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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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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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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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140,000 Kilometers Around The World On A KTM 500 EXC

Egle Gerulaityte — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:38:42 +0000

World traveler Aaron Steinmann, better known to his fans as the Braaping Kiwi, has recently finished a trip of a lifetime. Since 2016, Aaron has ridden over 140,000 kilometers around the world covering 6 continents and 51 countries on ‘Tess’, his 2015 KTM 500 EXC-F. An unusual bike for a round-the-world trip, Tess has held […]

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Round the World Thru the Poles on KTM 1090 Adventure R Snow Bikes?

Egle Gerulaityte — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:35:33 +0000

Round-the-world motorcycle journeys, although still an incredible feat of determination and endurance, have become almost common in the past decade or so. From the legendary Long Way Round series to everyday riders embarking on a quest to circumnavigate the world on their motorcycles, a round-the-world motorcycle trip is now nowhere as extreme or astonishing as […]

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Legendary Journey Thru The Infamous Darien Gap on a BMW R80 G/S

Jamie Elvidge — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:00:49 +0000

Few have come close to achieving what Helge Pedersen has achieved during his forty-plus years as an adventure rider. Heck, his first trip lasted a decade. In 1982 he departed Norway aboard his R80G/S with loose plans and a tight budget. He ended up putting 250,000 miles on the BMW, nicknamed “Olga,” riding through 77 […]

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Rider Loses Job To COVID So She Set Off On Solo Adventure Across US

Egle Gerulaityte — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 17:15:14 +0000

Just like so many of us, rider Nikki Chamberlain has been affected greatly by the COVID-19 pandemic. After getting laid off from her job as an onboarding specialist for AirBnB because of the Coronavirus situation, Nikki felt devastated. However, after much contemplation, she soon realized this could be an opportunity to do something she’d wanted […]

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Riding Chukotka: When an Essential Piece of Your Gear is a Boat

Egle Gerulaityte — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:01:59 +0000

In a world that’s rapidly developing and more connected than ever, how far would you need to ride to experience real adventure? The response will differ from rider to rider. But for Russian traveler Anatoly Chernyavskiy, the answer lies in Chukotka, Russia’s last frontier. Here, in this little-known region of extreme North, the 180th meridian […]

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Van Buren Sisters Trailblazing Motorcycle Journey A Century Ago

Jamie Elvidge — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 17:45:18 +0000

Think you know something about adventure? In the modern sense you probably do. In a world where we have GPS tracks and satellite messaging, technical riding gear and incredibly sophisticated motorcycles. But if Augusta and Adeline Van Buren were alive today, they would school us all on the meaning of adventure. That’s because in the […]

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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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