In 1981, he bought his first BMW motorcycle, added a large tank and took the road to Africa. Travelling the world on a motorcycle soon become his passion. He rode his motorcycle more than 400,000 km through 77 countries, from South America to North America and across the virtually "inpenetrable" jungle in Panama. Pedersen also toured through Australia and Asia. And he wrote a travel book in Norwegian, worked as a journalist for a couple of international motorcycle magazines and presented his multimedia slide shows.