As Kevin picks up the rock and I secure the rim for another round of hammering, neither of us want to admit it outright, but we’re in deep trouble. The video will show a certain amount of Survivor Man bravado, but off camera things are more worrying. This morning we confirmed a suspicion with our host David, we’ve the only two Honda Varadero’s to reach Mike’s Sky Ranch, a Baja adventure and dirt rider Mecca. Today we’ll be lucky to get both bikes out again.
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Follow Joe & Flora from Queenstown to Christchurch, changing plans along the way due to a fierce storm on the south island’s west coast.
The battle to get the Varaderos into Mike’s Sky Ranch begins, before the bikes are even fired up. That late start makes for a late arrival and the breaking of one of the Baja’s cardinal rules; don’t ride at night, off road, through territory you’re not familiar with.
Diving the Honda Varadero into the melee of a Tijauna traffic circle makes this tour’s stutter start preparation worth it. The act is a stinging belly-flop plunge into a different culture. It’s an act of faith that inserting the big adventure bike into the swirling vortex of squealing family sedans, rattle trap busses and braying taxis will work out. Miraculously, it does.
Follow Joe & Flora from Te Anau, to New Zealand’s tourism Capital, Queenstown. In their usual casual style see they experience Queenstown with a severe dose of honesty and fun.
B.C.’s Sunshine coast is no stranger to riders, so how to spice things up. Great food, great accommodations, a good measure of adventure, and a motorcycling celebrity know for his work on Race to Dakar and Long Way Round. No, not Charley or that other guy.
Dreaming of riding South America? Don’t want to do it the easy way? Want to do some good in the world? The Adventurists have the solution… The Mototaxi Junket.
The Mototaxi Junket launches from …
BMW Motorrad Canada, has confirmed it will field a two rider factory superbike team in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship in 2010, is also pleased to announce a collaboration with Rush HD as the title …
The OneWheelDrive.Net team has made it to the Dempster, Canada only all season highway to cross the Arctic Circle, on the second to last leg of the Arctic Adventure video series.
We’re off testing the Icon Variant Helmet this February, but early indicators are this is the one to have for those who mix a bit of dirt with their pavement. Even better, Icon’s giving one away. Here’s how to win.
A letter from CAUSE.ca concerning a motorcycle tour of Sierra Leone, reveals how bikes can better the world by using dual-sport to deliver aid and education.
The social media means as a reader you’ve joined OWD overlooking glaciers, shivering at the Arctic Circle and mid-review of various bikes. Increasingly members of Canada’s motorcycle industry are adopting social media, but there are no guarantees they are using it well. Here’s some help and hearty encouragement.
The road to Telegraph Creek is one of British Columbia’s greatest roads, jaw dropping scenery, a hint of danger and a uncertain future. To steal a phrase every visit is potentially a last chance to see this great destination. So the http://OneWheelDrive.Net team takes a two day detour on our way to the Western Canadian Arctic.
Follow Joe & Flora along Milford Road. The scenic and utterly amazing path leading to New Zealand’s tourism crown Jewel; Milford Sound in this fourth episode of the NZ: South Island Series.
Follow Joe & Flora Lloyd in the third episode of NZ: South Island Series from Scottish inspired Dunedin to the south-most accessible tip of New Zealand. New Zealand’s southland boasts amazing scenery and ample quiet roads to explore.
Antofagasta, Chile. January 9, 2010 – After 7 Stages of intense competition, Jonah Street holds the 7th place position in the Dakar Rally. The rally is half-way done. The competitors rest while …
The Second Trailer for Australia Inside Out – 26,000 kilometers of Australian Highway, sand, mud, and gravel roads. Three months of camping at truck stops, caravan parks, greasy food, unique wildlife and amazing landscapes… and twelve episodes of stunning HD.
Dakar’s “White Pit” Eats Canadians
Any thoughts that El Dakaro, held in Argentina and Chile, wasn’t as psychopathic a race as the original Dakar should be cast aside. Of the seven Canadians entered in the …
For those who’ve “Fa-la-la-la-la”-ed themselves into some ContourHD Helmet-cam joy this past Christmas, VholdR, the maker of ContourHD Wearable Camcorders, is releasing a firmware update enabling users to configure the camera’s microphone volume, lighting and bit rate.
Starting the New Year with a “Roehr”, the maker the 180hp, 1250sc American production sportbike, will introduce a line of electric sport and racing motorcycles in the spring of 2010.
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Follow Joe & Flora from Queenstown to Christchurch, changing plans along the way due to a fierce storm on the south island’s west coast.
In his counter point to the Arctic Challenge, Joe Lloyd argues that in our rush to embrace the bigger is better marketing message, many riders are too quick to overlook the lighter cheaper bikes that hooked us on adventure riding in the first place. Case in point, the Suzuki DR650.
Dreaming of riding South America? Don’t want to do it the easy way? Want to do some good in the world? The Adventurists have the solution… The Mototaxi Junket.
The Mototaxi Junket launches from …
