Charley Boorman sets off by motorcycle on By Any Means II

Charley Boorman finally set off to begin his By Any Means II trip and was sent on his way by hundreds of Australian fans.

Boorman was riding a Deus Kawasaki W650 custom bike for the start of the trip that will take him from Sydney in Australia to Russia using as many types of transport as possible.

Boorman was joined by hundreds of Aussie bikers for the first day of the trip that will see him riding for three weeks across Australia before taking a boat to Papua New Guinea and then onto Japan.

Updates from the trip will be appearing on www.motorcyclenews.com as they happen.