Taking luggage on an off-road bike is always tricky. It needs to be pretty well put together to withstand the rigours of bouncing around for hours on end, but it also needs to be light enough to leave your handling unaffected. If that weren’t enough to ask, it needs to be quick and easy to […]
Hello all and welcome to our June Newsletter. It’s the height of summer in the UK and so far, it’s stopped raining for at least three hours in the last month. After the tropical temperatures last year, we’ve been spoiled, so the constant and torrential rain is beginning to grate a tad on the nerves. […]
If the engineers at BMW know the phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” they certainly don’t adhere to that rule. The truly incredible BMW R 1200 GS Adventure has achieved phenomenal sales and legions of fans across the world, keeping it as the ‘go to’ adventure bike from Perth to Pittsburgh. So when […]
You’ve got to hand it to Yamaha. As the only Japanese manufacturer to keep any two-strokes in their model line up, they’ve kept faith with a large proportion of the motorcycle community. OK so the basics of the YZ250 and YZ125 haven’t altered a great deal in over a decade, but they constantly manage to […]
If you come from a dirt bike riding background, then the chances are that you still ride with goggles. Adventure helmets might have changed the goalposts with integral tinted lenses and wide clear visors and they perform very well on the trail, but you really can’t beat the protection and feel of a good set […]
Finding the right riding jacket can be a pain. What works for the road doesn’t necessarily work for the trail, they’re either too hot or too cold and finding one that actually lives up to the promise of being waterproof is like finding the Lord Lucan holding the Holy Grail while sat on Shergar. But […]
May 2019 Newsletter Another month goes by and with the weather in the UK slowly getting warmer, it’s getting into prime riding time back here and Julian’s struggling to find time to split between his burgeoning bike collection. At the Ride Expeditions base in sunny Cape Town there’s little change to the glorious sunshine, but […]
The KTM 2020 Enduro machines were revealed to a waiting world at the launch in Spain this week. With the changes to the motocross bikes happening last year, the new enduro models got the full treatment for 2020 with a raft of changes across the entire bike. If you’ve heard the phrase ‘Trigger’s Broom’ then […]
If you are new to off-road riding, then you’ll be very quickly aware that riding away from the blacktop is completely different to riding on the dirt. So in an effort to assist, we’ve compiled a list of 10 quick ways improve your off road riding. You don’t need to do all of them all […]
The 2020 KTM motocross range was revealed last week, with images popping up across the globe. Predictably, as with sister brand Husqvarna, the changes to the new season bikes are extremely limited as last year saw the major changes across the entire SX range. So what do you get for your new bike? Well the […]