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Klaus Ulvestad (left) greets John Calvert, of Bowling Green, as Ulvestad and his friend Tormod Amlien (back) prepare to drive their 1937 Nimbus motorcycles to Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday. Over the last 11 months, Ulvestad and Amlien, of Norway, have completed about half of their world tour and have traveled more than 18,000 miles. The duo have been chronicling their adventures on their Web site, www.kccd.no, and receive help, donations and places to stay through friends and connections within the motorcycle community. They will be heading to Los Angeles and then to South America.

Steve Rossier rides his motorcycle across continent By Karl Chalabala Steve Rossier rode through Alaska with a shotgun strapped to the front of his motorcycle, on the lookout for bears. “I felt much more comfortable because of it [the shotgun] when I was in the bush,” he said. “People were telling me to watch out for bears. I was just pulling off dirt roads and camping. But there was only one night I heard anything. It could have been a bear or a moose. I always slept in my clothes so I wouldn’t have to roll out of bed in...