Author: Matt Lewis

KTM 1090 Adventure R: Touratech Headlight Guard

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One thrown rock from another motorcycle or a passing semi-truck and it's lights-out on your adventure. Protect your expensive KTM 1190 or 1290 headlight assembly with a strong laser-cut stainless steel grid. The design accents the unique styling of the 1290, 1190 Adventure or Adventure R and looks great with a black powder coated finish. [...]

Touratech Rally East 2017 Blew All Others Away

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Touratech Rally East 2017 was a wet, wild and super-fun weekend in central Pennsylvania. The third edition of the event was attended by approximately 300 people and vendors, with Mike Lafferty and KTM set-up onsite. Dakar and Baja legend, Jimmie Lewis was on-hand to talk riding, do amazing demonstrations and lay-out and host the famous [...]

Daniel Rintz: It is All So Amazing

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What is the best place? "Which one is your favourite country?" I get asked a lot. I understand that this question comes up naturally. For example when I talk to a stockbroker, I feel compelled to ask which shares are safe to buy (And I don't even trade). Obviously countries don't change as quickly as [...]

Financial restructuring begins at Touratech AG, US operations to continue as normal

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Touratech-AG (German Operation)  has retained consulting firm  Schultze & Braun to assist with a financial reorganization of the company. The fast growth in the adventure motorcycle segment and the company's expansion to meet this demand has resulted in the need for a re-organization to ensure a healthy future. Under the advisement of Schultze & Braun, Touratech AG will [...]

Cinebike Review: Touratech Guardo Desert Glove

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Matt and Special K at Cinebike are at it again with a very thorough look at the exciting Touratech Guardo Desert Glove. The team at Cinebike truly puts gear to the test and they don't hold back their thoughts when they evaluate a product. Touratech Guardo Desert Summer gloves combine all of the best material [...]

What to Bring on Your Motorcycle Adventure

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Often people ask me what to take on a trip around the world. The longer the trip the more likely you'll need everything from mosquito repellent for tropical places all the way to a down-jacket for the mountains. Taking the right stuff with you is as much a challenge as it is an art. The challenge is to [...]

Tick Prevention for ADV Riders: Tips to Avoid The Bloodsuckers

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By Ron Lieback Photos: Bill Wiegand Avoid Tick Bites at All Costs Just the definition of a tick can turn your stomach: “Any of a superfamily (Ixodoidea) of bloodsucking acarid arachnids that are larger than the related mites, attach themselves to warm-blooded vertebrates to feed, and include important vectors of infectious diseases.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Bloodsucking [...]

Meet Daniel Rintz and Josephine Flohr

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About ten years ago, I decided to ride around the world. I had no money to do it, but I was desperate to go. So I tried to work random jobs along the way to make it happen. Everyone thought that this was foolish and some even said it out loud. However, when Touratech heard about it, they [...]

Video – Jimmy Lewis and Touratech Review the KTM 1090 Adventure R (Long Version)

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Jimmy Lewis:                       I'm Jimmy Lewis with dirtbiketest.com Paul Guillien:                       And I'm Paul Guillien with touratech-usa.com We're here at the Touratech Rally and we just got our hands on a brand-new KTM 1090 Adventure R. We've outfitted it with all the Touratech parts and we're gonna go out and take it for a first ride, see what our [...]

3rd Annual Touratech Rally East Preview | ADV Camaraderie in PA

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By Ron Lieback 2017 Touratech Rally East Preview When Touratech Rally West debuted back in 2011, around 100 riders attended. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of them. But the following year I did attend, and the stateside motorcycle-adventure rally helped grow my passion for ADV lifestyle. This sentiment also was true for many moto enthusiasts; Touratech [...]