"I rode around the world – then my motorcycle got nicked in the UK"

A motorcycle adventurer told how he rode around the world on his BMWR80RT only to have it nicked when got back to the UK.

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Gavin Francis, 32, rode from his home in Edinburgh to Australia and back, passing through dangerous and lawless regions of Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia.

On returning a month ago he parked the BMW outside a friend’s house in Edinburgh – and the next time he looked it was gone.

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Police found the motorcycle vandalised in a street nearby.

Francis said: “I’ve parked that bike in Beruit, Amman and Delhi, and it spends one night in Edinburgh and gets stolen.”