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FOR INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURERS WEBSITE.
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NORM MCELROY IS A 70+ YEAR OLD PERSON WHO HAS MOTORCYCLED AROUND THE WORLD. HE ALSO SAILED AROUND THE WORLD ON A 73' FT KETCH "ONDINE" WHILE IN AUSTRALIA HE PARTICIPATED IN THE FAMOUS SIDNEY-HOBART RACE. BELOW WE RECOUNT PART OF HIS MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURES.
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HE RECENTLY WROTE TO US AND SAID "...I MIGHT HAVE ONLY ONE MORE LONG TRIP LEFT IN ME BY MOTORCYCLE."
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POSTCARDS WE HAVE RECEIVED SAID:
***** I USED THIS BIKE (HONDA XL-250) ON MY LAST TRIP THROUGH MEXICO NOV. 16, 1991-DEC. 9, 1991. I AM SAVING THE MILEAGE LEFT ON MY 1976 HONDA XL-250 FOR THE RUSSIAN TRIP, IF IT EVER HAPPENS. I HAVE TWO 1976 250' s AND ONE 1979 XL-250. THESE, I HAVE FOUND, TO BE THE BEST BIKE FOR MY TRIPS.
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***** HI, I AM ON MY WAY THRU RUSSIA. IT IS HARD TO FIND PETRO AND FOOD HERE AND FROM MOSCOW ON IT BECOMES WORSE. EVEN THE RUSSIANS CHUCKLE WHEN I TELL THEM I AM RIDING TO SIBERIA! I GOT A LATE START (JULY 21) DUE TO VISA PROBLEMS--HOPE I MAKE IT BEFORE THE SNOW FLYS. TRUCKERS TELL ME THE ROAD IS NOT PAVED EAST . OF VLADAMIR. IF I SURVIVE, I WILL CALL YOU.
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***** HI, I AM TRAVELING AFRICA ON AN XL 250s AND I AM ABOUT ONE-HALF WAY ALONG. BIKE RUNNING GOOD BUT I AM NOT SO SURE ABOUT MYSELF. DIFFICULT TRIP. HOPE TO BE BACK IN TWO AND ONE-HALF MONTHS. RECEIVED JAN 97.
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***** I'M FINISHING UP MY SCANDANAVIAN TOUR AND CAME BACK FRON N. CAPE, NORWAY BY WAY OF FINLAND, ESTONIA, LATIVA, LITHUANIA, AND POLAND TO BREMEN, GERMANY. NO PROBLEMS SO FAR.
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AS OF 1998 NORM IS SOMEWHERE IN NZ-AUSTRALIA (Norm finished this trip and his report is below)
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HIS STORIES INCLUDE:
# USA TO SOUTH AMERICA AND BACK
# THROUGH RUSSIA WEST TO EAST.
# AROUND ICELAND-FAROE ISLANDS
# ALASKA
RETURN TO THE LIST OF TRAVELLERS PAGE
OR THE HOMEPAGE for INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURERS
AT http://www.rio.com/~tynda
10 MARCH 99