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ADV Mission: On The Hunt For Secret Motocross Tracks In The Desert

Rob Dabney — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:42:21 +0000

From abandoned homesteads to strange memorials, geologic wonders and weird works of art, the desert is chock full of mysterious places. Chances are, you’ve probably come across a few yourself out riding your adventure bike. Other times you hear about these places from friends or a local you run into, and they become the perfect […]

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My First Time Riding Enduro, How Hard Could It Be?

Ken Morse — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:37:52 +0000

Nestled between the Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains of California lies a land of towering summits flanked by glaciers, the bases of which are contrasted by sweltering deserts that harbor less life than the bottom of the ocean. Massive boulders look as though they were cast down by some ancient, monolithic beast, while countless springs […]

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Rider Makes First Unassisted, Solo Crossing Of Africa On E-Motorcycle

ADV Pulse Staff — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:31:01 +0000

It’s one thing to cross a continent on an electric motorcycle, accompanied by a fleet of support vehicles and your buddy riding next to you (see “Long Way Up”). It’s quite another to do it solo with no assistance, no back up bikes and no generator chasing you. That’s how veteran adventure rider Sinje Gottwald […]

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BMW R1300GS Climbs The World’s Highest Volcano In Less Than 24 Hrs

ADV Pulse Staff — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:54:14 +0000

A team of four BMW R1300GS riders have completed a challenging climb after conquering the Nevado Ojos del Salado Volcano, located between the border of Argentina and Chile. At 22,615 feet (6,893 meters), it is the highest volcano above sea level in the world. A climb that was made even tougher by adding the challenge […]

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Dream Adventure: Recreating The Tracks Of The Original Paris-Dakar

Egle Gerulaityte — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:44:43 +0000

As riders, most of us are familiar with the original Paris-Dakar nostalgia. The Cagiva Elephants, the ferocious Neveu-Aurioli duels, the original Rally Dakar route to Senegal, and spectacular feats of endurance and determination still dominate the imagination of many. But what would it take for an everyday adventure rider to recreate it? Pawel Halastra was […]

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Chris Birch Crosses Panama Thru Unforgiving Jungle On The KTM 890R

Rob Dabney — Mon, 08 May 2023 19:54:34 +0000

Everytime we think we’ve seen it all from Chris Birch, he somehow seems to take it up a notch with his big bike antics. On one of his recent adventures, he heads down to Panama for the Ocean 2 Ocean Enduro — a 3-day event traveling across the country from the Caribbean to the Pacific […]

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Extreme Ice Expedition On A BMW F850GSA Snow Bike

Egle Gerulaityte — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 16:58:35 +0000

Riding in temperatures as brutal as -40C, facing polar bears, and sleeping in trees and abandoned cabins on sea ice: Oliver Solaro’s adventures far exceed anything your average rider would imagine possible, yet the draw of the North, according to Oliver, is impossible to resist. Hailing from Williamsburg, Ontario, Oliver has been going out to […]

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Army Vets Take On Perilous Darien Gap With KLR650s In New Film

Jamie Elvidge — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:51:14 +0000

It’s not the typical ride a bunch of guys on KLR650s take, even if those guys are all former Army veterans with years of active duty under their belts. Nope, undertaking the 19,000 mile journey from Purdue Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina, and especially attempting to do it continuously, is reserved for the most adventurous […]

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Carl Stearns Clancy: The First To Go Round The World On A Motorcycle

Jamie Elvidge — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 19:30:18 +0000

What’s your idea of adventure? Heading out on a trip without a plan? A challenging BDR? Riding in a foreign country? Whatever it is, it won’t best Carl Clancy’s appetite for adventure when he set sail from New York City in October of 1912 on a quest to become the first person to circumnavigate the […]

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Into The Void On The New KLR650 With A Mission To Run Out Of Gas

Jon Beck — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 18:03:17 +0000

It all started as a bad idea. Map out the most remote stretches of California deserts, ride deep into them, and run out of fuel on purpose. Why would anyone do this? For science, of course. Yeah, I’ll go with that. The Kawasaki KLR650 is a legendary underperformance machine. Following its introduction in 1987, the […]

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