The Scooter Diaries was funded via an incredibly exciting Kickstarter campaign, which came right down to the wire. That campaign has been saved for posterity so you can see it here:
http://kickstarter.thescooterdiaries.com
Here are the names of all the wonderful backers from Kickstarter, except for those who wished to be anonymous.
Aaron Hecker
Adrian Fisher
Adventure Hermit (Joe Trey)
Alain Labadie
Alana Duran and Tom Parkin
Alastair Humphreys
Alex Ellul
Alexis Gilbert
Alexis Luko
Amber Swope
Amy Boyes
Andre Torrez
Andreas Larsson
Andrew VonSquirrel
Andrew Whitehurst
Angelo Storti
Annie Holtby
Anthony Lucente
Ashley Duncan
Attila Algan
Barry Bangson
Ben Oliver
Ben Slavin | www.MotorcycleMexico.com
Benjamin R. Watkins
Beth and Bryan Hoey
Beth Hess
Bill & Gloria Mascoe
Bill Haagenson
Bill Sylvester
Billie McNamara
Bloodworth Motorcycles
Bob Heiges
Bob Mueller
Brandon Johnson
Brandon Pennington
Brenda Mollison
Brian Hayes
Brian Henderson
Brian Kelley
Brooke Ballard
CapnK & the Crewdogs
Caroline & Neil Bostwick
Chad Ferguson
Cheeky Seats
Chris Bentley - Wild Dog Creek SC, Australia
Chris Borger
Chris Goodman
Christopher Harries
Church H. Tucker
CJ Mullin
Clint Mullins
Corey Fraser (Scooter Fix!)
Cristian Franzén, Lambretta Club Stockholm
Curtis Krause
D. DeGregory
D. James Ryan
Dan & Val Bailey
Dan K.
Dan Piassick
Daniel Superina
Darren Misiak
Dave Matthys
Dave Robertson
Dave S. Clark
Dave Varney
David Efurd
David Hardy
David Kitchin
David Sherrod
David Stover Smith
Deano Paravantes
Deb Vaughn
Debbie (aka Throttlebunny) Elkington
Denise Surles
Diego Armando
Dion Morse
Don M Peterson
Don McCallen
Donna Bauer
Doug Sharp
Dr. Bruce Ramsey
Ed and Sheila Hildebrandt
Edward Dale
Emmet Connolly
Eric Almendral
Eric Curtis
Erik Kastner
Erika Web
Fiona Pullar
Flora Baker
Frank Adamson
Fred Frederiksen
Gabriel Kenner
Gale & Sandy Tuggle
Gary Steckly
Gary Woood
Gavin Duck
George Bauer
Gerry Michaud
Gilby
Glenn Guillas
Greg Weatherdon
Gwen Hensley
Howard Rains
Howie W McCollister
Hugh C. McBride
Il Svedese
Ingeborg Orozco
Ira Walton
Ivan Law
Jackie Fitzpatrick
Jaguars Scooter Club
Janine McGinness
Jason Khoo Yew Kim
Jason Kottke
Jen Smith
Jenna McCann
Jeremy Wilker
Jesper Bergom-Larsson
Jim Ehrismann
Jim Kennedy
jjustj
Jock from Lambrettista.net
Joe & Kimberly Robinson
Joe and Kimberly Robinson
Joe Grimes
John Clarke
John Headley
John Meilahn
Johnny Bravo
Jon Fedyk
Jonny Miller
Joost Zoetebier
Jordan and Daniel Orofino
Joshua Debner
Juanita Mewhinney
Justin Bowers
Kathy Hicks
Katie Lee Emmer
Katie Wirt from Kansas City, MO
Keith Davis
Ken Johnson
Kerri K Bernhard
Kevin Clifton
Kieran "K-Dog" Walsh
Kyle Miller
Lance Fauber
Laura Myers
Laurie Powers
Leslie Sofarelli aka advgrrls
Linda Smith
Lisa Hague
Loretta Michaud
LunaP
M Shapiro
M. E. Mangan
Mani K. Trump
Mapsail
Marcel Ray
Marcus Zadra
Margaret Thomas Buchholz (cousin of George Holton)
Margot
Mark Hubber
Mark Mathewson
Martin Sweeney
Marty
Marty Empringham
Martyn Meek
Mary Bolton
Matt Jackson
Matt Ufholz
Matthew DeVries
Michael Cowell
Mike Anhalt
Mike Bowers
Mike Furth
Mike Stirrat
Mike Sub
Ming Koh
mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine)
Mr & Mrs Chris Bowman
Natalie Macquire
Nathaniel Davis
Nathaniel Howe
Naz Rimmer
Neal Kelly
Neil Humphrey
Neil Morris
Nellie and Robert Bowman
Nicholas Henri Tay
Nicholas Markusic
Nick Townsend LCSA
Nicole Gauthier
Omer Yariv
Overland Magazine www.overlandmagazine.com
Pablo Kenney
Pat Jurek
Paul Barber
Paul Nicholas Blezard
Peggy
Peter Lundgren
R. Best
R. James B.
Rachel C. Hoyt
Rae L. Hanson
Raelene Woods & Graeme Allbon
Raghu Patibandla
Ralph Dunkel
Rebecca Coupland
Red Wideboys Lambretta Club Sheffield
Rémy "Skuz" STIEGLITZ
Richard Machida
Rick Pannemann
Rick Schippling
Rifat Z. Turgen
Ritch Davis
Rob Bowman
Rob Long
Rob Martens
Robert Brazile
Robert McClelland
Robin Andersen
Ron Arnold
Ryan Hess
Ryan Ressler
S&M Boiler Works
sarah anne clarke
Sarah Martz
Sarah McLester
Scooterlabs Melbourne
Sean and Holly White
Sean Lynch
Sean Mare
Sean Smith
Seth Erik Neilson
Shelly R Poole
Siobhan Ellis
SirWheelsy.com
Stace Martin
Stanton S. Scott Jr.
Stephanie Yue
stephen johns
Steve Benstead
Steve Grant
Steve Zeck
StoryWorth.com
Stuart Lanning
Surya Jhajhria
Susan Dennison
Susan Tomlinson
Taina & Rick Dacosta
Tasia Custode
Tim G
Tim Hayhoe (exit 17 sc)
Tom McGee
Tom Sneath
Tony Scerri
Tori Allen
Traci Miskell Millman
Treppenwitz
Vanessa Woods
Vladimir V Zaitsev
Wayne & Cath Love
Wayne Perkins
WorldRider, Allan Karl
Wouter Six Dijkstra
Yasmine Kirkorian