Dave Barr (Veteran, Motorcyclist)

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Dave Barr (B 1952)is a well known motorcyclist best known for being the first double amputee to circumnavigate the globe. He lives in Bodfish, California where he runs a motorcycle tour company.

[edit] History

Dave joined the US Marine Corps when he was 17 and served in Vietnam on a helicopter gunship.

After discharge in 1972 he lived in various locations around the world.In 1981 while riding in a military vehicle in southern Angola, his vehicle drove over a land mine and the resulting explosion cost him both of his legs, above the knee on the right and below the knee on the left. He was 29 years old and, although he did not know it at the time, his journey as a motorcyclist was about to began. In 1994 Barr (b.1952) set a world record for riding a Harley Davidson 83,000 miles around the world.[1]

Barr also set a second world record for riding the so-called Southern Cross. In just 45 days during 1996, he completed the first motorcycle journey ever between the four extreme geographical corners of the Australian continent.

Barr was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2000 not only for his world record setting exploits, but also for the charity work he has done for the disabled along the way [2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Riding the Edge", Dave Barr Publications ISBN 1-879854-11-2
  2. ^ Motorcycle Hall of Fame: Dave Barr