Leopoldo Tartarini and Giorgio Monetti rode Ducati 175 Tourismos across five continents.

Before Ewan and Charley, two Italian youths named Leopoldo Tartarini and Giorgio Monetti rode Ducati 175 Tourismos across five continents. Like Ewan and Charley, Leopoldo and Giorgio had factory support (from Ducati), professional assistance in planning their route, and a list of dealers in some of the countries they travelled through if they needed help. Unlike Ewan and Charley, they rode without backup vehicles, did their own filming, took a year and covered over 37,000 miles, not four months and 19,000 miles.