Motorcycle Circumnavigators of the World

How many people have circumnavigated the world by motorcycle?

I rode around the world on my Triumph Rocket X in 2017 / 2018 wondering how many people had circumnavigated before me. Unable to find an answer I started work to create a definitive list, researching fastidiously to determine the number, as well as noting names, dates, bikes, countries and so on.

The list is an open source to enable the global motorcycle community to contribute to it.

There are now over 340 names on it, and includes the first man, Carl Stearns Clancy in 1912, the first woman, Joy McKean in 1955, the youngest person, Mike Schram, and the fastest person, Nick Sanders.

DISCLAIMER: This list is the result of extensive but unverified and unsubstantiated research by me. Sources are potentially unreliable. I make no claim that it's either definitive, totally, or even partially accurate. You can help by supplying me with what you know, and most importantly, reliable sourcing information.

Rules / Criteria

I know there will be all sorts of disagreement, but in order to have something that most could agree on without excess rigour, this is what I have decided:

• A circumnavigation of the world, starting at any point and finishing at the same approximate point, crossing every line of longitude.

• Powered two wheels – Motorcycle, moped, scooter. Sidecars permitted.

• Any direction, any continent, and any country.

• Continuous journey by motorcycle. Breaks permitted.

• Same motorcycle not required for the whole trip, it's ok to change.

• Ocean passages permitted by sea or air.

• Air over short sections of land not currently doable for whatever reason (e.g. war, pandemic) ok.

• Rider and pillion included.

The list is here : Horizons Unlimited

Please send me as much information as possible about a NEW World Circumnavigation, using the reply form below: