Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast

Most people ride motorcycles for pleasure, and many as a means or preferred means of transportation. We are quite used to our gas powered engines, with lots of torque, tanks that hold enough fuel to travel long distances and easy refuelling stations. Hey, it’s a tradition and who doesn’t love to hear the power in their engine? In the last few years though, motorcycle manufacturers have been introd...

Motorcycle Accidents - Important Tips on How to Handle A Collision - The Motorcycle Law Group   Matt Danielson rode a motorcycle from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 43 hours and 36 minutes, he’s also ridden all over the states and takes regular trips with his co-workers. Matt, who rides a Harley-Davidson Road Glide, is a lawyer with The Motorcycle Law Group in Richmond, Virginia. He’s also a lobby...

Ride More Often, Take An Off-Road Course...What's Your New Year's Resolution? People everywhere are bringing in the New Year, some with firecrackers, foods or drinks. Some exchange gifts or make resolutions to improve themselves. At Adventure Rider Radio, we have started a custom of looking back at the inspiring stories and expert tech & riding advice we have heard in the past year. In this ep...

Spanish Motorcycle Explorer    Alicia Sornosa is the first Spanish woman to ride around the world on a motorcycle. She lives to ride and travel, and says life is short and that the world is big, so she wants to explore and see as much of the world as she possibly can. In 2011 she left Spain, started out in Africa, then travelled on to India, Australia, United States, Canada and through Alaska, fin...

 Michelle Hope - The Motorcycle Gypsy  Perhaps her name says it all, but when you hear Michelle Hope speak, it really instills in us the possibilities of throwing caution to the wind and choosing to live life to the fullest. That may be different for everyone, but for Michelle who had done the 9-5 job and raised her kids, it meant living like a gypsy, living on the road on a motorcycle. When Miche...

Mushers & Motorcycles - The 9 Minute Moto Film Festival   Nevil Stow, an ex dog sled guide, is a world adventure motorcycle rider, and has been riding for over 30 years. Nevil is from the UK, and has travelled by motorbike all over most of Europe. He moved to Canmore, Alberta in Canada and has now traversed North America extensively. His fervor for riding and other adventures, has progressed i...

Have Dog, Will Travel - Mallory Paige, Baylor and Rufio star in Operation Moto Dog   Many people in this world have a dream to travel, but we aren’t living our dreams because of fear. Fear of not knowing enough, not having enough money or not having the right equipment. Fear of what our friends or family might think, fear of being alone. The biggest hurdle is getting past all that, and making up y...

Michelle Lamphere From the beginning of time people have set out on journeys of discovery and adventure in search of new lands, riches, food and sometimes I imagine, just for the sake of discovery with no idea or concept of an outcome. Perhaps with just the resolve that it WILL bring change and that change will mean good things to come. All great things, large and small have be borne of journey’s...

Shirley Hardy Rix and Brian Rix are seasoned world travellers and they have most recently been on a trip which includes Russia and the Stans. We’ve had them on the show in previous episodes giving us mini updates as to how their journey was going, and now, being back again in Australia, they have come on the show to share an incredible trip report including, at least our first introduction to, ’th...

On October 28, 2015, the National Insurance Crime Bureau released a report on United States motorbike thefts.  In 2014, there was a total of 42,856 thefts reported, compared to 45,367 in 2013, a decrease of six percent. Great news, especially as motorcycle sales increased by four percent in the same period.   The top 5 motorcycle stolen (by manufacturer): 1. Honda 2. Yamaha 3. Suzuki 4. Kawasaki 5...

Pan-American, Motorcycles & Friends - Good Things Come in Threes   This is a story about friendship, trust and adventure. Steve Mason, Raymond Danton and Wilson Hutchison were friends and biking buddies in Southwest Scotland in their teens. They eventually drifted apart to different lives, as many of us do, living in different countries. After over 30 years, a chance encounter brings these fri...

Africa Motorcycle Diaries - Spencer Conway     In November, 2009, Spencer Conway left for a 9 month journey around Africa on his Yamaha XT660. His journey was documented by Diesel Films in partnership with the Discovery Channel. Although he was followed around by the film company for parts of the trip, they were not allowed to offer any assistance as the trip was to be completely solo and without...

Graham Field , motorcycle traveller and adventure author, talks about his newest book, Different Natures, a book based on his diary offering an honest and open insight in to Graham’s life and his experiences on his journeys covering a twelve year period, and three separate North American trips. Links, photos, music credits and more at www.adventureriderradio.com. Subscribe to Adventure Rider Radio...

Flat tires will stop your motorcycle adventure quickly but it's a non-issue if you have the correct tools and the know-how. David Peterson, inventor and owner of BestRest Products, has some great tips and instruction for motorcycle tire repair, both for tubeless and tube type tires. We discuss some new tools and techniques that you may not have heard about before. Links and more at https://adventu...

Living From The Motorcycle Some go for a few months, some for a few years. Scotty Kerekes has been living on the road for twenty-one years. What started out as a soul searching experience turned in to a lifestyle for him. After being on the road for a year, Scotty realized that there was no turning back. He ended up selling everything he owned except for what fit on his bike, and hit the road… for...

Sibirsky Extreme - Walter Colebatch:    Well known adventurer on the Adventure Motorcycle Community and the ADVRider forum for his exploits in to Russia, Mongolia and the Stans, Walter Colebatch is considered to be an expert in that area of travel by motorcycle. His help is sought after by many who are planning to travel to those areas.   Sibirsky Extreme: In 2009, 2010 & 2012, Walter Colebatc...

  Pakistan Woman Motorcycle Explorer In Pakistan, women’s mobility in public is a major social issue. There are socially sanctioned rules which indicate how a woman may sit as a passenger on a motorcycle. But, Zenith Irfan, a 20 year old female student in Pakistan, has become a heroin to women who want to have the independence and choice to ride a motorcycle. Zenith says that there is a social tab...

Jacqui Kennedy - Australian Postie Motorcycle Adventures   With a true love for adventure and fun, Jacqui has been riding since she was 18 years old, and has toured around Europe twice on a scooter! In the last two years Jacqui Kennedy has been riding her Postie bike, which she calls Mo, around Australia and has covered over 47,000 km. She’s been visiting Big Things and finding funky letterboxes a...

Sherri Jo Wilkins - Solo Motorcycle travel Sherri Jo was born in the United States and had always longed to travel the world. At a young age, she was bit by the travel bug and longed for adventure. After riding a motorcycle for many years in the United States, she decided to go on a solo motorcycle trip around the world. Starting out in Australia, she stayed on the road for more than three years....

Jolandie Rust    After circumnavigating Africa by motorcycle , Jo Rust doesn’t know the meaning of taking a break. She’s now training to try to be the first female on the South Africa team at the BMW GS Trophy . She’s an off-road instructor and been appointed a BMW Ambassador. Oh, and did we mention she also runs the BMW GS Trophy Fans page and BMW GS Girls? They say if you want something done, gi...

Against all Odds Bernard Smith was told it was too dangerous to take a blind woman around the world by motorcycle . But, with Bernard as her pilot, Cathy Birchall was the first blind woman to circle the world by motorcycle. They rode their old BMW motorcycle, covering 25,000 miles, experiencing many breakdowns and along the way discovering the kindness and generosity of strangers. This is truly an...

Dream Racer - Motorcycle Journey   Christophe Barriere-Varju   The Dakar Rally is the world’s toughest off-road endurance race, an annual event where racers push themselves to the limit to compete in what has been said to be the most dangerous race, with great challenges in extreme conditions. And Christophe Barriere-Varju has been one of those die-hard competitors, having been in the Dakar Rally...

Ian Coates - No Map, No Plan, No Worries An unexpected Motorcycle Trip Hailing from Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England, in 1999 Ian Coates left on a four month trip on his 1991 Honda Africa Twin motorcycle. 240,000 miles and 14 years later, 70 year old Ian finally returned home. For photos, links and more go to https://adventureriderradio.com . Please rate, review and subscribe to Adventure Rider R...

Ramona SchwartzBorn in East Germany, travel writer and photographer Ramona Schwartz grew up under Communist dictatorship and only knew freedom when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. She railed against a conventional life style, living the typical rat race many of us do. And when presented with the opportunity to travel around the world on a motorcycle, she jumped at the chance. First she learned to ri...

Across the Finish Line     Ryan Pyle - Motorcycle Adventurer, TV Presenter Ryan Pyle has finished his circumnavigation of Brazil for his upcoming series TOUGH RIDES Brazil.   Jonathan Gibson “The planned motorcycle route from Sydney to London. January 2014 until whenever”. And at last his journey has come to an end, and we know that ’whenever’ is July 19, 2015. Jonathan travelled solo for a year a...