Charley Boorman and Ross Noble: Cape Town To Victoria Falls
Fri, 27/08/10 – 22:37 | Comment

Charley Boorman and Ross Noble are on a motorcycle adventure tour from Cape Town To Victoria Falls with Motoaventures. This episode covers the South African leg of the trip.

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Charley Boorman and Ross Noble: Cape Town To Victoria Falls
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010 – 22:37 | Comment
Charley Boorman and Ross Noble: Cape Town To Victoria Falls

Charley Boorman and Ross Noble are on a motorcycle adventure tour from Cape Town To Victoria Falls with Motoaventures. This episode covers the South African leg of the trip.

Reconnecting With Canada – Webisode 10: From Polar Bears to Canines…
Thursday, 26 Aug, 2010 – 13:56 | Comment
Reconnecting With Canada – Webisode 10:  From Polar Bears to Canines…

Joe & Flora meet a polar bear named Nanook, then it’s off to the French speaking province of Quebec. Famous for amazing food and scenery, not to mention some nation changing history. Flora even gets a chance to do a little dog walking!

MKRide Report: The Dandong Flooding
Wednesday, 25 Aug, 2010 – 7:57 | Comment
MKRide Report: The Dandong Flooding

The MKRIDE team encounters heavy rain, swollen rivers and dangerous roads on their journey through China’s Northeastern region.

Reconnecting with Canada: Webisode 9 – To the Peg and beyond!
Monday, 16 Aug, 2010 – 11:12 | Comment
Reconnecting with Canada: Webisode 9 – To the Peg and beyond!

Joe & Flora ride Manitoba from north to south stopping at the ever popular Riding Mountain National Park. Then it’s time to meet up with some riders from previous destinations and travel across Ontario.

MKride: Preparations – BMW Enduro Training
Monday, 16 Aug, 2010 – 10:51 | Comment
MKride: Preparations – BMW Enduro Training

At 10:55am I let out my first whimper, it was low and quiet enough that no one else in my riding group could hear. Whipping the thin, light, dust out of my eyes I realized we had only been riding for about one hour, and it was only the first day. Expectations and confidence were already shattered; this was going to be an intense BMW Enduro two-day training course.

MKRide Report: Seven More Days
Friday, 6 Aug, 2010 – 17:11 | Comment
MKRide Report: Seven More Days

Brothers Ryan and Colin Pyle are taking OneWheelDrive.Net readers along on an epic 60-day – 20,000km – BMW F800GS motorcycle journey around China, The Middle Kingdom. If the final preparations all come together that is…

Baja: Tropic of Cancer – Coco’s Corner
Thursday, 29 Jul, 2010 – 16:50 | One Comment
Baja: Tropic of Cancer – Coco’s Corner

“You’re not a motorcyclist until you’ve been to Coco’s Corner.” We’ve picked up this Baja saying along the way, but I’m unclear as to where. It’s un-attributable, but battering the Varaderos over 40kms of washboard and gravel, snaking through canyons, and viewing western movie perfect cactus forests has proven the saying’s truth.

Reconnecting With Canada: Webisode 7 – The Albertan Way..
Wednesday, 28 Jul, 2010 – 17:52 | Comment
Reconnecting With Canada: Webisode 7 – The Albertan Way..

Joe & Flora explore Alberta in more detail. Stopping to gaze at grazers and stepping back to stream powered thrashers, they make their way to Lesser Slave Lake in time for Canada Day. Then it’s on to Alberta’s capitol for some touring.

Reconnecting With Canada: Episode 6 – Alberta’s Gorgeous North
Saturday, 17 Jul, 2010 – 14:24 | Comment
Reconnecting With Canada: Episode 6 – Alberta’s Gorgeous North

Joe & Flora enter northern Alberta and find themselves discovering interesting heritage and people on all fronts. From Historic Dunvegan, they meet a First Nation’s elder, a mennonite village, and one amazing blacksmith’s shop. Of course what’s a visit to Alberta without a bit of cowboy fun as well!

Baja: Tropic of Cancer – San Filipe and the Baja 250
Thursday, 15 Jul, 2010 – 22:57 | Comment
Baja: Tropic of Cancer – San Filipe and the Baja 250

The idillic town of San Filipe located on the shore of the Sea of Cortez in the Northern Baja is transformed when the races come to town.

Baja: Tropic of Cancer – Mike’s Sky Ranch
Thursday, 8 Jul, 2010 – 22:54 | 2 Comments
Baja: Tropic of Cancer – Mike’s Sky Ranch

A Baja Mexico dirtbiking tradition Mike’s Sky Ranch is a mecca of motorsport, a stop point on the Baja 1000 and a hangout with one challenging driveway. While it seems like ours are the first Honda Varadero’s to reach Mike’s, the question remains will they make it back out? A bent rim brings us to a halt, and begs the next question, “Is this repairable?”

Reconnecting with Canada: Episode 5 – Goodbye My Yukon
Wednesday, 7 Jul, 2010 – 18:01 | Comment
Reconnecting with Canada: Episode 5 – Goodbye My Yukon

Joe & Flora Lloyd leave the Yukon to head down the Alaskan Highway to Mile “0″ in Dawson Creek. Along the way they stop in picturesque Muncho Lake, and the packed to the rafters Fort Nelson Museum. They conclude where so much of the Northern regions’ modern history began, in Dawson Creek.

Reconnecting with Canada: Episode 4 – Dead Man’s Toe
Wednesday, 30 Jun, 2010 – 22:49 | Comment
Reconnecting with Canada: Episode 4 – Dead Man’s Toe

Joe & Flora travel the Yukon Territory in the fourth installment of Reconnecting with Canada, the web-series. From sled dogs, giant cinnamon buns, a dead man’s toe, to some of the most astounding scenery the duo have every seen. The Yukon is an amazing experience, best left described in HD video.

Arctic Adventure: The Dempster – Part 3
Wednesday, 23 Jun, 2010 – 17:49 | Comment
Arctic Adventure: The Dempster – Part 3

The OneWheelDrive.Net team has faced the Dempster when it’s wet and cold, but now we’re confronted by something we’ve never contemplated. The Dempster on a gorgeous fall day in August when everything goes right. Join us for the conclusion of Dempster: Road to the Arctic.

Reconnecting with Canada: Episode 3
Wednesday, 23 Jun, 2010 – 7:14 | 2 Comments
Reconnecting with Canada: Episode 3

Joe & Flora Lloyd are continuing north. In this webisode they experience the beautiful Nass Valley and the local Nisga’a people. Then it’s the famous Cassiar highway carrying them towards the Yukon; between master carvers, master jade workers, monster mosquitoes, and a thunder storm there’s plenty to experience.

Reconnecting with Canada: Episode 2
Wednesday, 16 Jun, 2010 – 10:56 | Comment
Reconnecting with Canada: Episode 2

Joe & Flora Lloyd begin the first stretch of their reconnecting journey on Canada’s mainland. Starting their push north they follow the gold rush trail, ghost towns, and eventually one of BC’s oldest european settlements. This episode of RWC sees the duo exploring some of BC’s excellent historical venues.

Reconnecting with Canada: Vancouver Island
Wednesday, 9 Jun, 2010 – 10:11 | Comment
Reconnecting with Canada: Vancouver Island

Joe & Flora Lloyd start their journey across Canada on Vancouver Island. Joined by the crew of OneWheelDrive, the Lloyds do quick exploration and enjoy the Vancouver Island weather. From ferry rides, to mazes, surf beaches, and rain forests Vancouver Island is the perfect place for the Curbsyde crew to get their feet wet.

Baja:Tropic of Cancer – Tijuana and Rosarito
Tuesday, 8 Jun, 2010 – 6:46 | 4 Comments
Baja:Tropic of Cancer – Tijuana and Rosarito

In this quick second video from the Baja:Tropic of Cancer series; the guys from OneWheelDrive.Net have made it across the border. So what’s the first stop in the town of Tijuana that CNN has dubbed a “warzone”? Lunch of course.