Tom Vitoin

Tom Vitoín
Author(s)	Luís Pinto-Coelho (cartoonist)
Website	http://www.tomVitoín.com/
Current status / schedule	Running
Syndicate(s)	Motociclismo
Publisher(s)	Motorpress Lisboa
Genre(s)	Humor

Tom Vitoín is a fictional character from the Portuguese comic strip "As Odisseias de um Motard" (The Odysseys of a Biker) by Luis Pinto-Coelho, published in the Portuguese Motociclismo magazine since 1992.

In the strips, Tom Vitoín and friends experience all sort of situations and adventures every-day riders encounter often in real life.

The surname Vitoín is inspired from V-twin engines designation.

Albums

Apart from the monthly publications in the magazine Motociclismo five compilations were already published. Also, two original albums, written by the Portuguese female driver Elisabete Jacinto, were released, based on Portuguese attendance at Paris-Dakar Rally.

As Odisseias de um Motard (1996)
As Odisseias de um Motard nº2 (1999)
As Odisseias de um Motard nº3 (2003)
As Odisseias de um Motard nº4 (2007)
As Odisseias de um Motard nº5 (2011)

Os Portugas no Dakar vol.1 (2003)
Os Portugas no Dakar vol.2 (2007)

Motorcycles

In the first years Tom Vitoín had a Yamaha FJ 1200. Then, he changed for a Triumph Trophy-4 which still uses nowadays.

External links

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