Kevin Sanders and Julia Sanders (née Powell) are an English motorcyclist husband and wife noted for overland long-distance riding. They hold two Guinness World Records. The first was achieved in June 2002 by circumnavigating the world by motorcycle in 19½ days. The second was completed on 22 September 2003, riding the length of the Americas from Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, United States to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina in 35 days and breaking the previous record by over 12 days. After these Guinness World records, they founded their motorcycle expedition company, GlobeBusters Motorcycle Expeditions in 2004. Biography Kevin was born in London in 1964, and grew up in Tottenham. He has ridden motorcycles since he was 17. He moved to Cambridge and started his own motorcycle training school, "BikeSafe". He holds the highest qualifications for advanced motorcycling available to civilians, the RoSPA Diploma in Advanced Motorcycle Tuition. Julia Powell was born in Sheffield in 1966. Sanders met Julia when travelling in South America in 1997. They got married in Cusco, Peru in 2001. Since then they have broken two motorcycle world records, started their own motorcycle expedition company, GlobeBusters, been featured in many magazines, made their own motorcycle travel DVDs and have been featured on National Geographic Channel. Guinness World Records rides 2002 World Circumnavigation In 2002, Kevin and Julia Sanders broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of the world by motorcycle, taking 12½ days off the previous record established by Nick Sanders in June 1997. They averaged each day on the bike and rode in 19 days 8 hours and 25 minutes. The bike used was a BMW R1150GS. The ride took place between 11 May and 22 June 2002. This motorcycle record also beat the existing car record for Around the World by 1 hour and 50 minutes, a record which allows two drivers to rotate the driving. Their Guinness World Record motorcycle ride now stands as the fastest overland vehicle around the world, although the Guinness World Records no longer recognises such attempts. 2003 Trans Americas The previous record for the Trans Americas route had stood at 47½ days. The Sanders broke this by over 12 days, doing it in 35 days. The ride started on 18 August 2003 and finished on 22 September 2002. The Trans Americas route covered almost of tough riding, rugged terrains and extreme weather conditions. They rode from