Super Women S1 Ep 1: Elspeth Beard, the first British woman to motorbike around the world.

[@imnost62]

Just finished reading Beard's Lone Rider and after completing a quick summer trip throughout the Pacific Northwest of the United States with my twenty one year-old daughter, each on our own Tigers, I can personally attest that misogynistic attitudes still prevail. As a father and spouse of super women, I just wanted to thank you for this short documentary on Elspeth Beard and for your championing and bringing to light these amazing stories.

[@eastlondon666]

Met Elspeth at the excel bike show last week, took her book, absolutely amazing, such a humble person, would love to spend time listening to her story, it really does take your breath away. If you ride bikes you will know that what she done on that journey without all the modern tech is incredible. See you at the excel next year!

[@adnanlatif9007]

She certainly is a Super woman Love her story

[@penda77]

Such an amazing story, she's a hero of mine.

[@OldschoolJefke]

Amazing story, the book is a great read for anyone who rides a motorcycle! Great vid!

[@ericsweetadventure]

Great woman, great video. Wacky competing sound bed a few times but definitely worth the watch. Elspeth is inspiring.

[@TheGT360]

Amazing achievement ❤️ great lady respect u lot😮💯❤️

[@messercp7366]

Complimenti per il Viaggio!!! Grande Elspeth!!! :-))))

[@bristolfashion4421]

What a fantastic tale - I've just read Lone Rider and can confrim that it sounds like a tough, tough trip !! Well Done, Elspeth ! I wouldn't have lasted *3 weeks* into what she did - a lot of it (but by no means all of it...) on her own.

[@debrareddick5026]

Such an amazing lady and an inspiration to others. Xx

[@gerardlacey9384]

Beautiful video, many thanks, an amazing girl!, I'd love to meet her!. I should think those clowns at Bike did apologise!. Many thanks again and best wishes to Elspeth!. Gérard lacey in Ireland. X.

[@mbell7860]

Fascinating story and great interview!

[@grumpysprout3505]

What a brilliant brave women! To travel around the world on her own, fantastic👍

[@martyn_g]

Lone Rider is a brilliant book.

[@paulseoighemcgee5772]

Inspiring and well made content : )

[@ronellefiji8731]

Utter respect ❤

[@esslar1]

Quite nice to see that her helmet is precisely the type I wore for the whole time I rode my 1966 Triumph 500. The Bell was a great helmet and kept me safe the one time I went down in the rain on a sharp curve going to work one morning. The bike survived okay and though the tank was bent up, I got an even better one from a couple of great mechanics who had it laying about the shop, painted it, and all was well.

[@andrewshields5322]

I think bike magazine should be asked to comment on that letter

[@Denmark_1974]

Great music.

[@PRIS555]

She rocks. Currently reading Lone Rider & I recently got the Lone Rider:The Photographs book. Her photography skills are very good. If somebody made a movie about Elspeth Beards' trip I reckon Emily Blunt would be the one to do it. That photo of Elspeth on the BMW wearing the red & black scarf, at quick glance I thought it was Emily Blunt. Same initials too. Coincidence?.

[@miguelangelsenillosa8081]

Gracias gracias genio

[@G58]

To ‘meet’ a genuine pioneer, even via a KZbin video, is a privilege. But I’m wondering what’s really changed over nearly four decades. This video was posted last May. It’s been viewed 3,757 times, 40 people have given it a thumbs up, and there are two comments, one left 14 hours ago by Peter, succinctly and not a little ironically reads: “No words”! You’re reading the other. I’m a guy who, due to the needs of my new family, had to give up biking to buy a car as Elspeth was setting out on her groundbreaking journey. I confess to being jealous. I wish I’d done some half as crazy. But it’s simply no effort to get just how important Elspeth’s story is, to women yes, but to all bikers and humans in general. It’s people like her who help connect humanity. Whilst most of us will never make such an epic journey, nor be a pioneer of any kind, we should all celebrate the fact that someone did, and recognise just how important the connections Elspeth made truly are. So, thank you for sharing this important story, and thank you Elspeth for following your dream and having the courage to do what no one thought you could. Ride safe Peace

[@RustyJerome]

Two days ago, I’d never even heard of Elspeth Beard. She only came to my attention yesterday, when I saw a photo of her in a cool retrospective here on youtube, and decided to do a little research. What makes this story so great is how she courageously left her comfort zone to challenge herself, and to act independently from the herd. Sadly, Non-conformity appears to be all but dead in this age of social-media likes. After living such a profound and transformative experience, the day to day consensus-trance must’ve seemed like a rather bland place by comparison. Many great people who’ve endured hardships have spoken of this feeling. Good luck to you, and your new family :-)

[@G58]

Dr.Sinister Thank you. Wise words indeed.

[@pnblondon1087]

Up to 25,000 views now.

[@peteodonald5440]

Elsbeth can only be for BMW what Steve McQueen is for Triumph. Absolutely fabulous.

[@martinseel2837]

love this lady..... how is it possible that so less people have watched this video. Stupid girls who are showing off how they put on make-up get many 100k visitors.....This here is something everybody can learn a lesson for their own lifes.

[@chamade166]

Most girls would rather put on make up.

[@pnblondon1087]

Up to 25,000 views now.

[@MalJ-eb7nv]

The sound engineer got carried away in parts - too loud over voice.

[@1990-t1j]

When was this filmed, please?

[@TreboriRobertHZ]

Does the music need to be that loud? One wonders.

[@lenwenzel7440]

Its a shame the sound track music ruins the interview. Bloody shame.

[@micktepolt6276]

i say why not ,

[@PeterHardySWMF]

No words

[@karelkrticka2786]

Could someone please help me understand? Did she say that she worked for three months in the pub, and this way she made enough money to fly to the US, buy a motorcycle there, and then travel around the world?

[@pnblondon1087]

No, you've confused two separate things. In 1981 she flew to LA and bought a BMW R75 there and rode it back to New York, sold it and then flew home. But she already had the R60 back in England when she did that. She had to work for a lot more than 3 months to save up the money for her RTW trip.

[@karelkrticka2786]

@@pnblondon1087 Hi mate, thank you for the clarification.

[@simonbirt6121]

I always thought that Bike Magazine was a a publication created by the unimaginative for the undiscerning. The stile has always been the same, how fast, how many gadgets and will it make me attractive to women, all written by insecure little boys.

[@lawsonsmith]

Around the world (RTW)? Not exactly; and not the first female Brit to undertake an equivalent feat. Across the USA (again) then she flew down to Oz via NZ which - after begging a working visa from the Oz High Commission in NZ - she rode around and eventually returned to the UK, on a trajectory northwest from Perth, WA, through Asia, delicious dead dog in Thailand, plus new waif & stray Dutch BF on a BMW and all! Having killed a suicidal chook on a Honda Wave 110 in north-west Vietnam myself, I'm sympathetic! All laudable stuff but a short-cut RTW basically. And her recollections of NZ are simply erroneous, Harry Potterish, and at odds with verifiable statistics of the actual private car fleet, with fewer Brit-originating vehicles than Australian, Japanese and European combined by 1984. Whilst by 1990 as local CKD assembly collapsed, used Japanese cars were being imported en masse. A better, more efficient route would have been overland from Europe through Asia down to Oz, then home to Europe via Africa, with just one decent flight required from Perth WA to Joburg etc. Entertaining book otherwise - Superwoman? Not exactly!

[@hughcalder6156]

i have been to 68 countries and 48 states of America all in my 20s.. that was from the mid 80s .I can't claim RTW either but she has been where i have not dared .. you must agree she did a very rare trip.. when i got home from one trip four months in north america and canada .. my dad was unhappy to see me and told me to f. off get my van off his property as it had been parked there far too long.. twenty years later he asked me about where i went .. i replied "Here and there and back again.. Dad" i lived in vans and travelled on bikes. in 2005 i declared that i had never made a tax return.. but i once had a job in robert dyas in Woking 1979 when i must of paid PAYE.. ALSO I lost my passport once so i popped into the local british police station .. it had been handed in .. the police man told me i didn't exist.. i was was the most untraceable person he ever met.. with the most interesting passport stamps he had ever seen..

[@pujapete3665]

what is the point in knocking what she achieved as a young woman.she did what alot talk about.it was a different world back in the early 8o,s and i for one admire her get up and go and just do it attitude.i guess you always see the negative in things.

[@danielmccarthy1982]

The time you spent writing this could have been better spent reflecting upon what is lacking within you that obliged you to diminish her achievements.

[@pujapete3665]

@@danielmccarthy1982 exactly

[@ekimandersom4478]

As a woman on a bike alone in the eightees, that is one hell of an achievement.

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

What an amazing human being.

[@walterenslin9807]

I couldn't agree more