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Adventure Motorcycle Travel Tips and Guides
Welcome to the Motorcycle Travel Tips page. These articles are detailed preparation and travel guides for adventure bike riders and motorcycle travellers.
Pre-Trip
Choosing an adventure bike is a big decision, here’s our suggestions for picking the bike that suits your needs…
If you’re thinking about what adventure bike riding gear you need for your travels, have a read of this first…
Preparing Adventure Motorcycles
These tweaks will save you time, hassle and money. Here’s how to prepare your bike for a round-the-world trip.
Everyone loves a hack. They’re simple snippets of trickery that take a minute to apply. Here’s five of our favourites.
Our motorcycle has faced everything from Iraqi deserts to being completely submerged. Here’s how we prepared it for the world.
Packing and Luggage
Packing for a motorcycle adventure is brilliant fun, but a headache to get right. Check out our packing guide first.
Packing for a round-the-world adventure or an overland jaunt? Here’s our tried and tested, used and abused, hard-earned kit list.
Hard vs soft luggage is one of motorcycling’s greatest unanswered questions. Check out the pros and cons to each.
Paperwork
This guide explains the most common documents and paperwork you’ll run into on a round the world motorcycle trip.
Motorcycle Travel Insurance is incredibly important. Here’s how to avoid pitfalls and make sure you’re fully covered for your adventure
Ever wondered what a Carnet de Passage is? You’ll need one if travelling round-the-world in your own vehicle. Here’s the info.
Safety and Bike Security
Here’s our top 10 tips for keeping your motorcycle, kit and gear as safe as possible while travelling and touring.
A policeman jumps out from behind a bush, says you were speeding and demands £100. What do you do?
Tools and Workshop
Dakar Racer, Simon Pavey, once showed me his Dakar tool kit, and it’s tiny. Here’s what to take and what not.
Whether it’s for looks or practicality, car or bike, wrapping your exhaust is easy – once you know how…
Forget chucking £1000s at a luggage system, make your own motorcycle tool luggage for just £12 with these quick guides.
Life on the Road
Here’s how to motorcycle travel on the cheap and the 10 BEST ways to save money on a motorcycle trip.
These five free apps will make your travel life so much easier. They’re perfect for overlanders travelling the world.
Here’s 5 essential tips to help you communicate with locals while travelling and 3 things you should never do!
Adventure bike travel isn’t reserved for motorcycling pros. Anyone can do it! Here’s what they don’t tell you…
These easy tweaks and quick tips will help you ride further in comfort and not feel like an achy mess.
Travel Companions and Pillions
After riding 25,000 miles from the UK to Japan two-up, here’s the six tips that have made the biggest difference.
Here’s our thoughts, pros and cons after motorcycling solo, two-up and in groups around the world for the last 15 years.
Logistics, Shipping and Rentals
This detailed guide is packed with info on freighting, crating, agents, paperwork and top tips from our industry expert.
A handy guide on the benefits, how it works, cost, things to look out for and recommended transport companies.
This guide is packed with Fly and Ride info, how to rent abroad, what you need, expert tips and amazing destinations
