Sjaak Lucassen

Sjaak Lucassen
Born (1961-10-02) October 2, 1961[1]
Maashees, The Netherlands[1]
Nationality Dutch
Known for Long-distance motorcycle riding
Website www.sjaaklucassen.nl

Sjaak Lucassen (born October 2, 1961[1][2]) is a Dutch long-distance motorcycle rider.

Travels

Between 1995 and 1998 he traveled 160,000 kilometres (99,000 mi) on a Honda Fireblade and then between 2001 and 2006 he traveled 250,000 kilometres (160,000 mi) around the world on a Yamaha YZF-R1.[3][4] One journalist deemed the Yamaha sportbike to be "by its nature" inappropriate for the journey's demands of "off-road traveling, desert and deep water crossing".[5] His solo travels of the 2000s are documented in the film Sjaak the World and the book Life on 2 wheels written by Lucassen. A 16,000-kilometre (9,900 mi) trip from Florida to Alaska with German long-distance rider Doris Wiedemann beginning January 2009 was documented in her 2010 book, Winter Ride to Alaska: By Motorcycle from Florida to the Shore of the Arctic Ocean.[6][7] In March–April 2013, Lucassen rode from Barrow, Alaska to Key West, Florida, starting with traversal over sea ice and frozen tundra from Barrow to Nuiqsut, towing a sledge part way.[8][9]

In a 2012 interview for the Royal Dutch Touring Club, Lucassen reckoned he had spent ten years of his life journeying in the saddle of a motorcycle.[3]

Documentation

Books and film

Speaking

Lucassen was an invited speaker at the German Globetrotter Club's 2009 and 2013 Globetrottertreffen rallies in Austria.[11][12]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lucassen, Sjaak, "About R1-Sjaak", Official website, retrieved 2013-11-01
  2. ↑ Cycle World 2004.
  3. 1 2 Lucassen 2012, p. 71.
  4. ↑ Ferraresi 2005.
  5. ↑ Top Speed 2013.
  6. ↑ BMW MOA 2009.
  7. ↑ Wiedemann 2010.
  8. ↑ Richardsen 2013.
  9. ↑ Royal Dutch Touring Club 2013.
  10. ↑ Black Hills Film Festival 2011.
  11. ↑ German Globetrotter Club 2012.
  12. ↑ German Globetrotter Club 2013.

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