RIDER SKILLS: Riding in Mud — Staying Upright When You Can't See What's Underneath
Riding an adventure motorcycle through mud can go from manageable to trouble in seconds. Hidden rocks, roots and ruts can send the motorcycl...
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A weekly motorcycle podcast bringing to you the best travel stories, tech tips and pro instruction from experienced moto travellers and industry experts and leaders. The show for all motorbi...
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20 of 646 episodesSearching for Different Lives by Motorcycle — Woodrow "Pack" Landfair
Woodrow "Pack" Landfair had an idea about how he wanted to live. So he bought a motorcycle, got his licence, and set out across America to e...
Choosing ADV Tires by Recommendation Doesn't Work: Here's What Does – Chris Birch
Learn why choosing adventure motorcycle tires based on other riders' recommendations doesn't always work, and what you should be doing inste...
Just Simply Riding Around the World — Jess and Greg Stone
What started as an 18-month motorcycle adventure has turned into four years on the road for Jess and Greg Stone, travelling with their dog w...
Backroads of Africa: Feeling Unprepared
Six years after Southward Chronicles , Jeremy Kroeker and Elle West are setting out again—this time heading south through Africa by motorcyc...
RIDER SKILLS – Maximum Braking: ABS On or Off Isn’t the Whole Story
Think about the last time riding your motorcycle when something surprised you on the road or trail and you had to get on the brakes—hard and...
DEEP TROUBLE: Two Kangaroos, Twenty Minutes From Home
Matt van Hilst carefully plans a solo motorcycle ride and repeatedly chooses caution when conditions change. Yet the day still ends in DEEP...
One Chance to Say Yes: Where a Motorcycle Can Take You
Some opportunities don’t wait around forever. Heather Lea’s life has been shaped by the ones she chose not to let pass—from adventure and so...
Ari Henning: It’s a Motorcycle Life Right from the Start
After a motorcycle racing crash left his father with a traumatic brain injury, Ari Henning’s family life with motorcycles came to a stop. Ye...
Crossing Afghanistan by Motorcycle: Is It a Road?
Marc Weitz had never owned a motorcycle, wasn’t much for a plan and had three sources pointing toward two different routes. Then he rented a...
The Big Bikes Arrived: The Making of Adventure Motorcycle Training
Adventure motorcycle training is everywhere today—but who worked out how these big motorcycles should be ridden off pavement, and how did th...
Are We Engineering the Adventure Out of Motorcycle Travel
We spend a lot of time making motorcycle travel easier. More reliable bikes, GPS navigation, online bookings and help that may be only a mes...
RIDER SKILLS: How to Pack and Ride a Loaded Adventure Motorcycle
Loading an adventure motorcycle changes far more than its weight. It affects the bike’s balance, suspension, braking, maneuverability and tr...
Deep Trouble – Motorcycle Traveller Abducted in Mexico
Motorcycle traveller Andy Scherer was riding alone through a remote part of Mexico when a series of troubling encounters led to armed roadbl...
Motorcycle First Aid Kits: What to Carry and What Not to Miss
Why a motorcycle first aid kit should be part of your riding gear — and why the kit itself is only part of being prepared. A motorcycle firs...
Crossed a Continent - A Lifetime Motorcycle Travel Dream
Nearly 50 years after a magazine story planted the dream of crossing Australia by motorcycle, Allan Waldon finally set out to make it happen...
Motorcycle Orienteering: Paper Maps and the Return of Discovery
In a world of GPS tracks and turn-by-turn directions, motorcycle orienteering brings riders back to paper maps, route choices, checkpoints,...
RIDER SKILLS: The Power of the Dab
Balance on a motorcycle is often treated like something a rider either has or does not have, but low-speed motorcycle balance is a skill tha...
Motorcycle Camping Gear: Why Ordinary Camping Gear Isn’t Enough
How to Choose the Best Camping Setup for the Way You Ride Before you start comparing motorcycle tents, sleeping pads, stoves, chairs, pack s...
Ted Simon on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Why Robert Pirsig’s Famous Motorcycle Book Mattered to Him — And Why it Didn’t Ted Simon is best known as the author of Jupiter’s Travels ,...