There are plenty of legendary world motorcycle trips being completed by people to make multiple books and films over the next few years, but this one we just had to share. One intrepid traveller is making his way from Sydney to London on a postal bike.

Currently somewhere between India and the rest of the Middle East, Nathan Millward is travelling with a used postie bike to get from Australia back to his native England, with a 105cc engine and an “80kmh flat-out-downhill, wind-behind-us top speed”.

Nathan has christened his trustie little postal bike “Dot” and says there are some significant advantages to this kind of vehicle. For a start, it’s extremely fuel efficient, and secondly it’s simple mechanics mean if he can’t fix it, someone nearby usually can.

As Nathan says: “What’s more proper than a bike giving all it’s got, being tested to its limit every day and yet still going fantastically strong?” He says that if Dot can’t get him home, nothing can. Read more on the Sydney Morning Herald.

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While many motorcyclists see South America as the mecca of legendary motorcycling, Jeff Buchanan has gone right back to Spanish roots, and retraced the steps of mythical literary figure Don Quixote, by motorcycle.

Travelling through the La Mancha region to the south and east of Madrid, they tour the region brought to life by Cervantes’ fictional hero, and in so doing indulge in literary history in stunning landscapes.

While it may be difficult to pay homage to the significance of this literary work, giving birth to what we know as the novel, Buchanan completes a motorcycle itinerary in Spain, reliving episodes from the book. He says:

If ever there was a literary personage that possesses the wanderlust so prevalent in the consciousness of motorcyclists, it is Quixote. The self-proclaimed knight-errant, accompanied by a devoted squire, Sancho Panza, on his donkey, just two misfits searching for purpose and adventure in an indifferent world.

For full details on this amazing motorcycle tour, see “A Man in La Mancha” and send the guys at Ultimate Motorcycling an email.

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We saw Gionata Nencini’s video of his world motorcycle travels a week ago, but here it is with English subtitles, so you can follow the story of this crazy Italian on his world motorcycle tour, with a 22-year-old Honda Transalp that is nearly older than the rider himself. To activate the subtitles, click on the bottom right menu in the video screen.

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On May 8th, Italian motorcyclist Gionata Nencini celebrated four years of two wheel adventuring on the road. When he first left for what became a world tour, Nencini was 21 years old, he had 2,200 euros in his pocket and a vague idea of travelling by motorcycle. Today he has so far covered approximately 170,000 kilometres, visited 26 countries across four continents and spent more than 1,461 days travelling with nine punctures.

The trip is less about numbers and statistics, and more about a personal project that was inspired by various books Nencini had read and certain ideals that would be easy to give up for the comfort of society.

Gionata’s trip doesn’t have much to do with the Long Way Round, as he wants to tell his story and show people what it really means to travel and see the world, and the people who live in it. He believes that motorcycle travel can be done by anyone, without support teams, sponsors and specialist knowledge; he is a traveller, not a professional rider.

Continue reading: Travelling the world with a motorcycle: Gionata Nencini celebrates four years of worldwide motorcycle travel

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