Emilio Scotto

Emilio Scotto
Born
Emilio Walter Eduardo Alfredo Scotto[1]

(1954-09-27) September 27, 1954 (age 70)[1][2]
Buenos Aires,[2] Argentina
Occupation(s)Motorcycle traveler, adventurer, writer and motivational speaker
SpouseMonica Pino

Emilio Scotto (Buenos Aires, September 27, 1954)[1][2] is an Argentine adventurer, photojournalist, and writer. As of 2009 he holds the Guinness record for the world's longest motorcycle ride, spanning 10 years, 214 countries[3] and a total distance of 457,000 miles (735,000 km).[4][5] [6] The ride was done on a 1980 Honda Gold Wing GL1100 motorcycle Scotto calls "Black Princess",[7] which now sits in the Don's Riverside Car Museum in Laughlin, Nevada. Scotto recounted his travels in a 224-page book illustrated with his photographs, The Longest Ride: My Ten-Year 500,000 Mile Motorcycle Journey[8], published in 2007.

  1. ^ a b c Emilio Walter Eduardo Alfredo Scotto info at Argentine electoral registry, published on Buscar Datos (Search Data) website.
  2. ^ a b c "¿Quien es Emilio Scotto?", Otroladodelmundo (blog) (in Spanish), Fotolog.com, 1993, archived from the original on 2016-03-04, retrieved 2015-07-29
  3. ^ "The Best Travelled - UN Master List" Archived 2018-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, The Best Travelled Retrieved 21 February 2016
  4. ^ Glenday, Craig (2009), Guinness World Records 2009, Random House, p. 176, ISBN 9780553592566
  5. ^ Stermer, Bill (2006), Streetbikes: Everything You Need to Know, MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 9780760323625
  6. ^ https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-journey-by-motorcycle-(distance). {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  8. ^ Scotto, Emilio (8 December 2013). The Longest Ride: My Ten-Year 500,000 Mile Motorcycle Journey. Motorbooks. ISBN 978-0760346501.