Gear & Equipment Reviews what is hot & what not

Some of the cool travel equipment and gear we use that has worked for us.

You’ve been there, wanting to buy an outdoor product and been baffled about which product is best and will suit your requirements? Or, worse, bought a product only to learn later that you didn’t buy the right one for your needs?

We’ve been there too and that is the reason for this section.

There’s some good quality travel gear available on the market. It’s all about balance. Your choice is between paying a testicle and half a square meter of scrotum skin for an over spec branded tent for example or be a cheapskate and buy one which won’t last a month.

The gear and equipment we list we have used for an extended time, therefore we are happy to put our nuts on the line and vouch for what we are punting. We have not received any kit from sponsors.  Any brand loyalty I have is based on long-term personal experience and nothing more.  So any judgements I may pass on the kit I am using are entirely impartial.

This is what you need to know about caring for your motorcycle battery. Ctek Battery Chargers How to decide on a suitable battery charger for a motorcycle.

CTEK Battery Chargers -This is what you need to know caring for your motorcycle.

Here are some tips and information that will hopefully save you battery life and money. One of our biggest grudge-buying expenses when travelling on motorcycles and keeping our other motorcycles in running condition back home is replacing batteries and initially using the battery with a trickle charger that eventually overcharging […]

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Screwed by Cheap LED Lights: Expert Tips from Cyclops Adventure Sports

How do you decide on proper motorcycle LED lights without wasting money? Cyclops Adventure Sports owner Darryl offers some insight. Proper motorcycle LED lights are important; we had to improve the DR’s lights as they are more in the class of candlelight than modern daylights. Buying lights for motorcycles can […]

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The pros and cons sponsorship advmoto ARR

Sponsorship, Brand Ambassador What Is The Benefits Or Pitfalls?

Podcast discuss the pitfalls and benefits of being a sponsored Adventure motorcycle rider and tips for businesses. We have been travelling on BMW’s and DR650’s for more than a decade and been the founders of All Terrain Gear a South African motorcycle adventure gear brand. In our time with the […]

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Sidi motorcycle boots have quality problems

Sidi motorcycle boots, what happened to your quality?

Are Sidi Motorcycle adventure enduro boots of the same quality anymore? Both soles of this pair of Sidi Offroad Gore-tex Adventure motorcycle boots came off at close to the same time.  After about 9yrs and 5 pairs of Sidi offroad motorcycle adventure Gore-tex boots, in Bolivia, my newest 450Us pair […]

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Which Personal GPS Trackers are best for you? Comparison

Comparison – Personal GPS trackers and locator for motorcycle and other adventure sports. This article covers the pro’s and con’s from the best GPS personal locator beacons available for use with adventure activities, like hiking, kayaking, motorcycle adventure and enduro riding. There are quite a few great quality units and […]

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GPS need to know for travel overlanding

GPS & Navigation need to know.

GPS navigation – How to choose the most suitable unit and associated products for your dual-sport adventures. Selecting the best motorcycle GPS can be somewhat of a challenge due to the limitations of placement, touch screen, and size, with more abuse and waterproof and dustproof properties as opposed to conventional […]

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Fuel filters – You do not need that kind of negativity in your life.

Also a review of the Guglatech fuel filters No not the filter, the dirt and rubbish the fuel filters must keep out of your bike, you do not need that kind of negativity in your life. You would think in this day and age with millions of vehicles and trillion […]

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