The Big Bikes Arrived: The Making of Adventure Motorcycle Training

Adventure Rider Radio Motorcycle Podcast. Travel Adventures, Bike Tech Tips by Canoe West Media

Aug 20, 202662:43Sports & Recreation

Adventure motorcycle training is everywhere today—but who worked out how these big motorcycles should be ridden off pavement, and how did those techniques become a formal curriculum? Clinton Smout joins Jim to explore wh...

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