Ruts can be one of the most difficult challenges for motorcyclists and although ruts are usually found when riding in dirt off-road, you may come across them in construction areas and even at the side of the road where the asphalt often has a lip and a dirt shoulder. Riding off to the side of the road over that lip is usually uneventful, but if not done correctly re-entering the roadway and crossing that rut can put a rider down. Riding ruts, tips, tricks and even a few stories from Clinton Smout of SMART Adventures.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
If you enjoy listening to music, your playlist may have a big impact on how you feel as you ride. Fast paced music feels great for carving corners or riding rough trails at a moderate pace. Or your playlist may fit well with working on your bike or hanging out with like minded riders. And since music and motorcycles go together so well, we talked to motorcyclist and bassist Ryan Gullen from The Sheepdogs about music, building vintage bikes, and riding motorcycles. So, what’s on your playlist?
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
After spending years saving and preparing, Travis and Chantil Gill left on a year long motorcycle trip. They planned to explore Morocco and as much of Europe as they could. Then the pandemic struck and they made the tough decision to take a chance and go ahead with their plans. Just a couple of weeks in to their trip, they found themselves stuck in Spain but when things eased up they were able to start travelling again in South Eastern Europe. Because of the pandemic restrictions they’ve discovered slow travel which could ultimately change the way they travel in the future, but they’ve also been faced with some moral dilemmas at the same time.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
Airbag vests could be for the upper body what helmets are for the head. And they could mean the difference between life and death. We’ll spend a small fortune on a helmet or a riding jacket and pants, yet we have trouble justifying the price of an airbag vest. On this episode, why should we consider an airbag vest, what will it do for us, what choices do we have and what are we paying for?
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
On this episode of RIDER SKILLS, Bill Dragoo from Dragoo Adventure Rider Training walks us through some simple steps that will help improve your cornering skills while riding your adventure motorcycle on the street, either loaded or unloaded.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
Feeling confident when you ride off the beaten track has everything to do with two things, what skills you possess and what gear are you carrying. But deciding just which skills you should learn and what pieces of gear you should carry comes down to experience. On this episode of Gearing Up we’re going to speak to Shawn Thomas and learn about some essential gear that he rides with and a bunch more.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
Some of us are born with it, some of us develop it and some of us are just sideswiped by it - it’s something called wanderlust. Geoff Keys had ambitions to travel the world for a long time. Further inspired by adventure travel books and moto documentaries, he decided to follow his dream to tour the world and naturally the mode of transport was motorcycle. As Geoff shared with us, his “reason for travelling is simply to scratch the itch, cure the wanderlust, see what there is to be seen and meet the people with whom I share the planet”. With a pure attitude, leaving all inhibitions behind, Geoff has faced some challenges and met many people along the way, and even made headlines when he was lost in the Australian outback for two days.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
The motorcycle community is a pretty close knit group of people. We wave when we pass each other, we’re always willing to help out a fellow rider when they have a problem and many of us have an open door for traveling motorcyclists. We connect through social media and forums, with many of us forming lifelong friendships. And sometimes we’re fortunate to come across people who are so generous and so kind that it’s almost surreal. And imagine coming across not just one person, but several people who through their actions confirm your faith in humanity. And that’s just what happened to Sean Burch from the United States, who found friendship all over the world and kindness in strangers.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
A few years ago Benji Brundin went through some major life changes, including losing his dream career and his wife, and decided that the best course of action was to break from conventional life. So, leaving his past behind, challenging his fears and limitations he bought a camper van and outfitted it for adventure, then headed out to circumnavigate Australia with a dirt bike strapped to the back. Although he had never ridden a motorcycle before, adventure riding has now become Benji’s focus, and has led to him discovering a passion of riding in sand and ultimately crossing all ten deserts in Australia.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
Harley-Davidson has announced the Pan America, an “adventure touring” motorcycle which is projected to be released in May, 2021. There’s been mixed reactions amongst the adventure motorcycle community, as Harley-Davidson has traditionally been known for big and loud bikes. We went to Harley-Davidson and to industry expert Tim Calhoun to get some of our biggest questions answered including what’s behind the thought process of the Harley-Davidson breaking in to the adventure motorcycle market with the new Pan America? What can we expect from this new adventure touring bike? Will the adventure motorcycling community embrace the Pan America and are we even willing to give it a chance?
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
One of the most feared surfaces for riders is sand and although some riders probably hold that fear level a little too high, it stems from the level of difficulty that sand presents for most of us. But, riding in sand is second nature to former racer and now instructor, Jimmy Lewis and on this episode he shares important techniques and tips that will help make you a better rider in the sand.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
If you were planning a motorcycle trip to Africa, where you were going to traverse steep mountain passes, explore lesser travelled roads and visit remote places, travelling solo with a rough plan open to any opportunity, what bike would you choose to take? Would you consider the perfect motorcycle to be a 1951 Harley Panhead, a hard tail? That’s just what Gareth Jones from South Wales rode on his African adventure, a trip he had been wanting to do for a long time. If you’re wondering how he could justify taking a bike with no rear suspension you’ll have to factor in one of the most powerful emotional states a person can experience - passion. And when you’re passionate - the impossible can become the possible.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
When planning a motorcycle trip there are a couple of major governing factors to take in to consideration - a destination and a time frame. But, if we focus too much on those two planning points the essence of the trip could get lost. We might forget that the real adventure is in the journey, not the destination. That’s what happened to Ronnie Altice when he set off on an adventure with his son, and it led him down a path he never intended to visit.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
Ted Simon has been a motorcycle travel mentor for riders and adventurers around the world for decades. Countless times we’ve heard from people who have said that his book inspired them or that they consulted with him before they travelled or that he helped them write their own book. He’s travelled the world twice, and as he turns 90 he is still riding and still writing. On this episode, a conversation with the adventurer who helped paved the way for long distance motorcycle travel, Ted Simon.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
Do you ever wonder what’s involved in and how someone gets sponsored for a trip? What do they get and just what do they have to do for the company that is sponsoring them? Each company will have their own specifics for sponsorship and it will likely depend on many things, but to try to get an idea of what it’s all about we asked Michnus and Elsebie Olivier from PikiPiki Overland to sit down and have a chat about sponsorship.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
Harold Serrano was not a motorcyclist, he didn’t have a licence to ride a bike, in fact other than a few little rides messing around Harold had no experience with motorcycles. But he did decide that the easiest and cheapest way to get around South America was on a motorcycle, so he got one. What Harold didn’t realize was that he was grossly unprepared for a motorcycle travel adventure - he did however have passion, determination and a goal - and those three things combined are powerful forces that can overcome just about any trouble - at least the trouble Harold found.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
The top three riding skills that you will never master on your motorcycle, yet you should always be trying to, are the focus of this episode of Rider Skills. Why should you care about trying to master a skill - if the premise is that you can never do it? To answer that we have Shawn Thomas, a BMW certified off-road and street riding instructor and a BMW ambassador in the US.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
The choice of motorcycle related products on the market is endless, and with that are the decisions to be made. When you’re looking for a specific item, be it an accessory or a part or anything else, you’ll probably find yourself overwhelmed when you start doing the research. With all the choices how do you know when something is good quality? What should you be looking for? We have a lot of questions and to get some answers and ideas we turned to Warren Milner, who has spent a good portion of his life working at Honda Canada in product planning, and in Research and Development for new motorcycle models.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
The first motorcyclist to circumnavigate the world was Carl Stearns Clancy, and he undoubtedly paved the way for other moto travellers who saw him as a role model. And we have since looked towards modern day long-distance riders or world travellers for inspiration. Simon and Lisa Thomas have been a source of motivation for many motorcyclists and their years of knowledge and experience speak volumes, whether it’s about making connections, different cultures, border crossings or cooking a great meal. On this episode, a deeper conversation about finances, risk, insurance, changed perspectives and more.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
Chris Donaldson was brought up during The Troubles in Northern Island and for years he looked towards escaping his conflicted homeland on his motorcycle with the goal of riding to Australia. But, not long after he set out he hit a ‘road block’ and as often happens in travel, plans changed. He ended up riding his Moto Guzzi Le Mans to places he thought he never would and 40 years later getting to Australia is still on Chris’ mind. An epic journey and an entertaining tale that reminds us that travel is not about the destination.
Listen to more of our best motorcycle podcasts here.
Subscribe anywhere you find podcasts!
Please give us a rating on iTunes, Spotify, Facebook and wherever you listen to your podcasts.That helps other riders discover our group of top motorcycle podcasts
