R1 World Tour 2001-2006 Videos 1/4

The 5 year and 5 month long R1 world trip was recorded by Sjaak on about 200 hours of video film. This with the idea to make a documentary of it that shows what traveling around the world by motorcycle really means.

In the US he met Brandon Green of Evergreen Images.
A friendship developed and that is how a documentary about Sjaak and his travels came about.

See the trailer below...

Sjaak the World – documentary preview

Sponsor Clymer Repair Manuals, just like Brandon located in Kansas City, wanted to share Sjaak’s journey with the general public. Brandon was asked to do this. He created 3 videos about Sjaak’s adventure, who had been on the road for three and a half years at that time.

However, much of the video material remained unused, which is why Marcus Kingma made several “Life on 2 Wheels Videoclips” about the first part of the adventure, years later.

Finally, there are also a few short clips made with the help of Peter, R1-Sjaak’s brother-in-law, to illustrate the MotoPort Magazine articles that Sjaak wrote during the monster ride. Enjoy!!

– Shock the World

– In Africa

A mix of video footage shot in Africa.

– In South America

A mix of video footage shot in South America.

Part 1. – Starting a Life on 2 Wheels

In this part I’m leaving from my country the Netherlands, travel through Belgium, France, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain before crossing the Strait of Gibraltar into Morocco, got knocked over by an ambulance and had fun in the long corners on Spanish roads. Enjoy this travel!!!

Part 2. – En route to the Sahara

In this part I travel through Morocco and Western Sahara, have my first puncture, see stunning nature, drop my bike, notice a hairline crack in the frame, say good bey to my first rear tyre and lots more.

Part 3. – Crossing the Sahara Desert

In this part I travel in Western Sahara and Mauritania, riding my R1 across the Sahara Desert over a 500 kilometres stretch of sand.

Part 4. – Sand, sand and more sand

In this part I travel in Mauritania and Senegal, ride a mix of asphalt and sand, get a visa in a fish factory and ride over a structure from the designer of the Eiffel Tower.

Part 5. – On the way to Timbuktu

In this part I travel through Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and Mali, completed my own Paris to Dakar, have several challenging river crossings and find my way through the Sahel towards Timbuktu, not knowing that I have malaria.

Part 6. – Malaria

In this part I travel through the Sahel in Mali, ride 2-up, are sightseeing in Timbuktu, struggle tired and sick through the desert, patch 20 holes in the tyres, got my dislocated arm fixed under sedation and meet a doctor that didn’t expect me to survive the Malaria.

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