There is something pure about a bike that is built specifically for racing. Many bikes primarily are designed for the consumer market and yes, sometimes they are adapted for racing but they are not pure race machines. Not many people really get the chance to race sport bikes on a track
I get quite a few questions about my motorcycle (Beastie) so I thought it would be a good idea to explain the details about why for me, it is the perfect travel bike. Beastie began life as a standard 2007 BMW G650 XCountry, in this blog I'll go through the changes made!
But many of us, (myself included!) love the oily smell and hands on nature of the older bikes. There is something special about bikes that have not been in production for decades and need caring for and maintained.
Kazakhstan is seen by many adventurers to be a transit country at best but Kazakhstan is full of adventure and is now one of our favourite motorcycle adventure countries that we cannot wait to get back to!
The venerable GS is the cornerstone of the Adventure and Touring Market. And for good reason, with its mix of off road credibility and long distance comfort it is a true “do it all” motorcycle. Of course the GS line dates back to the early 80s when the Dakar...
I’m Lee Ellis and I’m what you would call a winging it adventure rider with all the gear and no idea. In 2018 I purchased my first adventure bike, the amazing KTM 1190 ADV R and some matching KTM clothing as i thought that was the law.
Cappadocia is a hot dry desert area almost in the middle of Turkey and standouts out due to it’s strange looking rock formations known as the “fairy chimneys”.
Having ventured all around Central Europe and then having travelled much further afield The Balkans was not somewhere I had thought of visiting really.
At this point we came across the first warning sign for land mines in the area and decided as a group that we must not stray off the tarmac at all costs!
Even after packing my bike numerous times on the week leading up to our leaving day I never could quite get all the gear in without having to force the bags shut.
Staring at the map of the world we can clearly visualise our route as it travels east from the UK, through Europe and across the centre of the Asian land mass.
From what I had learnt from reading tons of travel blogs and watching youtube series such as races to places is that you need as much fuel as possible available.
