Emile Leray

Emile Leray
Born11 September 1949 (1949-09-11) (age 75)
France
NationalityFrench
Known forBuilding a motorcycle in the Moroccan Desert

Emile Leray (born 11 September 1949) is a French electrician who is most noteworthy for transforming a car into a motorcycle while stranded in the Moroccan Desert.

Achievements

Leray built a desert motorcycle out of the parts of a broken-down Citroën 2CV in 1993, while on a solo trip in Morocco. His car broke down in the middle of the Sahara when he accidentally hit a rock which damaged his car's chassis. He was stranded twenty miles from the nearest settlement, with only enough food and water to last ten days.[1] To survive, Leray used parts of his broken-down car to build a motorcycle, and twelve days after the accident was able to drive it to a village 20 miles away.

References

  1. ^ "PHOTOS: Man escapes African desert DOOM, turns wrecked car into DIY motorcycle". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020.

 

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