How to insure your motorcycle to meet local legal requirements and indeed protecting your asset is a complicated game that we get questions on all of the time. Rather than give advice that could go out-of-date at any moment, this post aims to point you in the right direction for the most accurate, up-to-date information…

Tips for packing motorbikes for air freight Here are our tips for packing Motorbikes for air freight based on our experience: Bikes need to be cleaned immaculately before shipping (especially when trying to get them into Australia. MDF or steel crates are ideal as they get around quarantine issues and the need to use certified…

When originally planning a trip from Alaska to Argentina one of the biggest initial dilemmas we faced was the decision about what we were going to do about bikes. Buy Locally or Take our Own Motorbikes The first choice was whether or not to take our on motorbikes. Here are a few points on our…

After camping in Kitwanga at the southern junction of the Cassier Hwy we decided that we were going to try and make it to Jasper that day. The weather started off looking pretty good, but it soon turned to rubbish as we pushed the 850kms from Kitwanga at the bottom of the Cassier Hwy, along…

Our experience of adventure riding in the Yukon … Waking up after the D2D feeling a lot better than we thought we would, we met up with the boys and headed south from Dawson down the Klondike Hwy towards Carmacks. Paved all the way down we chewed up some kms heading south to try and…

Our experience Adventure Riding in Wyoming and Colorado in 2011 … Leaving Idaho we joined the Continental Divide trail in Wyoming and made our way out into the remote desert/prairies that were full of antelope, superbly camouflaged and waiting to jump out in front of you. The tracks were amazing, as was the scenery and…

When I was planning my Ride Right Down trip and looking to the Alaska Regional forum on ADV Rider for inspiration and advice I couldn’t help but realise there was to be a big adventure rider gathering in Dawson City, Yukon, around the time that we would be coming through the region. The ‘Dust 2…

Our experience adventure riding in Utah and Arizona in 2011 … Riding through and out of Colorado the next day we left the Continental Divide Trail and headed south west into Utah. It was amazing how quick the landscape changed back to proper desert and then warped into the surreal valleys and canyons around Moab.…

I really liked Missoula (and Montana for that matter), not quite sure what it was about it, but it had a good feel (despite the circumstances of the day we got there). After breakfast in a nice little cafe we headed out of town towards Yellowstone National Park. The original plan was to try and…

Getting a slow start to the day, including the traditional pancake breakfast, we headed into Yellowstone again on 5 July to face the rest of America that were visiting that day. If we thought the traffic was bad the day before it was twice as bad today. Passing RVs and cars made for a good…