Bob
29th April 2005, 00:08
Self-proclaimed “Old Geezers” Dick Huurdeman, 72, Des Molloy, 55, and his son Stephen are to undertake a 19,500km ride across Asia and Europe. The trio have planned a route from Beijing to Arnhem..
Stephen, 24 said "For me, I look at these guys and hear about all their adventures and it just took off from there." He will record on film the “Old geezers”' trip riding classic British motorcycles (Huurdeman will ride a 1950s 600cc Norton, Molloy a 650cc Panther) from China to Holland, via Mongolia, the Silk Road of Uzbekistan, the Pamir mountains, the Hindu Kush, the Karakoram Highway, which connects Pakistan and China, the deserts of Iran and Turkey and the hills of Albania and Croatia.
On a journey through Iran in the early 1970s, Mr Molloy swapped a Norton bike for three Persian carpets. He will attempt to find out what happened to that machine on this trip.
The trip is intended to end on August 1. They plan a long detour to attend the 70th birthday of Mr Huurdeman's younger sister. "It will mean riding another 9000km, but she's worth it” said Huurdeman.
Stephen, 24 said "For me, I look at these guys and hear about all their adventures and it just took off from there." He will record on film the “Old geezers”' trip riding classic British motorcycles (Huurdeman will ride a 1950s 600cc Norton, Molloy a 650cc Panther) from China to Holland, via Mongolia, the Silk Road of Uzbekistan, the Pamir mountains, the Hindu Kush, the Karakoram Highway, which connects Pakistan and China, the deserts of Iran and Turkey and the hills of Albania and Croatia.
On a journey through Iran in the early 1970s, Mr Molloy swapped a Norton bike for three Persian carpets. He will attempt to find out what happened to that machine on this trip.
The trip is intended to end on August 1. They plan a long detour to attend the 70th birthday of Mr Huurdeman's younger sister. "It will mean riding another 9000km, but she's worth it” said Huurdeman.