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Watch: BDR-Style Route Through Montenegro & Albania

Jamie Elvidge — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 19:40:30 +0000

Have you ever dreamed of riding an adventure bike through the stunning landscapes of the Balkan Peninsula? Well, you’d be in luck. Adventure Country Tracks (ACT) — Europe’s answer to Backroad Discovery Routes — has released a beautifully shot, feature-length video in preparation for its newest tracks through Montenegro and Albania, scheduled for release in […]

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How This RTW Couple Riding With Their Pup Turned Tragedy Into Joy

Jamie Elvidge — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 21:17:49 +0000

We can all agree that a successful multi-year, around the world motorcycle trip requires much more than a sense of adventure. It takes planning, resources and above all, the ability to be cool with all types of adversity. That’s tough enough when you’re riding solo or as a couple, but add animals into the mix, […]

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Riding Romania: What You Need to Know

Egle Gerulaityte — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:24:16 +0000

For most people, Romania and especially its mountain region of Transylvania is associated with Count Dracula. For adventure and off-road riders, Romania is best known for the Red Bull Romaniacs, one of the world’s toughest hard enduro races. Motorcycle travelers know Romania because of its two spectacular mountain roads, the Transalpina and Transfagarasan, said to […]

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Rider Becomes Youngest to Circle the Globe Solo on a Motorcycle

Jamie Elvidge — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:31:57 +0000

When Londoner Henry Crew started riding motorcycles at age 19 he couldn’t get enough. He sold his car, bought a 1982 Yamaha XS400 and immediately felt his life shift in a new and positive direction. Four years later he was riding away from home, solo and unsupported, on a journey that would make him the […]

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Round the World Journey on a Grom – Crazy or Crazy Fun?

Egle Gerulaityte — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:22:11 +0000

“Round the world? ON this?!” is often the reaction 23 year old Nicklas Aittamaa says he gets from people as they look at him in disbelief. In July 2018, the Swedish rider packed his stuff on the tiny 125cc Honda Grom and set off in hopes of visiting every single continent on the planet. Nicklas […]

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Meet the Fearless Woman Who Made History Riding Round the World

ADV Pulse Staff — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:59:43 +0000

Riding around the world was a little different four decades ago. There were few choices for long-range dual sport motorcycles. No email, no GPS, no internet. No reliable maps in some parts of the world. And if you got yourself into a jam, there were no cell phones or SPOT messengers to get you out, […]

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New Trans European Trail (TET) Dual Sport Route Announced!

Rob Dabney — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:53:18 +0000

The Trans Euro Trail (TET) organization has just announced the release of a new dual sport trail system that circumnavigates the European continent — a 34,000 km (21,000 mi) route that covers the Straits of Gibraltar to the Greek Archipelago, all the way north to the Arctic Circle in Norway. The TET travels primarily on […]

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Can a Big ADV Bike Conquer the World’s Toughest Enduro Race?

Bob Whitby — Mon, 01 May 2017 16:02:47 +0000

If you’ve ever found yourself in a tough situation off-road on a big adventure bike and questioned your sanity for being there in the first place, you’ll appreciate what extreme enduro rider Chris Birch has gotten himself into. Birch has announced that he and desert racer Quinn Cody will be riding a 2017 KTM 1090 […]

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An Epic Off-Road Adventure Right In the Center of Europe?

Rob Dabney — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:20:56 +0000

Think about riding Adventure Motorcycles in Europe and you’ll no doubt imagine riding somewhere between Germany, France and Italy on a twisty asphalt road through the Alps. Europe is famous for its “road” adventures but most opportunities in the EU for off-road riding are limited to small off-road parks and short gravel stretches. Many think […]

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Ride of a Lifetime Across the Bering Strait?

Derek Alberts — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 05:13:24 +0000

Adventure riders hardwired for epic odysseys will drool over a proposed route traversing Siberia to create a road link across the Bering Strait from London to New York. According to a CNN report, a proposal from Moscow alludes to a Trans-Siberian highway to link far eastern Russia, across the Bering Sea, with Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. Traversing […]

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