Our experience importing motorbikes into Canada by air in 2011 … After packing the bikes and our send off we had a few days to get ourselves together before flying out for Vancouver on 26 May. Pretty uneventful flight over, partly thanks to the fact that we were on one of the new A380s which…
After hanging out with my family in Chilliwack it was time for us to start the first part of our journey proper – the ferry up the Inside Passage from Bellingham (just over the U.S. border from Vancouver) up to Whittier (just south of Anchorage) We headed out with plenty of time spare as we…
Our experience taking our motorcycles on the Inside Passage Ferry to Anchorage in 2011 … MV Kennicott is the pride of the Alaskan Marine Highway fleet and we joined 185 people heading up on the six day journey up the coast to Alaska from Bellingham. The car deck was packed with shipping containers on trailers,…
The weekend before last, Nathan, Adrian and I ran the Kenda Rally 2011 up around Rubicon, around 1.5 hours northeast of Melbourne. Nice and close to our hometown we started the morning bright and early (5am) to get to scrutineering before the crowds. We didn’t think Nathan would get through scrutineering on his YZ450F as he…
Here is our experience in choosing a charity to support for our Pan American ride in 2011 … Both Jock and I have previously travelled extensively throughout the world and have been touched by the generosity and gracious hospitality of the people (often in less fortunate communities) that they visited. We decided that this time…
Randomly, in trying to find out more information on the vaccinations that are recommended for travelling through South America, I stumbled across a website about a guy and two of his mates who rode up from the south and ended up making a boat that was powered by their KLR’s to get around the Darien…
Here is a rundown of our ride planning for Alaska and Canada … A new year is upon us and the days are already going by too fast, so it’s time we got our act together and started to solidify our itinerary. After the usual trawling through ADVRider, Horizons Unlimited, the Mile Post, along with a few…
Here is a rundown of our Big Desert Ride in 2010 … On the morning of Saturday 18 December (the day after my work’s Christmas party!) Adrian, Nathan, Matt, Mick and I (Campbell) headed west to get ourselves lost in the desert. Nathan (my younger brother) and Adrian were there to start their training for…
My experience riding in the 2010 Jeep 24 Hour Mountain Bike Race in Victoria … One of the things I have been doing recently to get fit is cycling. Not only good for general fitness, its really good for the legs which helps prepare for off-road riding. Problem is I get really bored on roads… Luckily…
Most of the Pan American ride research that I have done for this trip has been through the ADVRider forum (www.advrider.com/forums) and Horizons Unlimited (www.horizonsunlimited.com). Here are some links to links to webpages, forum threads and any other resources that I have found to be helpful/inspiring. I will continue to add to this page as…
