Picture yourself back in ’96: ‘Guys, trust me, the 2025 Suzuki DR650 is going to blow your socks off.’ Suzuki: For 2025, bold new graphics Swipe: Our bikes with their bold new 2024 travel scars since we got them in 2015😅 📍Connect with our photo page @pikipiki_photography we host our photos about every day life, landscapes, people and cultural stuff. @chasing_beer for all the beers we meet travelling. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 📍Check out our friends, you might like their pages: @turkanagear @turkanagear_pioneerd @alpinehearingsa @helmwatches @miraactivewear @bartang.eu @advmotorcycleparts @cyclopsadv @revermoto @lekkarides @renedian_adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #adventurebikeriders #motoadventure #bigtrail #adventurerider #advrider #dualsport #advmoto #xladv #dualsportlife #dualsportadv #mototurismo #mototravel #whyweride #motolifestyle #turkanagear #advlife #makelifearide #adventurebikerider #adventurebike #motorcycletravel #mototouring #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletravel #overlandbound #motorbikelife #overlandlife #motorcyclediaries #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletouring #dr650

The weird and wacky.😅 Egypt has always been a bloody pain on the arse for overlanders. The corruption is Olympic-level, the bureaucracy are is like playing Jenga with wet spaghetti and every block is stamped in triplicate, and every second person wants to “help” you… for a fee. And just to rub salt in the wound: to even get in, you’ve got to spend two entire days shuffling papers and begging signatures just to be issued two Egyptian number plates. Yep, two. Not because it makes sense, but because… well, Egypt. It was never easy, but at least it was doable. Then Arab Spring rolled through and things went from “painful” to “downing 3 bottles of tequila fast” consequences. Fast forward: Egypt has since forever hit travelers with a 200% carnet deposit (on your vehicle’s value). Ethiopia joins the party: “hold my beer”… 600% carnet deposit. Six hundred. That’s not a deposit, that’s an armed robbery with receipts. So yeah, that legendary East Africa route? Dead. I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw anyone overland through Egypt on their own wheels. Sad, because it used to be magic: desert highways, Nile sunsets, sand in places you didn’t even know you had. These days, most folks settle for a loop up from South Africa through Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, spin around Uganda or Burundi, then back down. Doable, sure. Straightforward? Hell no. There’s always some border guard or speed enforcement inventing a new rule while chewing on yesterday’s lunch. Africa travel is equal parts beauty and bureaucracy, sunsets and swear words. And we still keep coming back for more.🥴😁 📍Connect with our photo page @pikipiki_photography we host our photos about every day life, landscapes, people and cultural stuff. @chasing_beer for all the beers we meet travelling. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 📍Check out our friends, you might like their pages: @turkanagear @turkanagear_pioneerd @alpinehearingsa @helmwatches @miraactivewear @bartang.eu @advmotorcycleparts @cyclopsadv @revermoto @lekkarides @renedian_adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Africa is slowly opening up to more motorcycle travelers, and that’s a bloody great thing. But let me clear up a big misconception. I keep seeing videos of riders chasing or riding alongside wild animals. Yes, it feels free and wonderful, it looks like Jurassic Park, Born Free, or Out of Africa. But here’s the truth: those animals aren’t “running with you.” They’re running from you. A giraffe, buck, or ostrich can break a leg in blind panic. They can smash into fences. They don’t play tag, they’re terrified. So here’s the deal and some suggestions: Slow down. Back off. Give them space. Enjoy the moment without stressing the animals. Take the photo from a distance, breathe it in, and move on. Because here’s what’s going to happen, if this continues, more roads and parks will close to bikes. It’s already happening in Uganda and other places. And when that happens, we all lose. Ride smart. Respect the wildlife. Protect the privilege of riding here.😉😀🤙🏼 📍Connect with our photo page @pikipiki_photography we host our photos about every day life, landscapes, people and cultural stuff. @chasing_beer for all the beers we meet travelling. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 📍Check out our friends, you might like their pages: @turkanagear @turkanagear_pioneerd @alpinehearingsa @helmwatches @miraactivewear @bartang.eu @advmotorcycleparts @cyclopsadv @revermoto @lekkarides @renedian_adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #adventurebikeriders #motoadventure #bigtrail #adventurerider #advrider #dualsport #advmoto #xladv #dualsportlife #dualsportadv #mototurismo #mototravel #whyweride #motolifestyle #turkanagear #advlife #makelifearide #adventurebikerider #adventurebike #motorcycletravel #mototouring #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletravel #overlandbound #motorbikelife #overlandlife #motorcyclediaries #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletouring #motocamping

Moments like this are why we ride and don’t need words. In Chile, even time slows down. 📍Connect with our photo page @pikipiki_photography we host our photos about every day life, landscapes, people and cultural stuff. @chasing_beer for all the beers we meet travelling. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 📍Check out our friends, you might like their pages: @turkanagear @alpinehearingsa @helmwatches @miraactivewear @bartang.eu @advmotorcycleparts @cyclopsadv @revermoto @lekkarides @overlandjournal @renedian_adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #adventurebikeriders #motoadventure #bigtrail #adventurerider #advrider #dualsport #advmoto #xladv #dualsportlife #dualsportadv #mototurismo #mototravel #whyweride #motolifestyle #turkanagear #advlife #makelifearide #adventurebikerider #adventurebike #motorcycletravel #mototouring #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletravel #expeditionportal #motorbikelife #overlandlife #motorcyclediaries #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletouring #motocamping

Why ride a boring, factory-fresh bike when your tank could tell stories? On our rides through Africa, we asked local artists to paint something from their country onto our bikes. A baobab here, a gorilla there, each artwork a piece of the journey. Sure, stickers are cool. But hand-painted art? That’s something you can one day hang in your living room or man cave, a proper reminder of the people you met and the road you rode. It wasn’t just about the paint. It was about people. About sharing laughs in dusty yards and campsite, cold beers under trees, and the warmth and friendliness Africans are famous for. Every scratch, sticker, and paint mark carries more than memories, it carries human connection. And honestly? A bike without a bit of soul painted on it feels half-finished. Adventure isn’t only about where the road takes you. It’s about the people who leave their mark on the ride.😁😎 📍Connect with our photo page @pikipiki_photography we host our photos about every day life, landscapes, people and cultural stuff. @chasing_beer for all the beers we meet travelling. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 📍Check out our friends, you might like their pages: @turkanagear @alpinehearingsa @helmwatches @miraactivewear @bartang.eu @advmotorcycleparts @cyclopsadv @revermoto @lekkarides @renedian_adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #adventurebikeriders #motoadventure #bigtrail #adventurerider #advrider #dualsport #advmoto #xladv #dualsportlife #dualsportadv #mototurismo #mototravel #whyweride #motolifestyle #turkanagear #advlife #makelifearide #adventurebikerider #adventurebike #motorcycletravel #mototouring #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletravel #overlandbound #motorbikelife #overlandlife #motorcyclediaries #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletouring #motocamping

Lalibela rock churches – Ethiopia. Back in 2010, when we rode Africa, the East Coast route was alive. In Addis Ababa you had overlander backpacker hostels full of dusty bikes and travellers swapping stories. Sudan had safe campsites where riders and 4x4s rolled in from Europe on their way south. It was a proper highway of adventure, connecting Europe to Cape Town, keeping little local businesses alive along the way. Fast forward to now: that whole route is basically shut down from Sudan upwards. Ethiopia alone takes weeks of paperwork, tour company sponsorships, embassies, and piles of ministerial letters. Egypt still wants a fat deposit (200% of your bike’s value). And Sudan is a dodgy better-to-avoid state. The sad part? Countries like Ethiopia are missing out on the very thing they need most steady, grassroots tourism money from overlanders. The backpacker camps are gone, the businesses on the route are gone, and riders are choosing other continents instead. That’s the world we live in now more bureaucracy, more nonsense, more walls going up where roads used to be open. But those who do still push through? They get rewarded with places like Lalibela, Ethiopia. And trust me, it’s worth every bit of the hassle. 📍Connect with our photo page @pikipiki_photography we host our photos about every day life, landscapes, people and cultural stuff. @chasing_beer for all the beers we meet travelling. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 📍Check out our friends, you might like their pages: @turkanagear @alpinehearingsa @helmwatches @miraactivewear @bartang.eu @advmotorcycleparts @cyclopsadv @revermoto @lekkarides @renedian_adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #adventurebikeriders #motoadventure #bigtrail #adventurerider #advrider #dualsport #advmoto #xladv #dualsportlife #dualsportadv #mototurismo #mototravel #whyweride #motolifestyle #turkanagear #advlife #makelifearide #adventurebikerider #adventurebike #motorcycletravel #mototouring #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletravel #overlandbound #motorbikelife #overlandlife #motorcyclediaries #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletouring #motocamping

Peru doesn’t just have canyons, it has a ridiculous number of them. Everyone knows about Colca Canyon (twice as deep as the Grand Canyon), but once you’re actually out riding, you realize that the entire country is basically stacked layers of cliffs, ridges, and valleys that never seem to end. One minute you’re carving along a high-altitude plateau, the next you’re clinging to a dirt track blasted into the side of a mountain with a river raging a few hundred meters below. What makes Peru wild is that roads like this aren’t rare detours ,they’re the norm once you leave the Panamericana. You find yourself thinking, “Ah, another canyon,” until you realise each one has its own character: some lush and green with terraced farms, others bone-dry with red rock and roaring chocolate-colored rivers. Yep, Peru doesn’t just have canyons. Peru is canyons.😁 📍Connect with our photo page @pikipiki_photography we host our photos about every day life, landscapes, people and cultural stuff. @chasing_beer for all the beers we meet travelling. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 📍Check out our friends, you might like their pages: @turkanagear @alpinehearingsa @helmwatches @miraactivewear @bartang.eu @advmotorcycleparts @cyclopsadv @revermoto @lekkarides @renedian_adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #adventurebikeriders #motoadventure #bigtrail #adventurerider #advrider #dualsport #advmoto #xladv #dualsportlife #dualsportadv #mototurismo #mototravel #whyweride #motolifestyle #turkanagear #advlife #makelifearide #adventurebikerider #adventurebike #motorcycletravel #mototouring #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletravel #overlandbound #motorbikelife #overlandlife #motorcyclediaries #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletouring #motocamping

The world’s crammed these days. Airports, cities, even so-called “hidden gems” are overflowing with tour buses and selfie sticks. Solitude has become something people try to buy on a yoga farm or in an overpriced treehouse Airbnb with Wi-Fi. Bolivia ain’t like that. At altitude, the air is thin, the roads are rough, and the silence is absolute. There are no queues, no staged Disney’s and flat-white coffee shots, no curated “authentic” experiences. Just raw landscapes, endless horizons, and the kind of solitude that slaps you awake and reminds you why you ride. After all these years of chasing horizons, places like this still stop us in our tracks. And that kind of solitude is still priceless. 📍Connect with our photo page @pikipiki_photography we host our photos about every day life, landscapes, people and cultural stuff. @chasing_beer for all the beers we meet travelling. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 📍Check out our friends, you might like their pages: @turkanagear @alpinehearingsa @helmwatches @miraactivewear @bartang.eu @advmotorcycleparts @cyclopsadv @revermoto @lekkarides @renedian_adventures ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #adventurebikeriders #motoadventure #bigtrail #adventurerider #advrider #dualsport #advmoto #xladv #dualsportlife #dualsportadv #mototurismo #mototravel #whyweride #motolifestyle #turkanagear #advlife #makelifearide #adventurebikerider #adventurebike #motorcycletravel #mototouring #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletravel #overlandbound #motorbikelife #overlandlife #motorcyclediaries #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletouring #motocamping

South Africans: Spring starts Sept 1st! Astronomers: Actually, it’s only on the 22nd. Us: Shhh… pass the bbq and the sundowners. This pic we took in Argentina, same time, different place. Now it is time the bikes get packed for travel👌🏼😁 📍Connect with our photo page @pikipiki_photography we host our photos about every day life, landscapes, people and cultural stuff. @chasing_beer for all the beers we meet travelling. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 📍Check out our friends, you might like their pages: @turkanagear @alpinehearingsa @helmwatches @miraactivewear @bartang.eu @advmotorcycleparts @cyclopsadv @revermoto @lekkarides @renedian_adventures @hydeguards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #adventurebikeriders #motoadventure #bigtrail #adventurerider #advrider #dualsport #advmoto #xladv #dualsportlife #dualsportadv #mototurismo #mototravel #whyweride #motolifestyle #turkanagear #advlife #makelifearide #adventurebikerider #adventurebike #motorcycletravel #mototouring #motorcycleadventure #motorcycletravel #horizonsunlimited #motorbikelife #bmwgs #motorcyclediaries #motorcycleadventure #motorcyclephotography #motocamping