Adventure Rides
Jack Groves Sets Record For Youngest Man to Ride Around The World
What do you do with an A2 license, loads of time on your hands, and an itch to travel? Break a record, apparently – and although MCN tells us the record is still being verified by the Guinness Book of World Records, the mid-pandemic feat itself is impressive, to say the least. The report tells …
Interview: Adventure Talks With Maja Kenney
Slovenia And Back on a Ducati SuperSport S I’ll admit, I was stoked to be given this interview. I knew Maja Kenney as a lively, fresh personality on her social media feed but had never met the woman face-to-face. Believe me, then, when I say that I left the chat grinning and with my fingers …
Harley-Davidson’s Pan America Trumps BMW’s R 1250 GS Adventure in ‘Big Bore Adventure Shootout’
Remember when Revzilla pitted the BMW R 1250 GS Adventure against the Pan America and the GS won? Well, we’ve found a team that begs to differ – and CycleWorld’s adamant that the Pan America trumped this particular ‘big-bore adventure shootout’ with room to spare. Before we dive in, I’ll again reference what I said …
The Ultimate Guide To Preparing For A Long-Distance Motorcycle Road Trip
If you don’t do cross-continental touring every summer as part of your owning a long-distance touring cruiser, you’ve come to the right place! This guide is meant to get you through the basic, and a couple of the advanced, things you need to do to prepare for a long distance motorcycle trip. The first thing …
2021 GET ON! Adv Fest: The Alternative Sturgis Adventure Motorcycle Rally
I’m always ready to be first in line to try new things, especially if it involves motorcycles. An invitation to attend the FIRST Adventure Motorcycle Rally (that I’m aware of) in Sturgis, South Dakota came from our friend Anthony Silvotti at Revzilla about a month and a half ago. It teased a raft of alluring …
Wonderful or Worrying? 2019 KTM 790 Adventure 12,000 Miles Review
Table of Contents Introduction KTM 790 Adventure Spec Sheet I Put My Money Down The KTM 790 Adventure S and R Model KTM 790 Adventure Add-Ons Break-In Period Out On The Road KTM 790 Button and Functions Modifications KTM My Ride App Final Thoughts Introduction In 2018, I did a long-term review of the exciting …
Helmet Showdown: Arai XD-4 vs. Shoei Hornet X2 vs. Klim Krios Pro
A Three Helmet Showdown Is About To Go Down Search the internet today using the words “Best (insert topic here)” and you’ll get plenty of opinionated claims popping up from a myriad of sources touting their impartiality and honesty. But who can you really trust? It’s getting harder and harder to know whether the source …
Klim HQ Tour & 2019 Cow Tagz XL Rally
Challis, Idaho… Have you heard of it? Maybe it’s just me who hasn’t, I’m not sure. What I know now is that I can’t wait to go back to visit in 2020 so I can enjoy virtually unlimited, prototypical adventure motorcycle riding trails in the area. At the same time, I’ll participate in another Cow …
Me, The French Riviera, & a Ducati
Dreams The phrase “a dream come true” sounds cliche and trite when used to describe a vacation, but it’s completely on target in this case. I’ve always wanted to go riding in Europe and the opportunity unexpectedly fell right into my lap recently. The Genesis of the Plan A few months ago a couple of …
Ride To Tuktoyaktuk, Canada: Part Two
Post Navigation Day One / Day Two / Day Three / Day Four / The Fallout / Homeward Bound This is the last half of the story to finish the one I wrote about riding my 2018 Kawasaki Ninja H2SX SE from my home in Alberta, Canada to Dawson City, Yukon. That part can …
Ride to Tuktoyaktuk, Canada: Part One
Post Navigation Day One / Day Two / Day Three / Day Four / Day Five / Day Six / Day Seven It’s Done. Whew! I’m standing in the water of the Beaufort Sea in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada. The Arctic Ocean! Photo Matt de Bourcier The water is so cold I start to feel …
