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.
If there’s one question I’ve probably answered as much as any other over the past fifteen years, it isn’t which country was our favourite or what motorcycle I’d recommend. It’s almost always, “What camera do you use?” I wish I could say some mega-money Hasselblad or something equally exotic. Instead, […]
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Motorcycle Camping Gear: Why Ordinary Camping Gear Isn’t Enough – Podcast: We chat with Jim Martin on Adventure Rider Radio. Most riders start shopping long before they start thinking. Scroll through YouTube, Facebook or any adventure motorbike riding forum, and you’ll quickly find endless debates about the best motorcycle travel […]
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Most motorcycle safety gear protects you from something that might happen. Wind noise is different. It’s damaging your hearing because you’re riding. Riders spend thousands preparing for a crash and then raw-dog 117 dB of wind noise for three hours. I measured exactly that on my bike a few days […]
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No Insta360, No Drone, No Post… So, Did You Even Go On a Trip? How social media pressure turns motorcycle adventure enduro travel into a job you didn’t plan for. We’ve been motorbike travelling long before social media became part of the ride. Back then, if you were adventure riding […]
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Why earplugs make riding motorcycle safer and a review of the Alpine Hearing Protection Motorcycle earplugs If you want to walk around when you are old with impaired hearing and keep responding with a “Whaaat did you say?” to your kids cheating at board games, then keep riding without proper […]
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CFMoto 450MT 10,000 km Review – Is This the Lightweight Adventure Bike We Asked For? After 10,000 km on the CFMoto 450MT Ibex adventure motorcycle, with roughly 8,000 km of that on rough Namibian dirt roads, corrugations, sand and properly destructive terrain, we finally feel comfortable calling this piece a […]
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Motorcycle Suspension Setup Tips for Adventure Riders Why Motorcycle Suspension Fails on Dirt If you ride proper dirt most of the time, you already know this. Shocks work incredibly hard. Washboard, corrugations, rocky tracks, endless gravel roads. Every ripple is a hit. Thousands of hits per hour.Your rear shock and […]
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The best motorcycle Bluetooth intercom headsets for 2025? I don’t know, but I can tell you about the ones that will go the distance and be of value to you. Over the years, our motorcycles have taken us across countries, over mountain ranges, and even into Walmart parking lots. Throughout […]
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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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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 crashed, the old, and the new. Our thoughts on our virtual reality PlayStation headsets – KLIM KRIOS 6 yrs of use and the new KRIOS PRO. They had a good life, been to many countries, were used properly, and were great companions. It is time to retire them and […]
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This is the no BS outdoor active clothing for men We were introduced to Kühl outdoor travel clothes roughly 7 years ago by a USA motorcycling overland friend. He swore to the durability, comfort, performance and ability to deal with the abuse that travelling can throw at clothing worn daily. […]
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Kuhl turned out to be a brand of clothing that tick all the boxes when it comes to the best travel clothing for women
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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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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. (Updated: Oct 2025): Our spare pair of Sidi Adventure boots suffered the same fate as this one which the […]
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Review and comparison between two excellent travel chairs. The Helinox Chair One and Nigor Sparrow. We have been using these two camping chairs for the last 4 years.
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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 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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