you to do so; it’s not about the bike per se, it’s the people he meets. https://g.co/kgs/A6THkW

Jupiter's Travels

Jupiter's Travels is a book by Ted Simon which narrates his four-year journey through 126,000 km across 45 countries on a Triumph Tiger 100 500 cc motorcycle from 1973 to 1977. His book was first...

https://g.co/kgs/A6THkW

3b. Ted Simon again. He repeated his journey many years later. Dreaming of Jupiter https://g.co/kgs/HWo9TT

Dreaming of Jupiter

Ted Simon is the author of the classic travel book JUPITER'S TRAVELS. It documents his four-year journey round the world by motorbike, travelling through Europe, Africa, South and North America, and...

https://g.co/kgs/HWo9TT

4. Lois Pryce. Lois on the Loose.

The theme developing in this thread is accounts of individuals setting out to see the world, choosing a motorcycle for transport, and not taking support vehicles and camera crew. https://g.co/kgs/7wiYJA

Lois on the Loose

Lois Pryce was working at the BBC in London, firmly set on the career track. But unbeknownst to her coworkers, Lois was leading a parallel life as well, that of a biker babe with an overwhelming case...

https://g.co/kgs/7wiYJA

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