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Off-Road Adventure Bike Riding – 10 Basic Tips

Off-Road Adventure Bike Riding – 10 Basic Tips

Julian - March 6, 2020 - Motorcycle Riding Techniques - 3 Comments

Off-Road Adventure Bike Riding – 10 Basic Tips… So you’ve bought yourself an adventure bike and you are thinking about venturing off-road for the first time. And why not? Your bike is capable of tackling some pretty challenging terrain so it would be a shame not to explore away from the tarmac. But before you […]

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Top 10 Off Road Riding Tips – Improve your skills in the dirt

Top 10 Off Road Riding Tips – Improve your skills in the dirt

Julian - January 7, 2020 - Motorcycle Riding Techniques - 1 Comment

If you are new to off road riding, it can be a daunting experience even for the most experienced road rider. Riding away from the tarmac requires a whole new skill set that doesn’t come naturally, and that can be a big shock when you go out for the first time, especially if the rest […]

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The Best Adventure Motorcycling Boots. 2019 Buyer’s Guide

The Best Adventure Motorcycling Boots. 2019 Buyer’s Guide

Julian - November 14, 2019 - Motorcycle Gear, Motorcycle Product Reviews - No Comments

Wearing proper boots when on a motorcycle is important. As the part of your body that is closest to the ground, your feet are going to be first to make contact if things go wrong so they need to be up to the job. But for adventure trips they need to do so much more […]

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Hard luggage or Soft Motorcycle Luggage: Which should you choose?

Hard luggage or Soft Motorcycle Luggage: Which should you choose?

Julian - October 28, 2019 - Motorcycle Product Reviews, Motorcycle Trip Packing & Planning - No Comments

So you are going on a big trip on your bike and you need some carrying capacity to hold all those travel essentials for your trip. But which should you choose – Hard Luggage or Soft Motorcycle Luggage?  Ride Expeditions looks what you should consider before making your decision and then what options you should […]

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Pivot Pegz – A quick and effective handling upgrade?

Pivot Pegz – A quick and effective handling upgrade?

Julian - October 16, 2019 - Motorcycle Product Reviews - No Comments

You would think that motorcycle manufacturers would be pretty good at designing something as simple as a pair of footpegs for your brand new and extremely expensive motorcycle. And yet often what you get looks like a school metalwork project, and as for any type of design or clever technology, you can forget it. Perhaps […]

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Tiny travel essentials: Little things you usually forget but always need …

Tiny travel essentials: Little things you usually forget but always need …

Julian - October 3, 2019 - Motorcycle Trip Packing & Planning - No Comments

Tiny travel essentials: Little bits you usually forget but always need… If you do a lot of travelling on your motorcycle, you tend to get good at packing. You know to travel light, you know to bring things to make life nicer, you know to pack your toolkit. But what about those bits that don’t […]

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Alpinestar Andes Pro Drystar Jacket and V2 Drystar trousers Review.

Alpinestar Andes Pro Drystar Jacket and V2 Drystar trousers Review.

Julian - September 6, 2019 - Motorcycle Gear, Motorcycle Product Reviews - No Comments

Alpinestar Andes Pro Drystar Jacket and V2 Drystar trousers Review. Sooner or later you are going to treat yourself to some decent waterproof riding kit. You’ve been relying on a cobbled together collection of old jackets, second-hand trousers and ex-army Goretex for years and you know that none of it actually keeps out the water […]

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Adventure Bike Hack:  Making a portable trail stand on the cheap

Adventure Bike Hack: Making a portable trail stand on the cheap

Julian - July 24, 2019 - Motorcycle Maintenance, Motorcycle Trip Packing & Planning - 1 Comment

If you’ve got an enduro, trail or adventure bike, chances are that it doesn’t have a centre stand. And while you might be able to buy and fit one, that just adds more weight and clumsy metalwork under the bike and reduces your ground clearance. So how do you get the wheel off the ground […]

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Bleed your brakes: A simple guide to improve your stopping power.

Bleed your brakes: A simple guide to improve your stopping power.

Julian - July 19, 2019 - Motorcycle Maintenance - No Comments

Bleed your brakes. A simple guide to improve your stopping power Maintenance on your bike’s brakes is important. If you can’t stop when you’re heading to a massive drop-off out on the trails or when a car is pulling out on you, then the consequences could be terrible. So if your stoppers are not working as […]

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Pack Light and Pack Right. What to take on a short motorcycle trip

Pack Light and Pack Right. What to take on a short motorcycle trip

Julian - July 9, 2019 - Motorcycle Trip Packing & Planning - 2 Comments

Pack Light and Pack Right. What to take on a short motorcycle trip When you are going on a short riding trip, knowing what to pack is always a challenge. And if you are going on a lightweight off road bike it’s even harder. With far less places to load kit and far less luggage […]

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