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 […]
Read MoreTravel 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.
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 […]
Read MoreThis is why earplugs make riding motorcycles safer.
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 […]
Read MorePodcast with JJ le Roux – Gravel Travel
JJ is a soundmixer with a love of adventure motorbiking. Sharing his love for podcasts and stories it is a great match to start a podcast hosting travellers and their stories. We had the honor to be the first on his show. We chatted about the lockdown and the riding around […]
Read MoreThis 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 […]
Read MoreInterview with Garmin, SPOT & GEOS differences, what is best?
Questions & answers with GEOS, SPOT, and Garmin. Comparing the devices, the options and pitfalls, choosing one ain’t as obvious as it seems. Hope it is of value.
Read MoreThis is how to Slow Travel – Interview with Adventure Rider Radio
Chatting to Jim Martin from AdventureRiderradio about all the stupid stuff we have done, the fun and bad and everything else about overland motorcycling.
Read MoreDarien Gap How to get across?
We added our option to the list of ways to cross the Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia. AdventureRiderRadio wrote this great article on different ways to cross the gap for overlanders.
Read MoreWhat we have learned adventure riding the last 8 years – We speak to ADVROAD
We chat to ADVROAD about life on the road. The good and bad and offer some tips and information about overlanding the world on a motorbike.
Read MoreFuel 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 […]
Read MoreSponsorship advice for brands and riders
A bit of a weighty article for Overland Junction magazine I wrote about the pitfalls, benefits and tips for brands and adventurers thinking of going the sponsorship route. Hopefully, it can assist people and brands so both win from the experience. The decision has been made to travel the world […]
Read MoreTravel Etiquette, how not to embarrass your mom.
Travelling 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.
Health insurance & first aid medical.
Everything to stop the bleeding! There’s lots of information regarding health insurance for motorcycle riders and cross border trips on this page at Horizons Unlimited. It is advisable to read up as much as possible before deciding whether it is needed or with which company to go with.
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