The Adventures of Wan
In October of 2007 it all seemed pretty straight foward to Wan.
From the TotalRuckus.com forum:
"Hi guys~
my name is Wan
I'm from Seoul, South Korea
I want to cross the U.S with Ruckus
For this trip, I worked at the restaurant in Seoul for 1year to make money.
Finally I got the Ruckus today!
and all other things are prepared (camping stuff)
I will start on Next Monday
I'm Fayetteville, N.C now
my plan is
Fayetteville, NC -> Charleston SC -> Savannah GA ->
Jacksonville, FL -> Orlando, FL -> Miami, FL -> Tempa, FL ->
Tallahassee, FL -> New orleans, LA -> Houston, TX -> Austin, TX ->
El paso, Tx, -> Phoenix, AZ , -> Las veas, NV, -> Los angeles, Ca
It will take 3months or more
I know the US is huge and Ruckus is small
I need you guys' supports
I don't have any friend in the U.S yet
Please cheer to me
Thank you~"
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Normally I would not recommend that someone pursue a scooter forum message thread that runs almost 200 pages but the "Adventures of Wan" is too good to let it pass even with all the usual bike forum fodder mixed in.From the TotalRuckus.com forum:
"Hi guys~
my name is Wan
I'm from Seoul, South Korea
I want to cross the U.S with Ruckus
For this trip, I worked at the restaurant in Seoul for 1year to make money.
Finally I got the Ruckus today!
and all other things are prepared (camping stuff)
I will start on Next Monday
I'm Fayetteville, N.C now
my plan is
Fayetteville, NC -> Charleston SC -> Savannah GA ->
Jacksonville, FL -> Orlando, FL -> Miami, FL -> Tempa, FL ->
Tallahassee, FL -> New orleans, LA -> Houston, TX -> Austin, TX ->
El paso, Tx, -> Phoenix, AZ , -> Las veas, NV, -> Los angeles, Ca
It will take 3months or more
I know the US is huge and Ruckus is small
I need you guys' supports
I don't have any friend in the U.S yet
Please cheer to me
Thank you~"
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Imagine one beer loving Korean guy, one loaded down 50cc Honda Ruckus, and the dream of riding across America. 10,000+ miles, more than three months, and countless new friends later Wan had experienced the best of America and a bunch of Americans experienced a truly unique person. I recommend you grab a cold drink and wade through all of the Adventures of Wan. If you love riding and traveling on two wheels you'll count the time as inspiring and well spent.
Labels: travels
posted by Doug K. at 11:31 PM
An Important reminder from the past:
"Who will govern the governors? There is only one force in the nation that can be depended
upon to keep the government pure and the governors honest, and that is the people themselves.
They alone, if well informed, are capable of preventing the corruption of power, and of
restoring the nation to its rightful course if it should go astray. They alone are the safest
depository of the ultimate powers of government" - Thomas Jefferson
4 Comments:
This sounds oh so very cool!
Wow. That's a lot of stuff packed on that scooter.
Kinda like Long Way Round for the scooter trash crowd! I like it. Just goes to show that you don't need the ultimate luxo-touring-bagger to head out and explore.
In my book, this guy definitely deserves the "biker" moniker - much moreso than the chrome polishing fringed leather crowd with the temporary tattoos. ;-)
Cheers,
Lucky
Balls. My kind of rider. I will be sure to check this out. Thanks Doug. And the bar hoppers think they are bad-a*s but this guy gets my vote.
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