“A big trip causes you to change as a person. All the experiences and challenges mean that when you get home, you really aren’t the same person you were. I rather think of us as being squarish pegs fitting into a square …
“Although I strongly believe all bikes can be adventure bikes, I wanted to take with me something that the market didn’t have to offer, a very special bike that would be a sort of homage to all the adventure riders that had …
“Near the Chacamp Bridge at kilometer marker 31, the temperature had warmed up; the sun was shining mid-afternoon when the support truck startled a flock of Ptarmigan sunning themselves by the road. As I trailed by about 160 feet / 50 meters …
“One special moment was when we stopped for lunch at a “Dahba” (Restaurant) in a small town somewhere in India. There were two older lady’s and they beckoned Xenia so they could get a closer look at this European, strong, motorcycle-riding women. …
Most riders dream of heading out on the road and never looking back. Chasing the next village or border can at times be the de facto image for intrepid motorcycling. The reality though tends to be framed more by the practical than …
The image of a lone rally raid rider speeding across the desert. A thin plume of fesh-fesh rising into the air behind him as he throttles it through the Morrocan landscape. The back end of his machine dancing as it skirts over …
The two motorcycles make their way across the rocks, through icy streams and giant puddles. The riders are exhausted. They are so tired after a full day of riding that they are barely able to pull one of the bikes out of …
