Carol and Ken Duval

Carol and Ken Duval are Australian long-distance motorcyclists.[1] They started long-distance riding outside of Oceania in March 1997, completing a circumnavigation of the Earth in June 2001, having touched 57 countries and covered 200,000 kilometers.[2] In 2007 Ken Duval retired, the couple sold their belongings in Brisbane, Australia to raise $500,000 for traveling, and they started on a new journey.[2][3] By 2017, after eight years on the road, they had finished a second circumnavigation and had racked up nearly one million kilometers; both trips were on the same motorcycle, a 1981 BMW R80G/S.[2][4][5]

References
  1. Shirley Hardy-Rix and Brian Rix (2013). Circle to Circle – A Journey Through the Americas and Beyond. ISBN 9781742983707. OCLC 1084340672.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Hinchliffe, M. (September 22, 2007). "Wandering the world – intrepid grey nomads set off for second motorcycle circumnavigation". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane, Australia – via ProQuest.
  3. Carol and Ken Duval (October 2, 2007). "Life On A Bike....RTW 2". Horizons Unlimited.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. Egle GERULAITYTE (April 1, 2017), "Ken and Carol: Twenty Years On the Road", Women ADV Riders
  5. Brian Rix (May 24, 2017), "What's in your bag?", Australian Road Rider (136), pp. 82–92

Further reading
  • Frazier, Gregory (2014). Down and Out in Patagonia, Kamchatka, and Timbuktu: Greg Frazier's Round and Round and Round the World Motorcycle Journey. Motorbooks. p. 187. ISBN 076034583X.
  • Wrucha, Edyta (April 4, 2017), "Ken i Carol Duval – 20 lat w motocyklowej podróży" [Ken and Carol Duval – 20 years on a motorcycle trip], Motocaina (in Polish)
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