After many successful years of offering tours in South East Asia, from riding Enfields in the Himalayas to Hondas in Laos and Kawasakis in Cambodia, Ride Expeditions today announced plans to expand their operations and offer two brand new tours in their new home base of South Africa.
Wheel bearing replacement on a dirt bike is an occupational hazard. On road bikes you can go years without ever needing to think about replacements, but once you venture off road it’s a different story. The constant bashing from the terrain coupled with the additional vibration when those knobbies are on the tarmac means that […]
Good morning all and welcome to the May 2018 Newsletter. It’s been a busy time for the Ride Expeditions team with all the behind the scenes logistics for the forthcoming tours. OK so this might not be as exciting as blasting through the landscape, but it’s all the attention to detail that makes the difference! […]
KTM Reveal 2019 – KTM revealed their 2019 MY Enduro machines this week, but with most of the big changes with new engines and then fuel injected two strokes happening in the last two years, the new models have been only mildly tweaked from the 2018 versions. The biggest and most obvious change is to […]
If you can’t afford the latest box-fresh metal in the showroom, fitting new dirt bike graphics is a quick and easy way to refresh your bike and give it an instant facelift – and it’s only going to cost you for just a couple of hundred pounds rather than seven thousand … Here’s how to install dirt […]
Go back ten years and the paddocks and car parks of every enduro event and trail ride would be filled with a sea of orange. From 125s to 500s KTMs were the bike of choice. But things have changed, and now if somebody arrives on a new bike, chances are that it will be white and what’s […]
Armed with a fresh Yamaha Tenere, a set of inappropriate tyres and a lot of trail riding to be done on the Trans Euro Trail, we splashed the cash on a new set of hoops to take on the terrain. Would the Mitas E09 offer the right combination of on-road confidence and off-road prowess? FITTED WITH METZELLER […]
Morning all – it’s that time again so we thought we should update you on everything that’s been happening in our world. It’s the March 2018 Newsletter! Our New South African office is a hubbub of activity with Devon, Nawaal and Anna beavering away under the watchful eye of the new office dog Roscoe the Staffy. Despite […]
Yamaha entered the electric bike arena with a small bang this week, revealing their all-new and rather beautiful Yamaha TY-E a fully electric trials bike. Bearing the iconic TY moniker harks back to the brand’s early trials models, and with the new machine Yamaha are setting their sights on the FIM’s Trial-E Cup. https://youtu.be/otuI3HI0U2E The new bike […]
The internet is a wonderful thing – at the tap of just a few keys all the combined knowledge of the world pops up in front of you. From how to change the oil filter on a 1996 Africa Twin to the best ways to survive deep water crossings on a motorcycle. You can buy everything from a 10 […]