Routes & Touring
Where to ride and how to plan it: route guides to roads worth the miles, navigation and planning tools compared, and the touring details — fuel stops, weather windows, gear that survives day five — that trip reports usually skip.
Riding the Atacama Desert in Chile, a Guide
The driest non-polar desert on Earth, the roads out of San Pedro, and Paso de Jama at 4,200 m — altitude, dryness...
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Riding the Patagonia Loop, a Motorcycle Guide
Torres del Paine to El Chaltén — the famous crosswind, the September to April window, the double border crossing and what the...
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Riding Ruta 40 in Argentina, a Motorcycle Guide
Argentina's 5,194 km spine, its three very different thirds, the 463 km empty stretch in Santa Cruz and the 4,972 m Abra...
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Riding the Carretera Austral in Chile, a Guide
Chile Route 7 over 1,240 km — the three ferries you cannot skip, where the gravel starts, every fuel stop, and the...
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Motorcycle Touring Seasons by Region
Workable riding months for every major touring region, the hard closures behind them, and how to sequence a multi-region trip around the...
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Planning a Round-the-World Motorcycle Trip
The four classic route shapes, how seasons and paperwork set the schedule, choosing a bike that can be fixed, and how the...
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Offline Navigation and Language Abroad
Why positioning works without signal but maps do not, how to build a genuinely offline setup, and eSIM and translation planning for...
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Packing for a Long Motorcycle Tour
Weight distribution that keeps a loaded bike stable, waterproofing that actually works, and the roadside tool kit that is worth carrying its...
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Ferries and Trains With a Motorcycle
The crossings that matter for a European tour, how to lash a bike on a ferry deck, and what remains of the...
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Motorcycle Insurance and Green Cards Abroad
How the Green Card system works, which countries still check for one, minimum third-party requirements, and the gaps left in your own...
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International Driving Permits for Riders
The 1949 Geneva and 1968 Vienna conventions compared, who belongs to which, and the special cases in Japan, Vietnam, Switzerland and mainland...
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Carnet de Passages en Douane Explained
Which countries require a carnet, how the customs guarantee works, who issues one, and the discharge mistake that turns the book into...
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Shipping Your Motorcycle Overseas
How RoRo, container and air freight actually work for a motorcycle, what preparation each one demands, and which of the many factors...
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Renting a Motorcycle Abroad
Licence and IDP rules, deposits, insurance excess, mileage caps and return inspections, with the differences between Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia.
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Riding the Georgian Military Highway to Kazbegi
The 212 km Caucasus crossing over the 2379 m Jvari Pass — Ananuri, Gudauri, Gergeti, winter avalanche closures and Georgia's compulsory vehicle...
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Riding the D400, Turkey's Mediterranean Coast Road
The 2057 km state road from Datca to Iran, and why the Fethiye to Antalya section is the part worth planning a...
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Riding Cappadocia, Turkey's Rock Landscape Plateau
Fairy chimneys, underground cities and the Ihlara valley on a plateau above 1000 m — the loops worth riding, the season, and...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in South Africa
Chapman's Peak, the Swartberg, the Garden Route and Sani Pass — how the Cape passes and the Drakensberg fit together, plus rental...
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Riding Sani Pass to Lesotho, What You Need to Know
The 2876 m Drakensberg climb — how much is tarred now, the enforced 4x4 rule at the border, the 06:00 to 18:00...
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Riding the Swartberg Pass, Karoo Gravel at 1583 m
Thomas Bain's unsurfaced 1888 National Monument between Oudtshoorn and Prince Albert — surface, closures, bike choice and the Meiringspoort fallback loop.
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Riding South Africa's Garden Route on the N2
The 300 km coastal corridor between mountains and the Indian Ocean, the inland passes that make it worth four days, and the...
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Best Motorcycle Roads in Morocco
The High Atlas passes, the gorge country east of Ouarzazate, the Draa valley and the Rif — which roads are worth the...
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Riding Morocco's Sahara Edge to Merzouga and Zagora
Two paved routes from Ouarzazate to the dunes — the Dadès and Todra gorges to Erg Chebbi, or the Draa valley to...
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Riding Tizi n'Tichka, Morocco's Highest Atlas Pass
The N9 over North Africa's highest major pass — the disputed 2,260 m summit, the long-running widening works, winter closures and the...
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