Travel tips and advice

Practical tips, advice and information for adventurers and travellers. Overland hacks offering some basic advice and know-how to making a trip enjoyable.

Personal Trackers GPS locators SPOT GEN 3

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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ARR Podcast Adventure rider radio PikiPiki overland

This is how to deal with travel restrictions & border shutdown in Bolivia

All the fun and games sitting with adventure motorcycles in Bolivia waiting for the pandemic to pass. We had such a fun chat with Jim Martin from Adventure Rider Radio about bike choices, travel funding, South America culture, people and landscapes, the unexpected stuff happing with travelers, just about everything motorcycle […]

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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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Travel Etiquette, how not to embarrass your mom.

how to earn money while travelling-motorcycle-adventure-pikipikiTravelling for extended periods places you in situations where you are not only out of your own comfort zone but also often in someone else’s comfort zone. People all over the world are inherently inviting and friendly. We were swamped with invitations to meals and stay overs and these experiences often become some of our most treasured memories. We also learned that what we thought to be normal manners, etiquette and conduct for us was not the same for others.

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