TO STROKE YOUR WAY AROUND THE WORLD

 40 Years Before Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, This Guy Went Around the World on a Yamaha Motorcycle

I thought Swansea to Wooburn Green was a challenge, but this guy takes the biscuit. 3 years to circumnavigate the world on a vootorbike. 

In the summer of 1965, a 22-year-old university student wrote to Genichi Kawakami, then President at Yamaha Motor Co., requesting a motorcycle that he could ride around the world on.

The young Shigeru “Stan” Yoshida was surprised to learn that Kawakami would not only provide him with a brand-new Yamaha YDS-3 - a 246cc, twin cylinder two-stroke sports bike - but also a cache of spare parts

“No matter how old you are or what you’re riding, life is best spent behind the handlebars”.