Before we left, we were repeatedly discouraged by others and by the media. Everyone said these were not safe countries for women to travel in, that a trip like this would be too physically demanding for women, one person even said we would come home in pine boxes. Despite these messages, we overcame our fears and…
Adventure Motorcycles
Overland Journal reviews the best “Big Bike” options for exploring the globe on two wheels.
From the ExPo Vault: Yo Hablo Moto
Exploring Colombia’s backroads and villages with Elephant Motorcycle Expeditions
Riding Full Circle: Playing in Traffic
When I threw the fist-sized rock in my hand at the Bolivian man’s car door, his eyes opened wide, forcing salt-and-pepper brows, like fat caterpillars, to scurry up and be eaten into the creases of his forehead. Clearly this was more surprising to him than what prompted his first response to me, spat out in…
Swapping the life conventional for the ride of a lifetime
Many daydream about making a road trip across continents. There may be real or perceived hurdles in the way, so what does it take to actually do it? For anyone whose life’s jigsaw pieces can coalesce around such a dream—and respectfully, not everyone’s can—a commitment to the decision is all it takes. Then comes doing…
36 Hours of Adventure: Pines, Saguaros, and a Russian Motorcycle
I must have a thing for symmetry. As I wiggled and twisted down the road, the Ural beneath me seemed determined to thwart my best efforts to ride a straight line. I started to mentally catalog all the asymmetrical things in the world, most of them annoying to me. There’s the fiddler crab with his…
Rent a Bike and Go to Baja Before They Build That Wall
Before this wall gets built, I want to spend as much time in Mexico as I can. Surfing, camping, eating tacos, taking in the sights, and just otherwise unplugging from the Great American Life. But when I say Mexico, what I really mean is Baja—that slim peninsula stretching into the Pacific Ocean just south of…
Beyond the Truck (Motorcycle): off-bike adventures for RTW riders
Heather and Dave of Riding Full Circle take time off from riding around the world to make some turns.
Westx1000: It’s Never too Soon to be a Snowbird
Kyra and Justin of Westx1000 discover the perfect antidote to the winter time blues.
Deadwood and the 2016 KTM Rally
If Sturgis isn’t your thing, South Dakota has plenty of other ride options on offer.
Third Wheeling It
Riding Ural sidecars across Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in Search of Trout and Adventure
Two Wheeled Nomad: The Final Frontier by Motorcycle
An Alaskan road trip with the Fishhook Fatties
Two Wheeled Nomad: Desert Decorum and Abiding Colorado’s Cold Snap
Low deserts and high peaks. Sand and snow.
Riding Full Circle: The U-Turn
A long and unexpected delay during a round-the-world journey
Two Wheeled Nomad: Killing it in Death Valley
Dusty roads and rusty metal in one of the West’s most rugged landscapes.
Two Wheeled Nomad: A Sublime Sortie Around the Southwest
Exploring the monuments and arches of the high desert.
Two Wheeled Nomad: Coco’s Corner
Nailing my knickers to the ceiling and putting dirt road demons to bed
Westx1000: An Intro to “Haikyos” – Japan’s Structural Vestiges
Touring Japan’s hidden hideaways.
Adventure Interview: Mihai Barbu
A family, their Ural, and Europe. Sometimes taking your child abroad is the most responsible thing you can do
The spirit of Baja
Sometimes all the words in the world cannot speak like a single photograph